To produce this table, the expenditure of local authorities is analysed by function and then allocated to the central government department that has policy responsibility for that function. For example local authority expenditure on schools is allocated to the Department for Education and Skills.
2004-05 plans
£ million
£ million
4,575
1,785
2,255
1,112
1,839
32,466
33,822
35,205
36,891
37,496
41,307
43,808
46,288
4,414
4,482
305
291
31
70
-253
-6
647
550
19
19
5,774
6,148
3,496
3,610
79
132
64,432
67,773
130
56
109
200
61
498
170
1,919
1,891
1,288
1
1
1
8
8
8
6
6
6
6
6
11,141
11,053
11,225
13,304
14,200
15,886
15,886
16,760
39
40
47
40
-65
130
124
2
122
121
97
11,259
11,300
11,334
13,857
14,417
16,856
18,090
18,276
1,395
1,441
1,511
1,554
1,718
1,804
1,874
2,009
59,896
60,683
63,899
69,755
74,896
82,822
87,737
91,928
3,218
3,787
177
78
2,586
2,817
2,467
2,128
2,729
1,812
2,073
2,280
2,442
2,594
268
288
53
56
1
18
150
129
3
4
46
31
619
751
491
561
10
7
5,336
5,112
6,845
7,068
8,476
9,902
10,967
11,683
342
292
301
351
298
1,040
1,040
178
21
255
50
766
261
840
792
342
313
556
401
1,063
1,301
1,880
971
5,677
5,425
7,400
7,468
9,540
11,203
12,847
12,653
94,025
100,583
Local Authority Expenditure index
Public Spending Statistics index