Strategic management
15. Expenditure on education functions related to—
(a)functions of the director of children’s services and the personal staff of the director;
(b)planning for the education service as a whole;
(c)authorisation and monitoring of expenditure which is not met from the budget shares of schools maintained by the authority, and all related financial administration;
(d)the formulation and review of the methods of allocating resources to schools maintained by the authority, and other bodies;
(e)internal audit and other tasks necessary for the discharge of the authority’s chief finance officer’s responsibilities under section 151 of the Local Government Act 1972(1) in so far as the responsibilities do not relate to maintained schools; and
(f)the preparation and review of plans involving collaboration with other local authority services or with public or voluntary bodies.