Paragraph 15 Strategic managementI1

functions of the director of children’s services and the personal staff of the director;

planning for the education service as a whole;

authorisation and monitoring of expenditure which is not met from the budget shares of schools maintained by the local authority, and all related financial administration;

the formulation and review of the methods of allocating resources to schools maintained by the local authority, and other bodies;

internal audit and other tasks necessary for the discharge of the local authority’s chief finance officer’s responsibilities under section 151 of the Local Government Act 1972^f1 in so far as the responsibilities do not relate to maintained schools; and

the preparation and review of plans involving collaboration with other local authority services or with public or voluntary bodies.