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<p>The Department primarily allocates revenue funding for schools at local authority
level. Individual schools’ allocations are determined according to the local formula
set by the local authority, in consultation with schools. It remains our intention
that every school’s budget should be set on the basis of a single, national formula,
but we believe a period of transition will provide greater stability for schools.</p><p>
</p><p>Revenue funding for schools allocated by the Department to Leicester, Leicestershire,
and England in each year since 2013-14 is shown in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>£m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="7"><p><strong>Leicester</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Schools block</p></td><td><p>200.54</p></td><td><p>205.61</p></td><td><p>211.37</p></td><td><p>226.70</p></td><td><p>230.84</p></td><td><p>240.64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>High
Needs block</p></td><td><p>38.41</p></td><td><p>40.21</p></td><td><p>40.48</p></td><td><p>41.10</p></td><td><p>48.01</p></td><td><p>48.57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CSSB<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>1.87</p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="7"><p><strong>Leicestershire</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Schools block</p></td><td><p>338.09</p></td><td><p>339.66</p></td><td><p>362.79</p></td><td><p>368.92</p></td><td><p>368.28</p></td><td><p>380.14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>High
Needs block</p></td><td><p>49.56</p></td><td><p>52.34</p></td><td><p>52.84</p></td><td><p>53.87</p></td><td><p>63.16</p></td><td><p>65.98</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CSSB<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>3.28</p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="7"><p><strong>England</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Schools block</p></td><td><p>30,411.73</p></td><td><p>30,655.12</p></td><td><p>31,365.51</p></td><td><p>32,650.31</p></td><td><p>33,093.60</p></td><td><p>33,683.97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>High
Needs block</p></td><td><p>4,966.89</p></td><td><p>5,183.87</p></td><td><p>5,246.54</p></td><td><p>5,299.87</p></td><td><p>5,826.84</p></td><td><p>5,986.95</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CSSB<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>468.61</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Note that, in 2017-18, the balance between the Schools Block and High Needs
block for every local authority was re-balanced, to reflect previous years’ decisions
on the local distribution of spending between schools, high needs and early years.
In the case of Leicestershire, total funding increased in that year from £422.79m
in 2016-17 to £431.44m in 2017-18.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Prior to 2013-14, the Department
did not break the dedicated schools grant (DSG) into specific blocks. Total DSG allocations
for the years 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13 are shown below, but these figures are
not comparable to those above because they cover schools, high needs and early years
funding.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>DSG £m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Leicester</strong></p></td><td><p>204.16</p></td><td><p>244.96</p></td><td><p>247.64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Leicestershire</strong></p></td><td><p>349.43</p></td><td><p>400.93</p></td><td><p>402.13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p>31,195.45</p></td><td><p>36,543.96</p></td><td><p>36,855.00</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Funding for 2019-20 will be determined later this year, on the basis of the
October 2018 census. The Department published notional allocations, based on 2017-18
pupil numbers and characteristics, alongside the outcome to the national funding formula
consultation in September 2017. However, these figures were published to help to explain
the impact of the introduction of the national funding formula; they are not comparable
with the figures in the tables above as they do not take account of the actual pupil
numbers used to calculate schools block allocations for 2018-19.</p>
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