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Westmorland and Furness Council

E06000064 · 42 variables · history 2023-24 to 2025-26-Q4 · markdown view
Service spend per resident
£2,032
2024-25
Debt servicing / core spend
3.6%
2024-25
Recycling rate
50.2%
2024-25
Reserves cover
7.8%
2024-25
Social-care share of spend
36.1%
2024-25
SEND deficit / grant
16.4%
2024-25

Revenue Outturn

VariableTrendLatestUnitPeriod
Central services ratio0.4% of total service expenditure2024-25
Corporate overhead ratio0.12% of total service expenditure2024-25
Fees and charges recovery10.71% of gross service expenditure2024-25
Reserves cover7.83% of net revenue expenditure2024-25
Reserves drawdown rate11.13% per year2024-25
Social care squeeze36.09% of total service expenditure2024-25
Spend per resident2,032£ per resident per year2024-25
Staff cost share per service · adult social care25.22% of gross service expenditure2024-25
Staff cost share per service · central services15.39% of gross service expenditure2024-25
Staff cost share per service · childrens social care20.61% of gross service expenditure2024-25
Staff cost share per service · cultural40.73% of gross service expenditure2024-25
Staff cost share per service · education57.71% of gross service expenditure2024-25
Staff cost share per service · environmental27.18% of gross service expenditure2024-25
Staff cost share per service · highways transport26.7% of gross service expenditure2024-25
Staff cost share per service · housing gf60.34% of gross service expenditure2024-25
Staff cost share per service · planning39.35% of gross service expenditure2024-25
Staff cost share per service · public health20.99% of gross service expenditure2024-25
Tax collection cost per pound collected0.73£ per £000 collected2024-25
Waste cost per tonne308.43£ per tonne2024-25

Capital & debt

VariableTrendLatestUnitPeriod
Asset sale reliance0.05ratio2024-25
Debt growth rate7.09%/yr2024-25
Debt servicing share0.04ratio2024-25
Debt to core spend0.51ratio (£/£)2024-25
Internal borrowing gap0.29ratio2024-25
MRP adequacy0.04ratio (yr⁻¹)2024-25
PWLB dependence2023-24-Q1 to 2025-26-Q40.93ratio2025-26-Q4

SEND / DSG deficits

VariableTrendLatestUnitPeriod
DSG deficit cum22,135,572GBP2024-25
DSG deficit share of grant0.16ratio2024-25
DSG deficit trend22,135,572GBP per year2024-25
DSG deficit vs revenue0.05ratio2024-25
DSG grant adj-440,128GBP2024-25
DSG in year movement8,209,057GBP per year2024-25
DSG la contribution0GBP2024-25
High needs independent11,007,547GBP2024-25
High needs independent share0.31ratio2024-25
Spend per pupil · high needs place funding (ISB)206GBP per pupil2024-25
Spend per pupil · top-up: maintained schools232GBP per pupil2024-25
Spend per pupil · PFI/BSF costs (special/AP/post-16)0GBP per pupil2024-25
Spend per pupil · direct payments (SEN)0GBP per pupil2024-25
Spend per pupil · therapies & health services0GBP per pupil2024-25
Spend per pupil · top-up: academies/free schools/colleges179GBP per pupil2024-25
Spend per pupil · top-up: independent & non-maintained providers250GBP per pupil2024-25
Spend per pupil · additional targeted funding: mainstream0GBP per pupil2024-25
Spend per pupil · SEN support service19GBP per pupil2024-25
Spend per pupil · hospital education8GBP per pupil2024-25
Spend per pupil · other alternative provision20GBP per pupil2024-25
Spend per pupil · support for inclusion14GBP per pupil2024-25
Spend per pupil · special schools/PRUs in difficulty0GBP per pupil2024-25

Temporary accommodation

VariableTrendLatestUnitPeriod
B&B share of TA0.27ratio (0–1)2025-26-Q4
Nightly paid share of TA0ratio (0–1)2025-26-Q4
Own stock share of TA0.4ratio (0–1)2025-26-Q4
TA 5 years plus0households2025-26-Q4
TA B&B children over 6 weeks0households2025-26-Q4
TA B&B mean stay days29days2025-26-Q4
TA la ha stock total25households2025-26-Q4
TA out of area rate0.57households per 1,000 households2025-26-Q4
TA spend per household in TA2,125£ per household per year2024-25

WasteDataFlow

VariableTrendLatestUnitPeriod
Cost per tonne (£)308.89GBP/tonne2024-25
Household recycling rate (%)50.2percent2024-25
Household waste per person (kg)459.7kg/person/year2024-25
Landfill share (%)23.9percent2024-25
Recycling cost per recycled tonne (£)48.94GBP/tonne recycled2024-25
Residual waste per household (kg)448.8kg/household/year2024-25