Local Authority Revenue Outturn Expenditure, 2007-08

Statistics on revenue outturn expenditure and financing by Welsh authorities include data for police, fire and national park authorities, for 2007-08. The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 4 December 2007.

The key points from the latest release are:

• Total gross revenue expenditure for 2007-08, as reported by Welsh local authorities, including police, fire and national park authorities, was £6.7 billion. This represents an increase of 4.1% over the previous year.
• Specific and special government grants increased by £100 million or 6.6% and accounted for 24% of total gross expenditure in 2007 08.
• Net revenue expenditure, i.e. excluding specific and special grants, increased by 3.4% in 2007-08.
• Education services accounted for 34% of the total gross expenditure, social services 19%, police 9% and fire services 2%.
• Revenue support grant accounted for 59% of the budget requirement across Wales, with council tax accounting for 22% and redistributed non-domestic rates 15%.  Police grant from the Home Office made up the remaining 4%.
• Total gross revenue expenditure per head in Wales (including police and fire) was £2,261. The county recording the highest expenditure per head was Merthyr Tydfil at £2,342 per person. The lowest recorded expenditure per head was Monmouthshire with £1,722 per head. The highest police authority spend per head was for South Wales police authority at £217 per head.
• Local authorities put £97 million into their reserves in 2007-08.  This represents an increase of £72 million over the previous year.

Further information can be found on the StatsWales website.

Contact

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

Next update

November 2009 (provisional - to be confirmed on the Due Out Soon page)