About this data
- Figures are councils' day-to-day (revenue) spending on services, after income from sales, fees and charges; spending funded by specific government grants is included. Capital spending, debt financing, council housing (the Housing Revenue Account), housing benefit payments, levies, community council precepts and contingencies are not included.
- Police, and fire and rescue, are run in Wales by separate police and crime commissioners and fire authorities, which aren't included. Councils' spending is net of the levies they pay to fire and national park authorities.
- Adjusted for inflation with HM Treasury's GDP deflator (October 2026), in 2025-26 prices. 2026-27 uses OBR's forecast of the deflator.
- Outturn is published only for broad services, so social services for adults and children are shown together. Housing isn't shown, because the outturn figures include housing benefit payments, and central services aren't shown.
- Some spending moves between services over time when councils' accounting and responsibilities change, so small changes in a single year should be read with care.
This chart appears in Public spending.