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Revenue Outturn (MHCLG) — source documentation

Publisher

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG). Accredited official statistics.

Landing pages:

Collection: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing
2024-25 individual local authority data (outturn): https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing-england-2024-to-2025-individual-local-authority-data-outturn (published 18 September 2025)
Multi-year Revenue Outturn data set (2017-18 to 2024-25): https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing-england-revenue-outturn-multi-year-data-set (first published 30 May 2024; last updated 13 August 2026)

Files downloaded (into `data/`)

2024-25 individual LA outturn tables, all ODS, edition published 18 September 2025:

File	URL
RS (summary)	https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a2aca48a3674dfd3eb50749/RS_LA_Data_2024-25_data_by_LA.ods
RSX (service expenditure summary)	https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a291b0fade52dc088221881/RSX_LA_Data_2024-25_data_by_LA.ods
RG (specific/special grants)	https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a291b1df553ec1112221868/RG_LA_Data_2024-25_data_by_LA.ods
RG detailed grants	https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a291b2fe371d9d2c0052b80/RG_Other_LA_Data_2024-25_data_by_LA.ods
RO1 (education)	https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a291b3ce371d9d2c0052b81/RO1_LA_Data_2024-25_data_by_LA.ods
RO2 (highways & transport)	https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a291b4a3b15d05a7ce31ffc/RO2_LA_Data_2024-25_data_by_LA.ods
RO3 (social care & public health)	https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a291b59e371d9d2c0052b82/RO3_LA_Data_2024-25_data_by_LA.ods
RO4 (housing)	https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a291b65e371d9d2c0052b83/RO4_LA_Data_2024-25_data_by_LA.ods
RO5 (cultural, environmental, regulatory, planning)	https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a291b72db0592d809052b7b/RO5_LA_Data_2024-25_data_by_LA.ods
RO6 (central, protective & other)	https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a291b813b15d05a7ce31ffd/RO6_LA_Data_2024-25_data_by_LA.ods
TSR (trading accounts)	https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a291b90e371d9d2c0052b84/TSR_LA_Data_2024-25_data_by_LA.ods

Multi-year data set (edition last updated 13 August 2026):

CSV time series, 2017-18 to 2024-25, ~20 MB, 3,504 data rows: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a7ada920a700895e2d7a07b/Revenue_Outturn_time_series_data_v3.2.csv
Metadata / column dictionary (ODS): https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a7ada9e9fad0e27bebabecb/Revenue_Outturn_metadata.ods

Granularity, coverage, period

Granularity: per local authority (one row per LA per year in the CSV; keyed by ONS_code, LA_name, plus class-level aggregate rows such as "Unitary Authorities" flagged status = total — filter on status = submitted for individual councils).
Geographic coverage: England only.
Period: individual tables cover financial year April 2024 – March 2025; the multi-year CSV covers 2017-18 to 2024-25.
2024-25 tables cover 410 of 411 local authorities (per publication page).

Refresh cadence

Annual. Outturn cycle: a first release (summary) around June/September, then individual-LA data tables (this edition: 18 September 2025), with occasional revisions after. The multi-year CSV is refreshed when new outturn years land (last refresh 13 August 2026). Expect 2025-26 individual-LA outturn around September 2026.

Re-download

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for u in \
  https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a2aca48a3674dfd3eb50749/RS_LA_Data_2024-25_data_by_LA.ods \
  https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a291b0fade52dc088221881/RSX_LA_Data_2024-25_data_by_LA.ods \
  https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a291b1df553ec1112221868/RG_LA_Data_2024-25_data_by_LA.ods \
  https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a291b2fe371d9d2c0052b80/RG_Other_LA_Data_2024-25_data_by_LA.ods \
  https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a291b3ce371d9d2c0052b81/RO1_LA_Data_2024-25_data_by_LA.ods \
  https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a291b4a3b15d05a7ce31ffc/RO2_LA_Data_2024-25_data_by_LA.ods \
  https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a291b59e371d9d2c0052b82/RO3_LA_Data_2024-25_data_by_LA.ods \
  https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a291b65e371d9d2c0052b83/RO4_LA_Data_2024-25_data_by_LA.ods \
  https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a291b72db0592d809052b7b/RO5_LA_Data_2024-25_data_by_LA.ods \
  https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a291b813b15d05a7ce31ffd/RO6_LA_Data_2024-25_data_by_LA.ods \
  https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a291b90e371d9d2c0052b84/TSR_LA_Data_2024-25_data_by_LA.ods \
  https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a7ada920a700895e2d7a07b/Revenue_Outturn_time_series_data_v3.2.csv \
  https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a7ada9e9fad0e27bebabecb/Revenue_Outturn_metadata.ods ; do
  curl -sLO "$u"
done

Note: asset URLs change with each edition/version; for a new edition re-scrape the landing pages above for fresh assets.publishing.service.gov.uk links.

Licence

Open Government Licence v3.0 (stated on both gov.uk publication pages).

Caveats

Not all authorities submit on time: 2024-25 individual tables are 410/411 LAs; the first release was based on 401/410 returns. Missing/late councils are imputed or absent in some tables — check per table.
The multi-year CSV mixes individual-LA rows with class aggregates; filter status = submitted.
Data are as-submitted by councils and subject to revision (v3.2 indicates prior revisions of the time series).
Local government reorganisation (mergers of districts into unitaries over 2019-2025) creates discontinuities in council identities across the time series.
Prior years' data before 2017-18 exist as separate per-year publications in the collection, not in the multi-year CSV.