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Data Provider: Welsh Government National Statistics Revenue outturn expenditure summary, by service (£ thousand)
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Schools expenditure (including delegated and non-delegated funding)3,865,569-358,0223,507,547
Non-school expenditure104,756-15,98988,767
Transport planning, policy and strategy25,590-10,91114,678
Highways and roads272,430-78,316194,113
Transport148,150-60,72387,427
Personal social services - children and families1,104,397-46,6081,057,788
Service strategy - adult services6,965-7036,262
Personal social services - older persons1,225,228-313,419911,809
Personal social services - adults aged under 651,022,286-150,902871,384
Personal social services - other.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Cultural and heritage services75,425-37,48437,941
Library services46,007-3,48542,522
Recreation and sport140,451-45,34395,108
Open spaces96,549-23,61372,936
Tourism14,139-3,87210,266
Cemetery, cremation and mortuary services22,152-20,6471,505
Coast protection5,456-9024,554
Environmental health70,872-17,42753,444
Street cleansing (not chargeable to highways)69,372-3,59665,776
Community safety23,293-3,76919,524
Own flood defence and land drainage services13,212-2,25410,958
Own agriculture and fisheries services2,179-4,152-1,972
Trading standards/Consumer protection17,932-1,72616,206
Waste collection.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Waste403,053-62,757340,296
Waste disposal.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Building control12,067-6,6525,415
Development control29,220-16,45912,762
Planning policy15,810-96414,846
Environmental initiatives14,420-2,67411,746
Business support18,123-1,29716,826
Economic research69-564
Economic development130,305-51,37978,926
Community development (county and county borough councils)44,454-7,01437,440
Magistrates' courts services.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Coroners' and other courts services11,144-1,9569,187
Housing strategy.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Registered social landlords.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Housing advice.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Housing advances.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Private sector housing renewal.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Homelessness.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Housing benefit payments.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Housing council fund909,783-60,594849,189
Housing benefit administration.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Other council fund housing147,026-8,597138,430
Council tax benefit payment and related administration.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Local tax collection66,514-14,39452,120
Elections.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Emergency planning.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Other central services to the public31,572-13,65817,915
Police services935,930-46,900889,030
Community fire safety.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Fire-fighting and rescue operations.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Fire service emergency planning.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Fire services190,026-5,301184,725
Fire service emergency planning and civil defence.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
All other fire services.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
National parks conservation.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
National parks services23,661-7,78615,875
National parks planning.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
National parks recreation and park management.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
National parks promoting understanding and enjoyment.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Corporate and democratic core146,935-16,471130,464
Non-distributed costs/Unapportionable central overheads49,225-5,19344,032
Other central costs297,165-195,032102,133
COVID-19 - costs not included in above service lines.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Total service expenditure11,848,914-1,728,95010,119,964
Community council precepts53,808.The data item is not applicable53,808
Payments to/from fire authorities0.The data item is not applicable0
Levies to/from national parks1.The data item is not applicable1
Levies paid to the Environment Agency in respect of Local Flood Defence Committees46.The data item is not applicable46
Levies paid to the Internal Drainage Boards1,071.The data item is not applicable1,071
Levies paid to the Environment Agency acting as an Internal Drainage Board243.The data item is not applicable243
Levies paid to Sea Fisheries Committees.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Levies to national police services772.The data item is not applicable772
Other levies1,250.The data item is not applicable1,250
(Non-significant) surpluses/deficits on internal trading accounts not disaggregated to services-470.The data item is not applicable-470
Other adjustments to net current expenditure-506.The data item is not applicable-506
Net current expenditure10,176,179.The data item is not applicable10,176,179
Bad debt 'provision'3,420.The data item is not applicable3,420
Provision for repayment of principal (before application of the commutation adjustment)165,384.The data item is not applicable165,384
Commutation adjustment (enter as a negative any adjustment which reduces MRP and vice versa)-140.The data item is not applicable-140
External interest payments excluding any premia and discounts on debt rescheduling229,768.The data item is not applicable229,768
Premia and discounts on debt rescheduling6,554-86,546
HRA 'item 8' interest payments/receipts817-78,502-77,685
Capital financing element within Private Finance Initiative (PFI) schemes21,699.The data item is not applicable21,699
Leasing payments (excluding any capital financing element within PFI schemes)1,410.The data item is not applicable1,410
Capital expenditure charged to revenue account182,344.The data item is not applicable182,344
Revenue expenditure funded from capital by statute (RECS).The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Pensions interest cost and expected return on pensions assets.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Appropriations to(+) / from(-) pension reserves.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Appropriations to(+) / from(-) financial instruments adjustment account220.The data item is not applicable220
Appropriations to(+) / from(-) unequal pay back pay account0.The data item is not applicable0
Appropriations to(+) / from(-) Accumulated Absences Account14,756.The data item is not applicable14,756
External interest on provision for credit liabilities (including 'set-aside' capital receipts), housing advances and other sources-72,173.The data item is not applicable-72,173
External interest receipts on HRA balances-775.The data item is not applicable-775
Community Infrastructure Levy0.The data item is not applicable0
Gross revenue expenditureFire and National Park levies are included with Unitary Authority expenditure10,650,953.The data item is not applicable10,650,953
less specific and special grants outside AEF (excluding council tax benefit and rate relief grants).The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Revenue expenditure.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
less specific and special grants inside AEF.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
less specific and special grants-2,461,198.The data item is not applicable-2,461,198
Net revenue expenditure8,189,755.The data item is not applicable8,189,755
In year council tax collection adjustment-21,375.The data item is not applicable-21,375
Other adjustments-296.The data item is not applicable-296
Appropriations to(+) / from(-) earmarked financial reserves (excluding schools' financial reserves)-115,807.The data item is not applicable-115,807
Appropriations to(+) / from(-) unallocated financial reserves-9,316.The data item is not applicable-9,316
Council tax reduction scheme (including RSG element)278,175.The data item is not applicable278,175
Budget requirement8,321,135.The data item is not applicable8,321,135
Budgeted net discretionary non-domestic rate relief paid for by council fund4,764.The data item is not applicable4,764
Budget requirement plus net council fund discretionary non-domestic rate relief8,325,900.The data item is not applicable8,325,900
less transitional grant.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
less police grant allocation under principal formula-319,674.The data item is not applicable-319,674
less revenue support grant-4,611,359.The data item is not applicable-4,611,359
less council tax reduction scheme (including RSG element).The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
less redistributed non-domestic rates income-1,022,000.The data item is not applicable-1,022,000
Aggregate of council tax precepts2,372,867.The data item is not applicable2,372,867
less council tax reduction scheme grant-278,175.The data item is not applicable-278,175
Amount to be raised from council tax payers2,094,692.The data item is not applicable2,094,692

Metadata

Title

Revenue outturn expenditure summary

Last update

October 2024 October 2024

Next update

October 2025

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Revenue outturn (RO) 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

Keywords

Local Government Finance, revenue outturn summary RS

General description

The Welsh Government conducts the revenue outturn survey. Data are available on net current expenditure for Wales by service category. The survey is conducted every summer with results available in October.

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 2002-03 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