funding for free entitlement for early years
Case reference FOI2022/01752
Published 7 December 2022
Request
FOI request - Local Authority funding for free entitlement for two, three and four-year-olds Financial year 2021/22
1. Did you have an underspend in the early years block for funded places in 2021/22? Yes/no. Please give amount. OR:
2. Did you have an overspend in the early years block for funded places in 2021/22? Yes/no. Please give amount.
3. What actions, if any, were agreed relating to this underspend or overspend? For example, we used our underspend to offset a deficit in the high needs block
4. Has your early years block been subject to an in-year adjustment by the Department for Education? If so, by how much? For example, the DfE adjusted our underspend by £200,000 which left us with an overspend of £20,000 overall Does your answer to Q1 or 2 above include any adjustment?
5. Has your 2021/22 early years block been subject to an adjustment by the Department for Education since 1 April 2022 and now? If so, by how much? For example, the DfE adjusted our underspend by £200,000 which left us with an overspend of £20,000 overall Does your answer to Q1 or 2 above include any adjustment?
Response
1. Did you have an underspend in the early years block for funded places in 2021/22? Yes/no.
Please give amount.
A: Herefordshire has an underspend of £42,284 when compared with the original DfE allocation of £9,444,143 as notified on 25/3/21.
OR:
2. Did you have an overspend in the early years block for funded places in 2021/22? Yes/no.
Please give amount.
A: N/A
3. What actions, if any, were agreed relating to this underspend or overspend?
For example, we used our underspend to offset a deficit in the high needs block
A: DfE regulations require all DSG under/overspends to be rolled into the unusable reserve for the High Needs deficit at year end.
4. Has your early years block been subject to an in-year adjustment by the Department for Education? If so, by how much?
For example, the DfE adjusted our underspend by £200,000 which left us with an overspend of £20,000 overall
Does your answer to Q1 or 2 above include any adjustment?
A: An in-year adjustment of -£32,109 was notified on 27/01/2022 which is not included in Q1 above.
5. Has your 2021/22 early years block been subject to an adjustment by the Department for Education since 1 April 2022 and now? If so, by how much?
A: An additional £180,926 allocated in July 2022.
For example, the DfE adjusted our underspend by £200,000 which left us with an overspend of £20,000 overall
Does your answer to Q1 or 2 above include any adjustment?
A: Yes Q1/Q2 includes an estimated income of £164,826 of the £180,926 adjustment.
Documents
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