The Education (Outturn Statements) (England) Regulations 2000

These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Outturn Statements) (England) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 21st August 2000.

These Regulations shall apply only in relation to England and, except for regulation 3, only in relation to outturn statements prepared for the financial year beginning on 1st April 1999.

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

• “the 1996 Act” means the Education Act 1996^f1;

• “the 1998 Act” means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998;

• “the 1995 Regulations” means the Education (School Financial Statements) (Prescribed Particulars etc.) Regulations 1995^f2;

• “the 1999 Regulations” means the Financing of Maintained Schools Regulations 1999^f3;

• “allocation formula” means the authority’s formula under regulation 10 of the 1999 Regulations used to determine schools' budget shares;

• “authority” means a local education authority;

• “budget statement” means the statement referred to in section 52(1) of the 1998 Act;

• “DfEE number” means the reference number allocated to a school by the Department for Education and Employment;

• “ISB” means an authority’s individual schools budget within the meaning of section 46(2) of the 1998 Act;

• “LEA number” means the reference number allocated to an authority by the Department for Education and Employment;

• “LSB” means an authority’s local schools budget within the meaning of section 46(1) of the 1998 Act;

• “maintained school” means a community, foundation or voluntary school or a community or foundation special school;

• “outturn statement” means the statement referred to in section 52(2) of the 1998 Act;

• “school” means a maintained school;

• “special educational needs” and “special educational provision ” have the meanings given to those expressions by section 312 of the 1996 Act;

• “Standards Fund grant” means grant paid under section 484 of the 1996 Act together with the authority’s expenditure not offset by that grant but taken into account in determining the amount of that grant;

• “statement” in relation to a pupil with special educational needs means a statement made under section 324 of the 1996 Act; and

• “version number” means a number which distinguishes a particular form submitted by the authority from earlier versions of that same form prepared by them.

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires references to primary or secondary schools do not include special schools.

The following table shows provisions of the 1996 or 1998 Act defining or otherwise explaining expressions used in these Regulations—

Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in these Regulations to a numbered regulation or Schedule is a reference to the regulation or Schedule in these Regulations so numbered.

The 1995 Regulations are revoked in so far as they apply to outturn statements as therein defined prepared by local education authorities in England.

Notwithstanding paragraph (1) above—

An outturn statement for the financial year beginning on 1st April 1999 shall be prepared in three parts, and shall contain the information prescribed for the purposes of section 52(2) of the 1998 Act, as follows—

The following information must appear at the top of each of Parts 1 to 3 of an outturn statement—

Where a person is carrying out functions on behalf of an authority then the authority shall include information in Parts 1 to 3 of the outturn statement as if expenditure by that person in carrying out those functions were expenditure by the authority.

supplying a copy to the Secretary of State for Education and Employment in accordance with regulation 6; and

making a copy available for reference by parents and other persons at all reasonable times and without charge at each education office of the authority.

One copy of Parts 1, 2 and 3 of the outturn statement shall be supplied to the Secretary of State for Education and Employment in paper form and one copy in the form of machine readable data by E-mail or on a floppy disc provided for that purpose by the Secretary of State.

Any computer language or software used to supply tables must be one which the Secretary of State for Education and Employment has notified to the authority.

An outturn statement shall be published before 1st October next following the end of the financial year to which it relates.

An outturn statement shall be revised if the authority discover any errors.

A revised outturn statement shall be subject to regulations 4, 5, 6, 7(2) and 8.

ISB

Strategic Management

Specific Grants

Special Education

School Improvement

Access

Enter here the amount of the ISB for the financial year.

Enter here all expenditure on the provision of education for children in nursery schools not being special schools.

Enter here all expenditure on the provision of Adult and Community Education.

A heading for expenditure on the provision of support for students.

Enter here all expenditure under section 1(1) of the Education Act 1962^f1 (mandatory awards).

Enter here all expenditure incurred by virtue of regulations under section 22 of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998^f2 (student support).

Enter here all expenditure under section 1(6) or 2 of the Education Act 1962 (discretionary grants).

Enter here all expenditure on the provision of transport under section 509 of the 1996 Act other than in relation to schools (Home to College Transport).

Enter here all expenditure on making pension payments other than in respect of schools.

Enter here all expenditure on the authority’s Youth Service.

Enter here the aggregate for each column of the amounts entered for the matters referred to in notes 2.1 to 2.6.

Enter in this line the aggregate for each column (a) to (h) of the amounts entered for the matters referred to in notes 1.10 and 2.7.