Welsh Local Government Financial Statistics, 2009

Statistics on Local Government Finance include data for Wales for the period 2007-08 outturn and budgets for 2008-09 and 2009-10.

2007-08 outturn

• Gross revenue expenditure, including spending financed by specific grants, stood at £6,739 million or £2,261 per head of population.
• Capital expenditure was £1,146 million, of which £247 million was expenditure on housing and £190 million was expenditure on education.

2008-09 outturn

• By 31 March 2009 councils had collected an estimated 96% of all council tax due for 2008-09, which was 99% of the amount budgeted to be collected.

2009-10 budget

• Local authorities budgeted to spend £2,451 per head of population or £7,305 million.
• 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 £928 million in 2009-10.
• The total number of dwellings liable for council tax in Wales in 2009-10 was 1,312,825.  The average band D council tax across Wales for 2009-10 was £1,086, a rise of 4.1% over 2008-09.

Contact

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

Next update

September 2010 (provisional – to be confirmed on the Due Out Soon page)