School Budget Under DSM - Freedom of information requests
Title or Description
School Budget Under DSM
FOI Number
20250795
Date Received
23/06/2025
Type of Request
FOI
Request or Question
I would like to request the following information: A list of all primary and secondary schools within your local authority area for the financial years 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 and 2022-2023.
For each school listed, please provide the total budget allocation made per named school under the Devolved School Management (DSM) scheme for the 2020-2021 / 2021-2022/ 2022-2023 financial years.
Please include a breakdown by funding category where available (e.g., staffing, supplies, pupil support, etc.).
If possible, indicate whether the figures represent the original allocation or include in-year adjustments.
For each school, please provide the number of pupils who were present and taking a free school meal (of those registered for FSM) for the financial years 2020-2021 and 2021-2022, and 2022-2023, both Secondary and Primary.
Response
Please refer to attached spreadsheet
The DSM budgets are distributed to schools in two parts – staffing and cash – and these allocations are detailed in the attached spreadsheet. Please note that pupil support does not form part of the DSM allocation
The budgets on the attached spreadsheet are final budgets after in-year adjustments were posted
Please find attached the number of pupils eligible for school meals however we do not have access to any data on whether the meal was taken and therefore we give notice under s17 of FOI(S)A 2002 and declare that the information is not held. Ordering System: In primary schools, meals are ordered via ParentPay, ensuring that only meals ordered are prepared.
