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Data Provider: Welsh Government National Statistics Budget requirement by BR1 row description (£ thousands except where specified)
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Budget requirementThe amount calculated by the authority under section 32(4) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (\'the 1992 Act\'). All levies, special levies and precepts issued by local precepting authorities are included in the amount calculated under section 32(4).5,442,8645,478,8195,550,3925,733,7605,861,3096,193,3376,442,8386,950,6527,478,4767,863,783
Discretionary non-domestic rate reliefThe cost to the authority of discretionary non-domestic rate relief anticipated to be granted (under sections 47 and 49 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988, as amended). It is not part of the budget requirement and should be shown to the nearest pou3,6083,5153,5593,7304,7374,9204,9864,8864,7644,588
Re-distributed non-domestic rates889,080928,1501,006,050997,5001,007,9501,079,2001,045,9501,133,8651,020,9781,137,861
Revenue support grantBudget requirement and RSG figures for 2013-14 are not comparable with previous years because of the discontinuation of council tax benefit. Previously council tax benefit grants were provided by the Department of Work and Pensions but reforms mean that a3,235,6293,173,4013,107,5703,216,5673,229,4813,395,2443,605,5443,973,7294,498,9114,582,663
Council tax reduction scheme grant.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Amount to be collected from the council taxThe amount calculated by the authority under section 32(4) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (\'the 1992 Act\'). All levies, special levies and precepts issued by local precepting authorities are included in the amount calculated under section 32(4).1,321,7621,380,7841,440,3301,523,4221,628,6161,723,8131,796,3301,847,9451,963,3522,147,846
Community council preceptsThe aggregate amount of any precepts issued by, or anticipated to be issued by, community councils to the county/county borough council which were taken into account in calculating its budget requirement.34,53136,36538,19941,64044,31247,23648,15650,26253,80858,850
Council tax base before collection rate adjustment (number of band D equivalents)The ‘taxbase before collection rate adjustment\' is the total of the \'relevant amounts\', (as defined in regulations 3 and 4 of the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) (Wales) Regulations 1995 (SI 1995/2561: “the 1995 regulations”), as amend1,209,5771,217,6661,230,8831,238,1731,247,1711,261,6421,273,4461,280,9841,290,8471,308,044
Assumed collection rate (percentage)The estimated collection rate (in accordance with regulation 3 of SI 1995/2561).97.7597.8697.9998.1098.0998.0897.8297.8497.7597.87
Class O exempt dwellings (number of band D equivalents)The figure is the amount (if any) calculated by the billing authority under regulation 3(4) of the 1995 regulations. It represents the amount which the authority has added to its taxbase for the year relating to sums which are likely to be paid to the au885866853833824808795784748729
Council tax base for tax-setting purposes (number of band D equivalents)The amount calculated by the authority for item T in section 33(1) of the 1992 Act.1,183,2121,192,5041,207,0181,215,5001,224,1411,238,2191,246,4651,254,1241,262,5241,280,944
County council CT (inc. community councils) (£)The basic amount of council tax, calculated by the billing authority under section 33(1) of the 1992 Act, as modified by sub sections (3B) and (3C) of section 33 of the 1992 Act.1,117.101,157.891,193.301,253.331,330.411,392.171,441.221,473.491,555.101,676.77
CT Reduction scheme 2000-01 (£).The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Police council tax within county area (£)210.52216.33226.70238.70260.44274.77289.76303.69324.36347.55
Total CT for billing authority area (average band D council tax) (£)This is the sum of the council tax figures. It represents the average headline (band D equivalent) council tax for the area.1,327.621,374.211,420.001,492.031,590.851,666.941,730.981,777.181,879.462,024.31
Transitional grant for reducing council tax 2000-03.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Precept of police authorityThis is the precept of the police authority on the billing authority council tax, expressed as a band D equivalent figure. It should relate to the total police authority precept and the taxbase for the billing authority.249,089257,969273,630290,140318,810340,226360,410380,942409,515445,186

Metadata

Title

Budget requirement for local authorities

Last update

March 2024 March 2024

Next update

March 2025

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Budget Requirement (BR1) 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 and Welsh

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

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


Keywords

Local Government Finance, budget requirement

General description

The Welsh Assembly Government conducts the budget requirement survey. Data are available on revenue expenditure, net of specific grants and any transfer to/from reserves, budgeted by each county council and police authority for the next financial year. The data also includes a broad analysis of the funding of that expenditure, including the levels of council tax set by each authority.

Data cover Wales for all years since 1996-97. Data for earlier years is available for the former districts and counties of Wales, which were re-organised on 1 April 1996. Data for individual police authorities are available for all years since 1995-96, when these bodies became free-standing, with the power to set their own council tax.

The survey has been conducted every February since 1993-94. Results are available in late March, approximately one week before the beginning of the reference financial year.

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 each financial year from 1996-97 onwards.

Statistical quality

See weblinks