Central services
Running the council, elections, council tax collection.
Council spending (local returns)
Where the official figures are
Local authority revenue expenditure and financing
Every English council's day-to-day spending by service (budgets and outturn).
- Publisher
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Covers
- England
- Released
- Annual (budget in summer, outturn in autumn)
Local government finance statistics (Local Financial Returns)
Every Scottish council's spending by service.
- Publisher
- Scottish Government
- Covers
- Scotland
- Released
- Annual
Local authority revenue and capital outturn expenditure
Every Welsh council's revenue and capital spending by service.
- Publisher
- Welsh Government
- Covers
- Wales
- Released
- Annual
By council
- Birmingham City CouncilIn the England return
- Manchester City CouncilIn the England return
- Leeds City CouncilIn the England return
- Liverpool City CouncilIn the England return
- Bristol City CouncilIn the England return
- Sheffield City CouncilIn the England return
- Newcastle upon Tyne City CouncilIn the England return
- Nottingham City CouncilIn the England return
- Greater London AuthorityIn the England return
- Glasgow City CouncilIn the Scotland return
- City of Edinburgh CouncilIn the Scotland return
- Aberdeen City CouncilIn the Scotland return
- Cardiff CouncilIn the Wales return
- Swansea CouncilIn the Wales return
- Belfast City CouncilNo linked Northern Ireland return yet
Can't find a figure? Ask for it
Anyone can ask a council or government body for information it holds under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (in Scotland, the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002). They normally have 20 working days to reply. Answers are not official statistics, so we link to them but never show them as figures.
- How to make an FOI request (GOV.UK)
- Your rights (Information Commissioner's Office)
- Scottish Information Commissioner
- Find any council (GOV.UK)
Links checked 05 Nov 2026