The dedicated schools grant (DSG) must be used in support of the schools budget, which covers both funding delegated to maintained schools and other provision for pupils. The DSG can be used to fund local authority central functions.
The following table provides details of the schools budget for each local authority in England for the 2008-09 financial year as well as details of the proportion of the schools budget retained centrally by the local authority for spending within the schools budget. Local authority budget data for 2009-10 financial year is currently in the process of being collected and validated by the DCSF.
Total schools budget (net budget adjusted to show grants gross) Delegated to schools Retained centrally by the local authority for spending within the schools budget Local authority name £ £ Percentage of schools budget £ Percentage of schools budget England 35,387,808,000 31,338,078,000 88.6 4,049,729,000 11.4 Barking and Dagenham 167,893,000 151,763,000 90.4 16,130,000 9.6 Barnet 244,574,000 219,816,000 89.9 24,758,000 10.1 Barnsley 148,340,000 135,686,000 91.5 12,655,000 8.5 Bath and NE Somerset 112,972,000 95,983,000 85.0 16,989,000 15.0 Bedfordshire 284,944,000 257,248,000 90.3 27,696,000 9.7 Bexley 187,490,000 167,024,000 89.1 20,466,000 10.9 Birmingham 928,471,000 858,423,000 92.5 70,048,000 7.5 Blackburn and Darwen 124,443,000 110,693,000 89.0 13,750,000 11.0 Blackpool 94,557,000 80,818,000 85.5 13,739,000 14.5 Bolton 207,738,000 186,960,000 90.0 20,777,000 10.0 Bournemouth 91,023,000 80,426,000 88.4 10,598,000 11.6 Bracknell Forest 70,326,000 59,405,000 84.5 10,921,000 15.5 Bradford 414,661,000 378,096,000 91.2 36,565,000 8.8 Brent 237,660,000 214,983,000 90.5 22,676,000 9.5 Brighton and Hove 144,093,000 123,466,000 85.7 20,627,000 14.3 Bromley 224,310,000 193,044,000 86.1 31,267,000 13.9 Buckinghamshire 346,776,000 297,149,000 85.7 49,627,000 14.3 Bury 123,618,000 109,985,000 89.0 13,633,000 11.0 Calderdale 158,813,000 142,789,000 89.9 16,024,000 10.1 Cambridgeshire 347,173,000 303,684,000 87.5 43,489,000 12.5 Camden 157,452,000 132,777,000 84.3 24,675,000 15.7 Cheshire 453,482,000 400,028,000 88.2 53,453,000 11.8 City of Bristol 225,042,000 194,242,000 86.3 30,800,000 13.7 City of Kingston-upon-Hull 174,768,000 151,751,000 86.8 23,018,000 13.2 City of London 2,185,000 1,588,000 72.7 597,000 27.3 City of Nottingham 195,892,000 160,635,000 82.0 35,257,000 18.0 City of Peterborough 133,794,000 117,858,000 88.1 15,936,000 11.9 City of Plymouth 179,164,000 154,726,000 86.4 24,437,000 13.6 Cornwall 333,945,000 282,132,000 84.5 51,813,000 15.5 Coventry 236,634,000 211,873,000 89.5 24,761,000 10.5 Croydon 236,261,000 206,619,000 87.5 29,642,000 12.5 Cumbria 318,049,000 289,135,000 90.9 28,914,000 9.1 Darlington 65,305,000 57,346,000 87.8 7,959,000 12.2 Derby 173,682,000 159,190,000 91.7 14,492,000 8.3 Derbyshire 489,376,000 431,482,000 88.2 57,894,000 11.8 Devon 413,573,000 375,787,000 90.9 37,786,000 9.1 Doncaster 213,048,000 194,088,000 91.1 18,960,000 8.9 Dorset 253,532,000 220,663,000 87.0 32,868,000 13.0 Dudley 216,621,000 196,440,000 90.7 20,181,000 9.3 Durham 343,057,000 318,309,000 92.8 24,748,000 7.2 Ealing 235,678,000 208,413,000 88.4 27,265,000 11.6 East Riding of Yorkshire 212,120,000 188,062,000 88.7 24,058,000 11.3 East Sussex 304,368,000 260,982,000 85.7 43,387,000 