Local authority revenue and capital outturn expenditure: 2024-25

Table 1: Revenue expenditure and financing [Note 1]

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Worksheets in this release

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Table 1 Table 1: Revenue expenditure and financing [Note 1]
Table 2 Table 2: Revenue expenditure by local authority [Note 1]
Table 3 Table 3: Capital expenditure by service
Table 4 Table 4: Capital receipts by service
Table 5 Table 5: Capital expenditure financing
Table 6 Table 6: Capital expenditure by authority and service, 2024-25
Table 7 Table 7: Capital expenditure and receipts, by detailed service, 2024-25

Table 1: Revenue expenditure and financing [Note 1]

County and county borough council expenditure 2023-24 2024-25 Change Percentage change 2024-25 £ per head [Note 2]
Education 3,596,313.83,907,361.8311,048.08.61,226.2
Social services 2,847,243.73,024,548.9177,305.26.2949.2
Housing [Note 3] 987,618.5986,468.4-1,150.1-0.1309.6
Local environmental services [Note 4] 514,664.7523,590.48,925.71.7164.3
Roads and transport 296,218.7321,071.024,852.38.4100.8
Libraries, culture, heritage, sport and recreation 258,772.6252,251.5-6,521.0-2.579.2
Planning, economic and community development 178,025.3277,506.599,481.255.987.1
Council tax administration 52,120.063,458.211,338.121.819.9
Debt financing: counties 308,354.2340,760.632,406.410.5106.9
Central administration and other revenue: counties [Note 5] [Note 6] 407,281.8377,104.6-30,177.3-7.4118.3
All county and county borough council expenditure 9,446,613.310,074,121.9627,508.66.63,161.4
Police [Note 6] 983,964.31,048,199.564,235.26.5328.9
Fire [Note 6] 200,281.8210,427.210,145.45.166.0
National parks [Note 6] 20,092.920,405.1312.21.66.4
Gross revenue expenditure 10,650,952.311,353,153.6702,201.36.63,562.8
less specific and special government grants [Note 7] 2,461,198.02,857,122.2395,924.216.1896.6
Net revenue expenditure 8,189,754.38,496,031.4306,277.13.72,666.2
Putting to (+) / drawing from (-) reserves [Note 8] -146,794.4-20,686.3126,108.1-85.9-6.5
Council tax reduction scheme 278,175.4292,607.914,432.55.291.8
Budget requirement [Note 6] 8,321,135.38,767,953.0446,817.75.42,751.5
plus discretionary non-domestic rate relief 4,764.34,587.7-176.6-3.71.4
less revenue support grant 4,611,358.74,694,994.183,635.41.81,473.4
less police grant 319,674.3345,515.425,841.18.1108.4
less redistributed non-domestic rates income 1,022,000.01,139,000.0117,000.011.4357.4
Council tax requirement 2,372,866.72,593,031.3220,164.69.3813.7
of which:
paid by council tax reduction scheme 278,175.4292,607.914,432.55.291.8
paid directly by council tax payers 2,094,691.32,300,423.4205,732.19.8721.9