Section 251 statement

The section 251 statements (formerly the section 52 budget statement) show the planned spending for children's services for each financial year. The information is presented at local authority level and school level.

Section 251 budget statement 2024-2025 [excel spreadsheet]
Section 251 budget statement 2023-2024 [excel spreadsheet]
Section 251 budget statement 2021-2022 [excel spreadsheet]
Section 251 budget statement 2019-2020 [excel spreadsheet]
Section 251 budget statement 2018-2019 [excel spreadsheet]

Final outturn information is also provided in a similar format to the budget information.

2023/24 outturn report [excel spreadsheet]
2022/23 outturn report [excel spreadsheet]
2021/22 outturn report [excel spreadsheet]
2020/21 outturn report [excel spreadsheet]
2019/20 outturn report [excel spreadsheet]
2018/19 outturn report [excel spreadsheet]