Live tables on local government finance
The latest data tables on local government finance
Contents
- Borrowing and investment
- Capital payments and receipts
- Council Tax and national non-domestic rates receipts
- Local authority exit payments
- Local Council Tax support
- Quarterly revenue update
Borrowing and investment
The borrowing and investment live tables provide the latest data available on local authorities’ outstanding borrowing and investments for the UK.
The information in this table is derived from the monthly and quarterly borrowing forms submitted to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government by all local authorities.
The table is updated as soon as new or revised data becomes available.
Borrowing and investment live table, Q4 2024 to 2025
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Capital payments and receipts
The capital payments and receipts live tables provide the latest data available on quarterly capital expenditure and receipts, at England level and by local authority.
The information in this table is derived from forms submitted to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government by all English local authorities.
The table is updated as soon as new or revised data becomes available.
Capital payments and receipts Q4 2024 to 2025, England
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Council Tax and national non-domestic rates receipts
This live table provides the latest data available on receipts of Council Taxes collected during a financial year in England. The information in this table is derived from Quarterly Return of Council Taxes and National Non-Domestic Rates Returns (QRC1-4) submitted to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government by English local authorities.
The quarterly information is used in the local authority components of the National Accounts compiled by the Office for National Statistics. The table is updated as soon as new or revised data becomes available. Local authority level data will be made available once a financial year is complete.
Council Tax receipts live table, England, Q4 2024 to 2025
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National non-domestic rates receipts live table, England, Q4 2024 to 2025
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Local authority exit payments
This table contains estimates of data reported by local authorities regarding exit payments. The information in this table is derived from Exit payment returns submitted to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government by English local authorities. This table is updated annually. Data for 2014-15 to 2020-21 was previously published in the form of an ad hoc table.
Local authority exit payments England: 2014-15 to 2024-25
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Local Council Tax support
This table provides information on claimant numbers per quarter for localised Council Tax support for local authorities in England. The data shows the number of pensioner, working age and total number of claimants.
The information in this table is derived from forms submitted to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government by all English local authorities.
The table is updated as soon as new or revised data becomes available.
Local Council Tax Support, snapshot as at 31 March 2025
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Quarterly revenue update
The quarterly revenue update (QRU) collects information on current expenditure by local authorities for quarters 1 to 3 each financial year. The most recent figures are compared to budget revenue account (RA) figures submitted by authorities and previous QRU figures in order to give a clearer picture of what authorities are spending over the year.
The data for 2016 to 2017 onwards is published in the form of live tables only. Previous data can be found on the quarterly revenue outturn statistics page.
Quarterly revenue update, Q3 2024 to 2025, England
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From: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021) and Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities