For each service, how much of its cost is covered by the people who use it — money coming in from fees, like leisure centre entry, parking or planning fees — rather than by taxpayers in general. Higher means users fund more and taxpayers subsidise less. But some fees are capped by law and some services shouldn't charge much, so only compare similar services at similar councils.
| Council | Class | Value | In its class |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bolsover | district | 1.3 | 1st worst of 164 |
| Hastings | district | 3.11 | 2nd worst of 164 |
| North Northamptonshire | unitary | 3.36 | 1st worst of 62 |
| Broxbourne | district | 3.44 | 3rd worst of 164 |
| Warwickshire CC | county | 3.47 | 1st worst of 21 |
| Hertfordshire CC | county | 4.54 | 2nd worst of 21 |
| Oldham | metropolitan | 4.86 | 1st worst of 36 |
| West Sussex CC | county | 5.76 | 3rd worst of 21 |
| Sandwell | metropolitan | 5.9 | 2nd worst of 36 |
| Salford | metropolitan | 6.02 | 3rd worst of 36 |
| Council | Class | Value | In its class |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woking BC | district | 64.61 | 1st best of 164 |
| Brentwood | district | 62.64 | 2nd best of 164 |
| Tunbridge Wells | district | 54.59 | 3rd best of 164 |
| Oxford | district | 53.81 | 4th best of 164 |
| Guildford | district | 52.27 | 5th best of 164 |
| Nuneaton & Bedworth | district | 52.13 | 6th best of 164 |
| King's Lynn & West Norfolk | district | 51.78 | 7th best of 164 |
| Worthing | district | 49.19 | 8th best of 164 |
| Mole Valley | district | 46.95 | 9th best of 164 |
| Exeter | district | 41.74 | 10th best of 164 |
| name | fees-and-charges-recovery |
|---|---|
| dataset | 01-revenue-outturn |
| kind | constructed |
| type | percentage |
| unit | % of gross service expenditure |
| grain | council-year |
| role | feature |
| source | "Formula: `RO*_..._sfc / RO*_..._tot_exp` per service (e.g. leisure `RO5_culspr_*`, planning `RO5_plantot_*`). Inputs: this dataset's CSV only" |
| period | "FY 2017-18 to 2024-25, annual (year_ending 201803-202503)" |
| missingness | "Rows with status other than "submitted" (i.e. "total" aggregates and "not submitted") must be filtered out; a non-submitted council-year is a genuine gap, not zero. 2024-25 covers 410/411 councils. Councils abolished/created in 2017-25 reorganisations appear only for the years they existed." |
| score_note | Clear 'users pay vs taxpayers pay' story from this CSV alone; fee caps and policy choices dilute the efficiency reading. |
| calculated | ../calculated/fees-and-charges-recovery.csv |
| calculated_rows | 3428 |
| calculated_periods | 2017-18 to 2024-25 |
| calculated_date | 2026-08-13 |
| peer_group | districts (n=204), unitaries (n=65), metropolitan boroughs (n=36), London boroughs (n=33), counties (n=27) — scored within each class against its median/IQR |
How much of a service's gross cost is funded by its users through sales, fees and charges. Higher recovery on chargeable services (leisure, planning) reduces the taxpayer subsidy, but statutory fee caps and local charging policy limit comparability — compare like services within LA_class.