This is extra money added to (or taken from) a council's government grant for schools during the year, on top of the original allocation — including special rescue payments the government makes to councils in deep trouble. It matters because these one-off top-ups can make a council's debt look like it is improving when the underlying spending problem has not changed. A large number usually means the council received a bailout-style payment; a small or zero number means no such adjustment.
| Council | Class | Value | In its class |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kent | county | 11,241,255 | 1st highest of 23 |
| Wiltshire | unitary | 5,670,004 | 1st highest of 61 |
| Devon | county | 5,449,028 | 2nd highest of 23 |
| Surrey | county | 4,160,000 | 3rd highest of 23 |
| Bristol, City of | unitary | 3,830,003 | 2nd highest of 61 |
| Southwark | london | 3,127,346 | 1st highest of 33 |
| Hounslow | london | 2,317,108 | 2nd highest of 33 |
| South Gloucestershire | unitary | 2,282,489 | 3rd highest of 61 |
| Croydon | london | 2,100,000 | 3rd highest of 33 |
| Haringey | london | 1,910,000 | 4th highest of 33 |
| Council | Class | Value | In its class |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essex | county | -14,780,143 | 23rd highest of 23 |
| Calderdale | metropolitan | -13,314,212 | 36th highest of 36 |
| Milton Keynes | unitary | -2,733,931 | 61st highest of 61 |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | unitary | -2,524,823 | 60th highest of 61 |
| Buckinghamshire | unitary | -2,289,232 | 59th highest of 61 |
| Leeds | metropolitan | -2,135,267 | 35th highest of 36 |
| Stockport | metropolitan | -2,013,473 | 34th highest of 36 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | unitary | -1,612,627 | 58th highest of 61 |
| Manchester | metropolitan | -1,606,803 | 33rd highest of 36 |
| Southampton | unitary | -1,542,781 | 57th highest of 61 |
| name | dsg_grant_adj |
|---|---|
| dataset | 05-dsg-send-deficits |
| kind | extracted |
| type | numeric |
| unit | GBP |
| grain | local authority x financial year |
| role | feature |
| source | data/data/s251_alleducation_la_regional_national.csv (cp1252); geographic_level == 'Local authority'; category_of_expenditure == '1.9.1a Dedicated Schools Grant in year adjustments'; column gross_expenditure |
| period | 2015-16 to 2024-25 |
| missingness | 'x' = not applicable, 'z' = suppressed — never treat as zero |
| score_note | Mostly a Safety-Valve bailout marker — a caveat variable more than a performance signal. |
| calculated | ../calculated/dsg-grant-adj.csv |
| calculated_rows | 759 |
| calculated_periods | 2020-21 to 2024-25 |
| calculated_date | 2026-08-13 |
| peer_group | unitaries (n=61), metropolitan boroughs (n=36), London boroughs (n=33), counties (n=25) — context variable, excluded from leaderboard scoring |
In-year adjustments to the DSG, which include Safety Valve bailout payments from DfE. Because these cash injections flow through this line, its presence distorts year-on-year deficit trends for participating LAs — check it before interpreting a deficit "recovery".