1. How many local authority schools had a deficit in the 2021/22 financial year?
12 in deficit of 133 schools. (This will include single budget federations)
2. What was the cumulative deficit of those schools?
£298,000
3. How many schools are projected to go into financial deficit this financial year (2022/23)?
13 in deficit of 124 schools
4. What is the predicted cumulative deficit?
£820,875.
5. How many schools are projected to go into financial deficit the financial year 2023/24?
15 in deficit of 124 schools.
6. What is the predicted cumulative deficit?
£1,683,400
7. When local authority schools become sponsored academies, the deficit stays with the local authority . What is the total deficit Devon County Council (DCC) has taken on in the past three financial years? How many sponsored academies does this relate to? (If three years is not possible, please just do the last financial year)
Total deficit £493,886
Financial Year 2020/21 – 1 school – £12,303
Financial Year 2019/20 – 1 School – £481,583
8. What is DCC’s dedicated school grants (DSG) position at the end of 2021-22?
Deficit £86.5million
9. What is DCC’s forecasted DSG deficit/surplus in-year for 2022-23?
Deficit £37.3million
10. What is DCC’s forecasted DSG position at the end of 2022-23?
Deficit £123.8million