This is how much of the money from selling council assets was actually used in the year to pay for projects or reduce borrowing. It matters because it shows whether sale proceeds are being put to work or left sitting. A high figure means sell-off money is directly funding investment — one-off money doing real work; a low figure means asset sales played little part in paying the bills.
| name | receipts_used_for_financing |
|---|---|
| dataset | 02-capital-outturn-debt |
| kind | extracted |
| type | numeric |
| unit | £000/yr |
| grain | council-year |
| role | feature |
| source | Capital_time_series_data_wide_24_03_26.csv, column FIN1_finrec_amt |
| period | 2018-19 to 2024-25 |
| missingness | unknown |
| score_note | Overlaps capital_receipts_in_year and asset_sale_reliance; raw and lumpy. |
| peer_group | council class (district / county / unitary / metropolitan / London) — not yet scored on the leaderboard |
Capital receipts actually applied to finance capital spend in the year, distinct from receipts merely received. It captures reliance on selling assets to fund the capital programme, including flexible-use-of-receipts pressure. Numerator of asset_sale_reliance. HRA-inclusive variants exist for FIN1 columns; use the non-HRA _amt column.