FOI ref: FOI-2024-2127
You asked
Please can you provide a dataset with the following:
Core spending power by local authority for England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland (ITL1 level) Years = 2000 – 2022
We said
Thank you for your request.
We do not hold details relating to core spending power by local authority.
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (formally the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) publishes core spending power figures for local authorities in England, between 2015 and 2024. Please follow this link to the most recent publication: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/core-spending-power-table-final-local-government-finance-settlement-2024-to-2025.
The same data, including a timeseries, is available in an interactive dashboard produced by the House of Commons Library
We are not aware of any publications which detail core spending power for English local authorities prior to 2015. You may wish to contact the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government directly for further information.
We are not aware of any publications detailing core spending power for Wales, Scotland, or Northern Ireland. You may wish to also contact these devolved nations separately for more information.