Local Authority Revenue Outturn Expenditure, 2011-12

Statistics on revenue outturn expenditure and financing by Welsh authorities include data for police, fire and national park authorities, for 2011-12. The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 20 October 2011.

The key points from the latest release are:

• In 2011-12, total gross revenue expenditure as reported by Welsh local authorities, including police, fire and national park authorities, was £7.7 billion, an increase of 1.4% over the previous year.
• Net revenue expenditure, i.e. excluding specific and special grants, increased by 2% in 2011-12.
• Education services accounted for 33% of the total gross expenditure, social services 19%, police 8% and fire services 2%.
• Specific and special government grants totalled £2 billion and accounted for 26% of total gross expenditure in 2011-12.
• Revenue support grant accounted for 59% of the budget requirement across Wales, with council tax accounting for 23% and redistributed non-domestic rates 14%.  Police grant from the Home Office made up the remaining 4%.
• Local authorities put £28 million into reserves in 2011-12, a decrease of £108 million over the previous year.

Further information

StatsWales website.

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 5355
E-mail: stats.finance@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

October 2013 (provisional - to be confirmed on the Due Out Soon page)