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Statistical Release 17 November 2011 LOCAL AUTHORITY REVENUE EXPENDITURE AND FINANCING ENGLAND 2010-11 FINAL OUTTURN Total net current expenditure by local authorities in England was estimated to be ￡121.3 billion in 2010-11 compared with ￡119.2 billion in 2009-10, an increase of 1.8%. In real terms (using 2010-11 market prices), net current expenditure has decreased from ￡122.5 billion in 2009-10 to ￡121.3 billion in 2010-11. This is a decrease of 0.9%. 37.4% of net current expenditure in 2010-11 was on education, 17.4% on social care, 15.3% on housing benefits and 9.9% on police. 55.3% of revenue expenditure (on a non-International Accounting Standard 19 basis) in 2010-11 was funded by government grants, 25.2% by council tax and 20.6% by redistributed non-domestic rates. This release provides final outturn estimates of local authority revenue expenditure and financing for the financial year April 2010 to March 2011. These estimates are on a non-International Accounting Standard 19 (IAS19) and PFI “Off Balance Sheet” basis except where stated otherwise. Headline figures for previous year (2009-10) were published on a non-FRS17 and PFI “off-Balance” sheet basis. This information is derived from Department for Communities and Local Government Revenue Outturn (RO) returns submitted by local authorities in England. This release is based on returns from all 444 local authorities in England that complete the return. The release has been compiled by the Local Government Finance - Data Collection Analysis and Accountancy division of Communities and Local Government. For additional uses please see “uses made of the data” section.  Responsible Statistician: Steve Melbourne Mike Young We welcome comments and suggestions for further improvement or about your experiences with this product. This may include comments on data quality, timing and the format of the statistics. Please contact us at: lgf1.revenue@.uk C