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Data Provider: Welsh Government National Statistics CHART: Social services revenue outturn expenditure by client group (£ thousand)
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[Collapse]Total social servicesClick here to sortTotal social services
[Expand]Click here to sortTotal children's and families' services[Expand]Click here to sortTotal older people (aged 65 and over)[Expand]Click here to sortTotal social services for adults aged under 65[Expand]Click here to sortService strategy - adult services[Expand]Click here to sortTotal other social services
2001-02179,993315,227240,603.The data item is not applicable10,721746,545
2002-03212,495362,820274,513.The data item is not applicable6,734856,562
2003-04244,612410,759326,355.The data item is not applicable5,578987,304
2004-05279,714424,364358,055.The data item is not applicable7,0651,069,199
2005-06317,772444,980395,778.The data item is not applicable6,1611,164,691
2006-07350,680467,598431,7233,632.The data item is not applicable1,253,633
2007-08367,760474,113457,4123,647.The data item is not applicable1,302,932
2008-09379,994484,780480,2193,839.The data item is not applicable1,348,832
2009-10Completed on a non-FRS17 basis.405,183499,552508,9184,391.The data item is not applicable1,418,044
2010-11Completed on a non-RECS IFRS basis.424,474511,726521,0793,799.The data item is not applicable1,461,078
2011-12446,582514,023521,7424,176.The data item is not applicable1,486,524
2012-13466,796533,764531,5544,124.The data item is not applicable1,536,238
2013-14In 2013-14, the education revenue outturn data collection was changed to be comparable with the revenue budget collection.<br /><br />Overall education expenditure is not comparable with previous years due to the movement of all Flying Start expenditure to Social Services.531,026554,098539,62115,265.The data item is not applicable1,640,010
2014-15553,950573,155532,85813,366.The data item is not applicable1,673,329
2015-16554,430546,823555,28410,641.The data item is not applicable1,667,178
2016-17577,248551,654589,4399,389.The data item is not applicable1,727,730
2017-18613,135585,872613,2068,762.The data item is not applicable1,820,974
2018-19659,074625,743630,5905,346.The data item is not applicable1,920,752
2019-20715,911653,765656,9635,591.The data item is not applicable2,032,230
2020-21785,985806,763692,8735,606.The data item is not applicable2,291,227
2021-22848,802830,593737,2685,883.The data item is not applicable2,422,546
2022-23982,980813,656806,9757,180.The data item is not applicable2,610,791
2023-241,057,788911,809871,3846,262.The data item is not applicable2,847,244

Metadata

Title

Revenue outturn expenditure: social services

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

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


Statistical quality

See weblinks

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 2001-02 onwards.

Keywords

Local Government Finance, social services revenue expenditure RO3