Spending on the day-to-day running of schools, including staff costs, heating and lighting, consumables and so on; sometimes called recurrent expenditure.

Spending on the day-to-day running of schools, including staff costs, heating and lighting, consumables and so on; sometimes called recurrent expenditure.

Current expenditure is expenditure on goods and services consumed within the current year, which needs to be made recurrently to sustain the production of educational services. Minor expenditure on it [..]

Spending on government activities including social benefits, interest payments and other government department spending (excluding spending on capital assets).

Public sector spending which does not create an asset but constitutes consumption; in other words, expenses related to the hiring of human resources and to the purchase of goods and services required [..]

Current expenditure is spending on day-to -day items that will last for a limited period only