Financing of revenue expenditure by authority and service

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Next update expected:June 2026

Updates

16th October 2025
Dataset first published.

Main information

Designation
Accredited official statistics
Data provider
Local Authorities
Data source
Revenue outturn (RO) data collection
Time period covered
April 1999 to March 2026

Overview

Summary of dataset and variables

Revenue financing data details the way in which revenue expenditure is funded in the form of central government support, specific grants and council tax.

Data collection or calculation

The data requested and provided by local authorities, fire, police and national parks are required under legislation.

Statistical quality

The collection is a 100% survey and as such no estimation of the figures is calculated, and hence there is no sampling error.

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Organisation
Welsh Government
Contact email
stats.finance@gov.wales