Standard spending assessments and central government support (per head) by authority

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Type of support $Standard spending assessments (SSAs) are centrally determined assessments of each authority\'s need to spend on revenue services, on the total standard spending basis. They are calculated just prior to the year to which they relate using principles established by the Welsh Assembly Government encompassing the demographic, physical and social characteristics of each area, as reflected by a range of indicators. SSAs include an element to cover the need to spend on the current element of revenue expenditure, and an element to cover the need to spend on the capital charges element of revenue expenditure. The distribution of the current element between local authorities is based on the distribution of various indicators of need, such as pupil numbers, population and measures of deprivation and rurality. The distribution of the capital charges element between local authorities is based on the latest available credit ceiling figure for each authority (which is essentially the level of unpaid debt) together with estimates of how this will change in the year to which the SSAs relate. Central government support comprises revenue support grant, redistributed non-domestic rates, council tax reduction scheme and transitional grants for county or county borough councils. Comprises revenue support grant, redistributed non-domestic rates, police grant and police damping grant for police authorities. Excludes non-police specific grants Revenue support grant (RSG) is paid to local authorities by the Welsh Assembly Government as a major element of support for revenue expenditure, as required by section 78(1) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988. In order to arrive at the aggregate amount of RSG, the Welsh Assembly Government determines a level of total standard spending and then sets the level of aggregate external finance (AEF). RSG is the balancing item within AEF after the distributable amount of non-domestic rates and the levels of certain specific government grants towards revenue expenditure have been decided.$

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Standard spending assessments and police grant $Centrally determined assessments of each authority\'s need to spend on revenue services.$

Total central government support Comprises revenue support grant, redistributed non-domestic rates, council tax reduction scheme, transitional grants and additional top-up funding . Excludes non-police specific grants.

Comprises revenue support grant, redistributed non-domestic rates, council tax reduction scheme, transitional grants and additional top-up funding . Excludes non-police specific grants.

Total Wales

2,657

1,974

Total Wales

Total Unitary Authorities

2,464

1,827

Total Unitary Authorities

Isle of Anglesey

2,556

1,848

Gwynedd

2,649

1,984

Conwy

2,485

1,781

Denbighshire

2,749

2,080

Flintshire

2,332

1,664

Wrexham

2,357

1,720

Powys

2,508

1,762

Ceredigion

2,602

1,889

Pembrokeshire

2,479

1,760

Carmarthenshire

2,493

1,854

Swansea

2,420

1,803

Neath Port Talbot

2,558

2,009

Bridgend

2,375

1,772

Vale of Glamorgan

2,328

1,571

Rhondda Cynon Taf

2,560

2,032

Merthyr Tydfil

2,610

2,097

Caerphilly

2,539

1,981

Blaenau Gwent

2,662

2,149

Torfaen

2,517

1,925

Monmouthshire

2,151

1,342

Newport

2,489

1,883

Cardiff

2,315

1,675

Total Police

193

147

Total Police

Dyfed Powys Police

176

125

Gwent Police

202

159

North Wales Police

186

137

South Wales Police

199

155

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General description

Standard spending assessments (SSAs) are centrally determined assessments of each authority's need to spend on revenue services, on the total standard spending basis.

Central government support comprises revenue support grant, redistributed non-domestic rates, council tax reduction scheme and transitional grants for county or county borough councils. In the context of this table it excludes non-police specific grants.

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.

Title

Standard spending assessments and central government support

Last update

March 2024

Next update

March 2025

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Local Government Settlement, Welsh Government

Contact email

stats.finance@gov.wales

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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
https://www.gov.wales/local-government-finance

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Local Government Finance, Standard spending assessment

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