This is the total amount of money the council found in a year to pay for its long-term projects — from grants, borrowing, selling assets, and its own savings, all added together. It matters because it shows the overall scale of how investment is being funded. It should roughly match what the council spent on projects; the interesting part is usually the mix behind it, such as how much came from borrowing versus grants.
| name | capital_financing_total |
|---|---|
| dataset | 02-capital-outturn-debt |
| kind | extracted |
| type | numeric |
| unit | £000/yr |
| grain | council-year |
| role | denominator |
| source | Capital_time_series_data_wide_24_03_26.csv, column FIN1_fingrandtot_amt |
| period | 2018-19 to 2024-25 |
| missingness | unknown |
| score_note | Pure denominator for financing-mix ratios; no standalone efficiency signal. |
| peer_group | council class (district / county / unitary / metropolitan / London) — not yet scored on the leaderboard |
Total resources used to finance capital expenditure in the year — grants, capital receipts, revenue contributions and the borrowing balance. It is the denominator for financing-mix ratios such as asset_sale_reliance, showing what share of the programme each funding source carries. Use the non-HRA _amt column for like-for-like comparisons.