Local Authority Capital Expenditure, 2008-09

Statistics on capital expenditure include data for unitary, police, fire and national park authorities in Wales for the period 2008-09.

The key points from the latest release are:

• Capital expenditure for 2008-09 was £1,128 million or £377 per head of population.  This represents a decrease of £17 million or 2% over the previous year. This is the first time that capital expenditure has seen a decrease since 1999 00.
• Capital receipts for 2008-09 were £63 million.  This represents a decrease of £110 million or 64% over the previous year.  This is the lowest that income from capital receipts has been since local government reorganisation in 1996-97. This is consistent with the current economic climate.
• The largest service spend was for local environmental services at £372 million (33%), of which planning and sports facilities were the largest elements. The next highest were housing £238 million (21%), transport £231 million (21%) and education £204 million (18%).
• Police, fire and national park authorities reported expenditure of £37 million, £24 million and £4 million respectively.

Further information can be found on the Statswales website.

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 5673
E-mail: stats.finance@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

October 2010 (provisional - to be confirmed on the Due Out Soon page)