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Data Provider: Welsh Government Accredited Official Statistics CHART: Capital Forecast, by service (£ thousand)
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[Collapse]Total expenditure / receipts2,282,1212,435,633
Total expenditure / receipts[Collapse]Total all services2,282,1212,435,633
Total all services[Expand]Education544,453589,851
[Expand]Social servicesIncludes sheltered employment and workshops34,58732,168
[Expand]Roads and transport230,956227,235
[Expand]Total other services805,474842,007
[Expand]Total housing549,921627,585
[Expand]Law, order and protective servicesIncludes police, courts and fire116,730116,787
[Expand]Acquisition / disposal of share and loan capitalLoan and share capital which meets the definition in regulation 11 of the Local Authorities (Capital Finance and Accounting) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 should be included as capital expenditure00
[Expand]Expenditure by virtue of a directionTotal expenditure treated as capital expenditure by virtue of a direction issued under s16 (2)(b) of the Local Government Act 200300

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General description

Capital spending by local authorities is mainly for buying, constructing or improving physical assets such as buildings (schools, houses, libraries and museums, police and fire stations, courts, etc.) land (for development, roads, playing fields) vehicles, plant and machinery including street lighting, road signs, etc.

Data collection and calculation

The information presented here is collected via annual returns from Welsh Local Authorities.

Frequency of publication

Annual

Data reference periods

Data are shown for the latest financial years.

Title

Capital forecast

Last update

June 2024 June 2024

Next update

June 2025

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Capital forecast (CFR) data collection, Welsh Government

Contact email

stats.finance@gov.wales

Designation

National Statistics

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Local authorities

Geographical coverage

Local authorities

Languages covered

English only

Data licensing

You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

Statistical quality

See weblinks

Keywords

Local Government Finance, capital forecast financing

Weblinks

The associated statistical releases can be found via the links at the following webpage:
https://gov.wales/statistics-and-research?lang=en
A statistical quality report relating to all Local Government Finance statistical releases can be found at the following webpage:
https://gov.wales/local-government-finance-statistics-quality-report