1. What is the total school supplementary grant (SSG) funding from the government for each financial year since 2017.
2022/23 is the first year that Devon has received School Supplementary Grant (SSG), for 2022/23 Devon received £14,029,876
2. Please provide a breakdown for each financial year on how this funding has been allocated. Please breakdown the amounts if the SSG has been allocated to different budgets. And please can this also include what was passed onto schools, what was moved to the high needs budget and what has been retained by the council.
Under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act, Devon County Council is not obliged to provide this information as it is already available on Schools Supplementary Grant 2022 to 2023 webpage. ‘Refer to Schools Supplementary Grant School Allocations 2022 to 2023′ – tab labelled “School Level”.
3. If your council is a ‘safety valve’ council, as designated by the Department for Education, what agreements have been made with the department in regards to the use of SSG funding?
As per the conditions of the grant (link above), local authorities pay the funding to each eligible setting.