FOI release

Dedicated Schools Grant budget (deficit)/surplus for the year to 31 March 2024

Case reference FOI2025/00215

Received 31 January 2025

Published 10 February 2025

Request

I'm writing under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for the following information.

Please supply:

1. The council's Dedicated Schools Grant budget (deficit)/surplus for the year to 31 March 2024.

2. The council's forecast Dedicated Schools Grant budget (deficit)/surplus for the year to 31 March 2025.

3. The council's forecast for the accumulated Dedicated Schools Grant budget (deficit)/surplus carried forward on 31 March 2025.

4. The council's forecast for the accumulated Dedicated Schools Grant budget (deficit)/surplus carried forward on 31 March 2026.

Response

I'm writing under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for the following information.

Please supply:

1. The council's Dedicated Schools Grant budget (deficit)/surplus for the year to 31 March 2024.

Answer: The deficit for the year to 31 March 2024 is £6.1 million.

2. The council's forecast Dedicated Schools Grant budget (deficit)/surplus for the year to 31 March 2025.

Answer: The forecasted deficit for the year to 31 March 2025 is £7.6 million.

3. The council's forecast for the accumulated Dedicated Schools Grant budget (deficit)/surplus carried forward on 31 March 2025.

Answer: The forecast for the cumulative deficit carried forward on 31 March 2025 is £13.7 million.

4. The council's forecast for the accumulated Dedicated Schools Grant budget (deficit)/surplus carried forward on 31 March 2026.

Answer: This information is not held. The Service Area are still modelling the 2025/26 high-needs budget and therefore this information is not known at this stage.

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