For each service, how much money comes in from the people who use it — fees, charges and sales, like leisure entry, parking or licences. It shows which services pay their own way and which are funded by taxpayers in general. Higher income means less taxpayer subsidy, but councils legitimately choose different charging policies, so compare similar services at similar councils.
| name | sales-fees-and-charges-per-service |
|---|---|
| dataset | 01-revenue-outturn |
| kind | extracted |
| type | numeric |
| unit | £000 per year |
| grain | council-year |
| role | feature |
| source | "data/Revenue_Outturn_time_series_data_v3.2.csv, `_sfc` suffix columns on RO service lines (e.g. `RO3_asctot_sfc`)" |
| 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 | Raw income feed for the recovery ratio; policy-driven levels mean the ratio, not this line, carries the signal. |
| peer_group | council class (district / county / unitary / metropolitan / London) — not yet scored on the leaderboard |
Income generated from users (sales, fees and charges) per service line. Shows how much of a service's gross cost users fund rather than taxpayers, and feeds the fees-and-charges-recovery ratio. Charging policy varies legitimately by service and council type, so interpret within LA_class.