Audit Commission Report Jul 09
Schools could save over £400 million through better
procurement alone
Valuable lessons - Improving economy and efficiency in schools
Local government summary - July 2009
- Schools’ spending on goods and services increased by 40
per cent over eight years to £6.8 billion in 2007/08. - The great variation between schools’ spending on standard
items shows scope for large savings. - Schools should subject suppliers of goods and services,
including councils’ traded services, to competition, and use
professional buying organisations to reap economies of
scale. - Councils should support schools to purchase more
effectively, for example in understanding local markets and
aggregating buying power.
