Local Authority Capital Forecast, 2011-12

Statistics on Capital forecast expenditure and financing by Welsh authorities include data for police, fire and national park authorities, for 2011-12.

The key points from the latest release are:

• In 2011-12, total capital forecast expenditure as reported by Welsh local authorities, including police, fire and national park authorities is £1,064 million.  This represents a year on year decrease of £19 million or 2%.
• Police authorities report a decrease of 35% in their capital forecast expenditure to £39 million, while fire authorities show an increase of 7% to £25 million over the previous year.
• Education services account for 26% of the total capital forecast expenditure, housing services 21% and roads and transport 15%.
• 56% of the funding for this expenditure is in the form of external support, mainly from the Welsh Government in grants and supported borrowing.  The remaining 44% is from authorities own internal financing.
• The unsupported borrowing element of internal financing is forecast to increase by £40 million or 19% to £256 million over the previous year.

Further information

StatsWales website.

Contact

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

Next update

June 2012 (provisional - to be confirmed on the 'Due Out Soon' page)