Welsh Local Government Financial Statistics, 2012

Statistics on Local Government Finance include data for Wales for the period 2010-11 outturn and budgets for 2011-12 and 2012-13.

2010-11 outturn

• Gross revenue expenditure, including spending financed by specific grants, stood at £7,636 million or £2,540 per head of population.
• Capital expenditure was £998 million, of which £233 million was expenditure on education and £211 million was expenditure on transport.

2011-12 council tax collection

• By 31 March 2012, councils had collected 97% of all council tax due for 2011-12, which was 99% of the amount budgeted to be collected.

2012-13 budget

• Local authorities budgeted to spend £2,595 per head of population or £7,800 million on gross revenue expenditure.
• Provision for education services accounted for 33% 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 £1,213 million in 2012-13.
• The total number of dwellings liable for council tax in Wales in 2012-13 was 1,332,591.  The average band D council tax across Wales for 2012-13 is £1,188, a rise of 2.2% over 2011 12.

Contact

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

Next update

September 2013 (provisional – to be confirmed on the Due Out Soon page)