14.3 Enfield 264,121,000 235,877,000 89.3 28,245,000 10.7 Essex 919,055,000 817,036,000 88.9 102,019,000 11.1 Gateshead 129,613,000 114,752,000 88.5 14,860,000 11.5 Gloucestershire 379,747,000 330,161,000 86.9 49,586,000 13.1 Greenwich 225,415,000 196,953,000 87.4 28,462,000 12.6 Hackney 179,196,000 147,317,000 82.2 31,879,000 17.8 Halton 91,504,000 82,442,000 90.1 9,062,000 9.9 Hammersmith and Fulham 105,793,000 91,130,000 86.1 14,664,000 13.9 Hampshire 771,188,000 655,707,000 85.0 115,481,000 15.0 Haringey 196,506,000 175,748,000 89.4 20,759,000 10.6 Harrow 148,306,000 133,669,000 90.1 14,636,000 9.9 Hartlepool 72,568,000 65,123,000 89.7 7,446,000 10.3 Havering 173,371,000 154,369,000 89.0 19,003,000 11.0 Herefordshire 101,908,000 89,871,000 88.2 12,037,000 11.8 Hertfordshire 784,762,000 701,626,000 89.4 83,136,000 10.6 Hillingdon 203,900,000 187,392,000 91.9 16,508,000 8.1 Hounslow 191,262,000 169,587,000 88.7 21,675,000 11.3 Isle of Wight 88,712,000 77,915,000 87.8 10,797,000 12.2 Isles of Stilly 2,439,000 2,127,000 87.2 312,000 12.8 Islington 145,909,000 122,412,000 83.9 23,497,000 16.1 Kensington and Chelsea 73,711,000 64,935,000 88.1 8,776,000 11.9 Kent 972,054,000 854,203,000 87.9 117,851,000 12.1 Kingston-upon-Thames 103,715,000 94,431,000 91.0 9,283,000 9.0 Kirklees 298,207,000 263,192,000 88.3 35,015,000 11.7 Knowsley 115,962,000 98,920,000 85.3 17,043,000 14.7 Lambeth 201,652,000 170,248,000 84.4 31,404,000 15.6 Lancashire 771,672,000 692,908,000 89.8 78,765,000 10.2 Leeds 499,525,000 458,167,000 91.7 41,358,000 8.3 Leicester City 226,578,000 194,209,000 85.7 32,368,000 14.3 Leicestershire 417,379,000 365,870,000 87.7 51,509,000 12.3 Lewisham 206,951,000 176,586,000 85.3 30,365,000 14.7 Lincolnshire 459,678,000 409,245,000 89.0 50,433,000 11.0 Liverpool 361,438,000 314,426,000 87.0 47,012,000 13.0 Luton 152,145,000 136,816,000 89.9 15,330,000 10.1 Manchester 341,607,000 297,295,000 87.0 44,311,000 13.0 Medway 199,127,000 179,361,000 90.1 19,766,000 9.9 Merton 108,106,000 91,738,000 84.9 16,368,000 15.1 Middlesbrough 94,913,000 83,672,000 88.2 11,240,000 11.8 Milton Keynes 183,901,000 166,873,000 90.7 17,028,000 9.3 Newcastle upon Tyne 179,033,000 159,920,000 89.3 19,112,000 10.7 Newham 295,363,000 260,611,000 88.2 34,752,000 11.8 Norfolk 503,342,000 453,901,000 90.2 49,441,000 9.8 North East Lincolnshire 102,773,000 90,576,000 88.1 12,197,000 11.9 North Lincolnshire 106,752,000 91,530,000 85.7 15,222,000 14.3 North Somerset 125,073,000 110,657,000 88.5 14,416,000 11.5 North Tyneside 131,289,000 122,713,000 93.5 8,577,000 6.5 North Yorkshire 388,723,000 349,675,000 90.0 39,049,000 10.0 Northamptonshire 458,999,000 386,823,000 84.3 72,176,000 15.7 Northumberland 225,067,000 192,079,000 85.3 32,988,000 14.7 Nottinghamshire 509,791,000 468,675,000 91.9 41,116,000 8.1 Oldham 188,084,000 165,305,000 87.9 22,780,000 12.1 Oxfordshire 375,858,000 326,615,000 86.9 49,243,000 13.1 Poole 83,938,000 75,321,000 89.7 8,618,000 10.3 Portsmouth 113,816,000 103,369,000 90.8 10,447,000 9.2 Reading 81,566,000 68,139,000 83.5 13,427,000 16.5 Redbridge 224,776,000 204,044,000 90.8 20,732,000 9.2 Redcar and Cleveland 103,824,000 91,521,000 88.2 12,303,000 11.8 Richmond-upon-Thames 100,169,000 85,879,000 85.7 14,291,000 14.3 Rochdale 160,867,000 144,289,000 89.7 16,578,000 10.3 Rotherham 211,127,000 187,787,000 