Welsh Local Government Financial Statistics, 2010

Statistics on Local Government Finance include data for Wales for the period 2008-09 outturn and budgets for 2009-10 and 2010-11.

The key points from the latest release are:

2008-09 outturn

• Gross revenue expenditure, including spending financed by specific grants, stood at £7,184 million or £2,402 per head of population.
• Capital expenditure was £1,128 million, of which £238 million was expenditure on housing and £204 million was expenditure on education.

2009-10 outturn

• By 31 March 2010 councils had collected an estimated 96% of all council tax due for 2009-10, which was 99% of the amount budgeted to be collected.

2010-11 budget

• Local authorities budgeted to spend £2,525 per head of population or £7,549 million on gross revenue expenditure.
• Provision for education services accounted for 34% of the total budgeted gross revenue expenditure, social services for 19%, whilst police and fire services accounted for a further 9% and 2% respectively.
• Local authorities forecast capital expenditure to be £1,083 million in 2010-11.
• The total number of dwellings liable for council tax in Wales in 2010-11 was 1,320,647.  The average band D council tax across Wales for 2010-11 was £1,127, a rise of 3.7% over 2009-10.

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 3963
E-mail: stats.finance@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

September 2011 (provisional – to be confirmed on the Due Out Soon page)