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<p>In June 2019, the Department published research to help understand how Local Authorities
were using the School Improvement Monitoring and Brokering (SIMB) grant. Details are
available at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/808505/Analytical_Associate_Pool_summary_of_projects_June_2019.pdf"
target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/808505/Analytical_Associate_Pool_summary_of_projects_June_2019.pdf</a>.</p><p>In
October 2021, the Department conducted a consultation on ‘Reforming how local authority
school improvement functions are funded’, available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/reforming-how-local-authority-school-improvement-functions-are-funded"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/reforming-how-local-authority-school-improvement-functions-are-funded</a>.
In January 2022, the Department published the outcome to this consultation in its
Government response, available at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1045633/Government_response_-_Reforming_how_LA_SI_functions_are_funded.pdf"
target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1045633/Government_response_-_Reforming_how_LA_SI_functions_are_funded.pdf</a>.</p><p>The
response announced that the Department would be phasing out the SIMB grant over the
2022/23 financial year and the grant would cease in the 2023/24 financial year. The
final payment of the SIMB grant was paid to Local Authorities in April 2023.</p>
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