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<p>The Department’s programme budget, as restated in the Spring Budget 2023, is £76.5
billion in 2022/23, £81.1 billion in 2023/24 and £84.4 billion in 2024/25.</p><p>The
Department’s annual report and accounts 2022/23 provides detail of programme expenditure
in 2022/23 and is accessible at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-for-education-consolidated-annual-report-and-accounts-2022-to-2023"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-for-education-consolidated-annual-report-and-accounts-2022-to-2023</a>.</p><p>The
Department’s Main Estimate sets out the budget for the financial year and is accessible
at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/main-supply-estimates-2023-to-24"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/main-supply-estimates-2023-to-24</a>.</p><p>The
ten highest areas of planned programme expenditure in 2023/24 included in the Estimate
are displayed in the below table:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Area of </strong><strong>programme
expenditure</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£ billion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Schools
block of the dedicated schools grant</p></td><td><p>44.35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>High
needs block of the dedicated schools grant</p></td><td><p>9.95</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16-19
education and T-Levels</p></td><td><p>6.83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Early years block
of the dedicated schools grant</p></td><td><p>3.89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pupil premium</p></td><td><p>2.87</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apprenticeships</p></td><td><p>2.59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Strategic
Priorities Grant</p></td><td><p>1.46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adult education budget</p></td><td><p>1.46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Education
recovery programmes</p></td><td><p>1.01</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Private Finance Initiative
revenue grant</p></td><td><p>0.75</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These numbers
will be revised as required at the Supplementary Estimate for the funding to be provided
to schools in 2023/24 following the announcement of the teachers’ pay award, and to
drive forward skills delivery in the further education sector. Departmental expenditure
is subject to an annual planning exercise. For this reason, the Department are unable
to confirm figures for 2024/25. Government departments routinely transfer funding
where there are shared priority programmes. Across the spending review period, the
Department will jointly deliver programmes with other government departments such
as the Multiply programme to improve adult numeracy and to create a network of family
hubs to improve access to start for life services. Further information on cross-Government
funding can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-treasury"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-treasury</a>.</p><p>The
Department does not hold month by month budget or expenditure information in the format
requested. The Department does publish a payment schedule for the dedicated schools
grant, available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2023-to-2024/dsg-conditions-of-grant-2023-to-2024"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2023-to-2024/dsg-conditions-of-grant-2023-to-2024</a>.</p>
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