88.9 23,340,000 11.1 Rutland 21,799,000 19,315,000 88.6 2,483,000 11.4 Salford 146,929,000 128,409,000 87.4 18,519,000 12.6 Sandwell 221,236,000 200,523,000 90.6 20,713,000 9.4 Sefton 194,401,000 175,655,000 90.4 18,747,000 9.6 Sheffield 354,638,000 293,489,000 82.8 61,150,000 17.2 Shropshire 180,827,000 147,943,000 81.8 32,884,000 18.2 Slough 112,826,000 101,456,000 89.9 11,370,000 10.1 Solihull 142,536,000 127,511,000 89.5 15,024,000 10.5 Somerset 312,300,000 268,107,000 85.8 44,193,000 14.2 South Gloucestershire 168,581,000 148,320,000 88.0 20,261,000 12.0 South Tyneside 107,971,000 99,629,000 92.3 8,342,000 7.7 Southampton 127,519,000 113,262,000 88.8 14,257,000 11.2 Southend 127,799,000 112,468,000 88.0 15,331,000 12.0 Southwark 189,960,000 164,156,000 86.4 25,804,000 13.6 St. Helens 125,228,000 111,191,000 88.8 14,037,000 11.2 Staffordshire 539,822,000 483,675,000 89.6 56,148,000 10.4 Stockport 166,913,000 146,106,000 87.5 20,807,000 12.5 Stockton-on-Tees 132,046,000 121,274,000 91.8 10,771,000 8.2 Stoke 164,827,000 141,135,000 85.6 23,692,000 14.4 Suffolk 427,824,000 384,381,000 89.8 43,443,000 10.2 Sunderland 191,581,000 177,874,000 92.8 13,707,000 7.2 Surrey 648,839,000 567,897,000 87.5 80,942,000 12.5 Sutton 153,426,000 135,500,000 88.3 17,926,000 11.7 Swindon 124,344,000 108,391,000 87.2 15,952,000 12.8 Tameside 157,679,000 137,424,000 87.2 20,254,000 12.8 Telford and Wrekin 111,618,000 100,073,000 89.7 11,545,000 10.3 Thurrock 103,067,000 87,464,000 84.9 15,603,000 15.1 Torbay 86,060,000 74,502,000 86.6 11,559,000 13.4 Tower Hamlets 277,047,000 241,730,000 87.3 35,316,000 12.7 Trafford 160,750,000 144,001,000 89.6 16,749,000 10.4 Wakefield 218,515,000 201,950,000 92.4 16,565,000 7.6 Walsall 218,357,000 197,972,000 90.7 20,385,000 9.3 Waltham Forest 193,876,000 177,230,000 91.4 16,646,000 8.6 Wandsworth 178,802,000 168,674,000 94.3 10,128,000 5.7 Warrington 135,537,000 120,412,000 88.8 15,126,000 11.2 Warwickshire 331,654,000 297,016,000 89.6 34,638,000 10.4 West Berkshire 116,277,000 104,897,000 90.2 11,379,000 9.8 West Sussex 464,413,000 407,730,000 87.8 56,683,000 12.2 Westminster 110,860,000 94,696,000 85.4 16,164,000 14.6 Wigan 211,854,000 196,606,000 92.8 15,248,000 7.2 Wiltshire 290,460,000 255,322,000 87.9 35,138,000 12.1 Windsor and Maidenhead 91,688,000 80,177,000 87.4 11,511,000 12.6 Wirral 235,220,000 211,867,000 90.1 23,353,000 9.9 Wokingham 105,411,000 93,964,000 89.1 11,447,000 10.9 Wolverhampton 194,588,000 179,303,000 92.1 15,285,000 7.9 Worcestershire 345,353,000 311,064,000 90.1 34,289,000 9.9 York 103,824,000 91,032,000 87.7 12,791,000 12.3 Notes: 1. Total schools budget is drawn from local authorities Children, Schools and Families Financial Data Collection Budget Statements (table 1) submitted to the DCSF. This is calculated as the gross elements of any grants plus the net elements of the remainder of the schools budget. 2. The total amount delegated to schools includes the individual schools budget for local authority maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special schools as well as any revenue grants and support for schools in financial difficulty delegated to those schools. 3. Cash figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and, therefore, may not sum due to rounding. 4. Cash terms figures as reported by local authorities as at 7 May 2009.