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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)3,685,593-345,4893,340,103
Non-school expenditure103,438-12,33991,099
Transport planning, policy and strategy24,977-9,46915,507
Highways and roads264,858-79,807185,051
Transport150,647-55,15795,490
Personal social services - children and families1,027,714-44,734982,980
Service strategy - adult services7,313-1337,180
Personal social services - older persons1,092,359-278,704813,656
Personal social services - adults aged under 65954,276-147,301806,975
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 services68,628-32,40636,222
Library services45,002-3,24441,758
Recreation and sport123,315-38,31584,999
Open spaces93,287-22,57070,717
Tourism14,078-3,76710,311
Cemetery, cremation and mortuary services20,207-20,903-696
Coast protection3,551-3363,214
Environmental health76,637-21,64454,993
Street cleansing (not chargeable to highways)66,202-2,13064,071
Community safety18,927-2,76416,163
Own flood defence and land drainage services10,177-1,4428,735
Own agriculture and fisheries services2,386-4,092-1,706
Trading standards/Consumer protection15,827-1,85913,968
Waste collection.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Waste377,172-62,935314,236
Waste disposal.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Building control11,083-7,3583,725
Development control27,869-16,55411,315
Planning policy14,504-95913,544
Environmental initiatives11,574-2,4629,112
Business support12,640-1,42811,213
Economic research147-6141
Economic development99,873-52,02847,845
Community development (county and county borough councils)47,011-7,80439,207
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 services8,726-5078,218
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 fund874,571-48,845825,726
Housing benefit administration.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Other council fund housing147,864-8,490139,374
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 collection64,867-14,00250,866
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 public43,228-14,00529,222
Police services822,249-40,181782,068
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 services176,832-10,502166,331
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 services20,562-5,93714,626
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 core149,265-15,898133,367
Non-distributed costs/Unapportionable central overheads52,936-3,96248,973
Other central costs329,988-195,546134,442
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 expenditure11,162,359-1,638,0149,524,345
Community council precepts50,262.The data item is not applicable50,262
Payments to/from fire authorities0.The data item is not applicable0
Levies to/from national parks0.The data item is not applicable0
Levies paid to the Environment Agency in respect of Local Flood Defence Committees44.The data item is not applicable44
Levies paid to the Internal Drainage Boards186.The data item is not applicable186
Levies paid to the Environment Agency acting as an Internal Drainage Board984.The data item is not applicable984
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 services733.The data item is not applicable733
Other levies1,053.The data item is not applicable1,053
(Non-significant) surpluses/deficits on internal trading accounts not disaggregated to services-5,294.The data item is not applicable-5,294
Other adjustments to net current expenditure124.The data item is not applicable124
Net current expenditure9,572,438.The data item is not applicable9,572,438
Bad debt 'provision'-504.The data item is not applicable-504
Provision for repayment of principal (before application of the commutation adjustment)161,543.The data item is not applicable161,543
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 rescheduling232,235.The data item is not applicable232,235
Premia and discounts on debt rescheduling6,211-4,0522,160
HRA 'item 8' interest payments/receipts-4,511-66,649-71,161
Capital financing element within Private Finance Initiative (PFI) schemes20,667.The data item is not applicable20,667
Leasing payments (excluding any capital financing element within PFI schemes)1,506.The data item is not applicable1,506
Capital expenditure charged to revenue account122,403.The data item is not applicable122,403
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 account-2,261.The data item is not applicable-2,261
Appropriations to(+) / from(-) unequal pay back pay account0.The data item is not applicable0
Appropriations to(+) / from(-) Accumulated Absences Account-8,567.The data item is not applicable-8,567
External interest on provision for credit liabilities (including 'set-aside' capital receipts), housing advances and other sources-32,444.The data item is not applicable-32,444
External interest receipts on HRA balances-395.The data item is not applicable-395
Community Infrastructure Levy0.The data item is not applicable0
Gross revenue expenditureFire and National Park levies are included with Unitary Authority expenditure9,997,480.The data item is not applicable9,997,480
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-2,455,845.The data item is not applicable-2,455,845
Net revenue expenditure7,541,636.The data item is not applicable7,541,636
In year council tax collection adjustment-16,134.The data item is not applicable-16,134
Other adjustments-108.The data item is not applicable-108
Appropriations to(+) / from(-) earmarked financial reserves (excluding schools' financial reserves)-39,283.The data item is not applicable-39,283
Appropriations to(+) / from(-) unallocated financial reserves4,506.The data item is not applicable4,506
Council tax reduction scheme (including RSG element)272,619.The data item is not applicable272,619
Budget requirement7,763,237.The data item is not applicable7,763,237
Budgeted net discretionary non-domestic rate relief paid for by council fund4,886.The data item is not applicable4,886
Budget requirement plus net council fund discretionary non-domestic rate relief7,768,123.The data item is not applicable7,768,123
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-318,173.The data item is not applicable-318,173
less revenue support grant-4,086,064.The data item is not applicable-4,086,064
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-1,135,000.The data item is not applicable-1,135,000
Aggregate of council tax precepts2,228,886.The data item is not applicable2,228,886
less council tax reduction scheme grant-272,619.The data item is not applicable-272,619
Amount to be raised from council tax payers1,956,267.The data item is not applicable1,956,267

Metadata

Title

Revenue outturn expenditure summary

Last update

October 2023 October 2023

Next update

October 2024

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

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.

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, revenue outturn summary RS

Statistical quality

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