What London's councils spend

Eight years of net current expenditure across the services London authorities provide.

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SeriesPeriod or categoryValueUnit
Adult social care2017–182,362,005£ thousand
Adult social care2018–192,463,306£ thousand
Adult social care2019–202,558,460£ thousand
Adult social care2020–212,704,257£ thousand
Adult social care2021–222,742,628£ thousand
Adult social care2022–232,991,116£ thousand
Adult social care2023–243,380,276£ thousand
Adult social care2024–253,722,695£ thousand
Central services2017–18472,286£ thousand
Central services2018–19436,177£ thousand
Central services2019–20482,149£ thousand
Central services2020–21703,870£ thousand
Central services2021–22828,466£ thousand
Central services2022–23727,524£ thousand
Central services2023–24728,557£ thousand
Central services2024–25837,428£ thousand
Children's social care2017–181,684,759£ thousand
Children's social care2018–191,807,371£ thousand
Children's social care2019–201,878,843£ thousand
Children's social care2020–211,932,258£ thousand
Children's social care2021–221,998,469£ thousand
Children's social care2022–232,190,592£ thousand
Children's social care2023–242,457,428£ thousand
Children's social care2024–252,618,670£ thousand
Culture2017–18351,672£ thousand
Culture2018–19337,363£ thousand
Culture2019–20348,822£ thousand
Culture2020–21399,413£ thousand
Culture2021–22353,554£ thousand
Culture2022–23398,688£ thousand
Culture2023–24426,113£ thousand
Culture2024–25435,021£ thousand
Education2017–186,469,853£ thousand
Education2018–196,546,042£ thousand
Education2019–206,564,526£ thousand
Education2020–216,746,502£ thousand
Education2021–226,932,611£ thousand
Education2022–237,260,380£ thousand
Education2023–247,813,761£ thousand
Education2024–258,448,879£ thousand
Environment and regulation2017–18699,082£ thousand
Environment and regulation2018–19706,085£ thousand
Environment and regulation2019–20735,869£ thousand
Environment and regulation2020–21824,814£ thousand
Environment and regulation2021–22809,356£ thousand
Environment and regulation2022–23856,313£ thousand
Environment and regulation2023–24933,097£ thousand
Environment and regulation2024–251,001,649£ thousand
Highways and transport2017–18150,832£ thousand
Highways and transport2018–19134,421£ thousand
Highways and transport2019–20139,570£ thousand
Highways and transport2020–21269,039£ thousand
Highways and transport2021–2210,540£ thousand
Highways and transport2022–23-58,162£ thousand
Highways and transport2023–24-51,177£ thousand
Highways and transport2024–25-58,147£ thousand
Housing2017–18482,777£ thousand
Housing2018–19574,894£ thousand
Housing2019–20589,081£ thousand
Housing2020–21701,525£ thousand
Housing2021–22688,700£ thousand
Housing2022–23722,966£ thousand
Housing2023–241,007,537£ thousand
Housing2024–251,304,188£ thousand
Other services2017–185,120£ thousand
Other services2018–195,457£ thousand
Other services2019–20-16,272£ thousand
Other services2020–21168,307£ thousand
Other services2021–2252,550£ thousand
Other services2022–2365,088£ thousand
Other services2023–248,729£ thousand
Other services2024–256,223£ thousand
Planning and development2017–18159,569£ thousand
Planning and development2018–19144,898£ thousand
Planning and development2019–20168,218£ thousand
Planning and development2020–21224,312£ thousand
Planning and development2021–22256,356£ thousand
Planning and development2022–23231,990£ thousand
Planning and development2023–24263,188£ thousand
Planning and development2024–25239,542£ thousand
Public health2017–18670,164£ thousand
Public health2018–19661,372£ thousand
Public health2019–20639,584£ thousand
Public health2020–21741,440£ thousand
Public health2021–22774,821£ thousand
Public health2022–23742,695£ thousand
Public health2023–24754,172£ thousand
Public health2024–25815,163£ thousand

Methodology

MHCLG Revenue Outturn time series, summed across all 33 London local authorities by compatible service heading. Values are nominal £ thousands and are not inflation-adjusted. Negative net expenditure is retained where published and inter-authority accounting means service lines should not be interpreted as household-level benefit.

Provenance

Source
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Cadence
annual
Engine
timeline
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0

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