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Data Provider: Welsh Government National Statistics Budgeted revenue expenditure by authority and service
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[Collapse]Total Wales2,893,2082,053,8281,022,041409,412282,343193,52280,42232,132318,907901,962177,554289,3668,654,696
Total Wales[Collapse]Total Unitary Authorities2,893,2082,053,8281,022,041394,644282,343193,52280,42232,132301,6250160,043238,2447,652,051
Total Unitary AuthoritiesIsle of Anglesey64,05843,23323,83311,2078,1953,6781,7691,7346,99304,6142,630171,944
Gwynedd112,31487,06839,96518,73413,7806,5012,72088712,70405,54429,083329,303
Conwy99,46978,42540,87113,6209,0888,4032,5801,01210,785010,4878,098282,839
Denbighshire98,93358,56331,83512,1909,0479,9461,3231,10413,73107,5933,644247,909
Flintshire137,03292,78032,73018,27016,0968,9291,48952211,99706,4094,254330,507
Wrexham117,88982,18835,56622,7699,2357,0873,1709858,58704,1218,131299,729
Powys115,260102,41635,71016,63412,1895,4882,5572,58011,56405,97714,356324,731
Ceredigion66,12747,91019,27210,9509,9615,0822,3544368,65904,5673,957179,274
Pembrokeshire109,56777,36131,25816,18513,5315,7772,6262,72011,58509,3936,528286,531
Carmarthenshire171,643115,61457,69225,35216,68211,7418,8341,14723,268011,04935,387478,410
Swansea211,839157,111107,03022,92722,69818,6623,1292,34436,378020,3008,113610,531
Neath Port Talbot128,392105,37444,17321,16814,5009,3608,3413,88319,53208,1163,889366,728
Bridgend139,31683,12648,62913,99613,8629,0815,9597108,27206,98133,276363,208
Vale of Glamorgan127,10275,09942,15615,0138,6796,4522,4542,58410,12803,44115,333308,440
Rhondda Cynon Taf244,809184,23869,81734,96021,52716,6597,5131,95919,613010,96729,931641,993
Merthyr Tydfil58,28042,30017,7268,5904,9964,6432,2975896,38303,813900150,518
Caerphilly180,719115,04050,02122,40618,32714,0344,14078211,37707,0507,323431,217
Blaenau Gwent59,53454,94128,19010,4556,6575,8412,8281,1814,81207,632991183,060
Torfaen92,44558,40132,03512,5658,7994,9062,26743111,26803,5962,597229,309
Monmouthshire71,32355,52725,5929,8016,1526,7052,4281,1108,51402,6083,122192,882
Newport152,484116,03940,98315,75311,3538,4015,42868614,78905,28211,376382,574
Cardiff334,673221,074166,95841,10126,99016,1454,2152,74630,686010,5025,323860,414
[Collapse]Total Police000000005,401748,54613,68248,939816,569
Total PoliceDyfed Powys Police00000000181118,3872,727558121,853
Gwent Police000000000135,9976,78325,998168,778
North Wales Police000000002,029168,0802,1494,212176,470
South Wales Police000000003,191326,0832,02318,171349,469
[Collapse]Total Fire Authorities0000000011,881153,4151,238300166,834
Total Fire AuthoritiesMid and West Wales Fire Authority000000004,51148,427878053,816
North Wales Fire Authority000000002,83635,052251038,138
South Wales Fire Authority000000004,53469,93710930074,880
[Collapse]Total National Park Authorities00014,7680000002,5901,88319,241
Total National Park AuthoritiesBrecon Beacons NPA0003,34300000077354,121
Pembrokeshire Coast NPA0003,9380000001,188-155,111
Snowdonia NPA0007,4870000006291,89310,009

Metadata

Title

Revenue budgeted expenditure

Last update

December 2020 December 2020

Next update

June 2021

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Revenue budget (RA) 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

General description

Revenue expenditure is the cost of running local authority services such as staffing, heating, lighting and cleaning, together with expenditure on goods and services consumed within the 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 2016-17 onwards.

Statistical quality

See weblinks

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 revenue expenditure