# What council tax does and doesn’t pay for

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# What council tax does and doesn’t pay for



Last updated 29 September 2026.
Figures refresh every night. [How each figure is worked out](/methodology/).





Council tax goes into a council’s **General Fund**, with government grants and business rates, and pays for services such as social care, bins, street cleaning, parks and roads. It does **not** pay for council housing: that is paid for through the **Housing Revenue Account**, from tenants’ rents, and the law keeps the two apart. Some of that rent starts as benefit spending: in 2024-25, £22.0bn of Housing Benefit and Universal Credit housing costs went to social renters, funded from national taxes, not council tax.






## Key figures



- 196Councils with a Housing Revenue Account in the latest returns


As of 28 September 2026
- £22.0bnHousing support to social renters, Great Britain, 2024-25
- £115.76Average a week per social renter's claim, 2024-25
- 74 in 100Social rented homes with a tenant getting housing support (rough guide)




Source: [Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6ab26ffffe72ed1e2b02ee74/Revenue_Outturn_time_series_data_v4.csv).






## The ring-fence: council tax and council homes



A council that owns homes keeps two separate accounts. The General Fund takes in council tax, government
grants, business rates and fees, and pays for the council's services. The Housing Revenue Account takes in
tenants' rents and service charges, and pays for managing, repairing and financing the council's own homes. In
England and Wales the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 keeps the two apart, and in Scotland the Housing
(Scotland) Act 1987: council tax cannot be used to subsidise council rents, and rents cannot be used to keep
council tax down.





| Spending | Usually paid from |
| --- | --- |
| Repairs, management and maintenance of council homes | Housing Revenue Account (rents) |
| Communal areas used only by council tenants | Housing Revenue Account (rents and service charges) |
| Grassed areas, play areas and paths on estates used by the whole community | Shared: the General Fund pays a share, which the council decides |
| Roads and pavements adopted as public highway | General Fund (the highway authority) |
| Bin collection, street cleaning and parks across the council area | General Fund |
| Help with gardens for older or disabled tenants | Either: it depends on the council’s scheme |





The exceptions are land and services used by everyone, not only tenants: public open space and play areas on
estates, roads and paths that have been adopted as highway, and some garden assistance schemes. Each council
decides the split in its own housing policy; this site has not collected those policies. The one published
figure is in English councils' returns: the General Fund's contribution to the Housing Revenue Account for
items "shared by the whole community", in the table below.



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| Council | HRA income | HRA spending | General Fund contribution for shared amenities | Year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aberdeen CityDetails | £109.2m | £86.2m | not collected | 2024-25 |
| HRA spending£86.2mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenitiesnot collectedYear2024-25 | | | | |
| AberdeenshireDetails | £72.2m | £50.6m | not collected | 2024-25 |
| HRA spending£50.6mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenitiesnot collectedYear2024-25 | | | | |
| AdurDetails | £16.3m | £17.3m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£17.3mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| AngusDetails | £35.1m | £26.4m | not collected | 2024-25 |
| HRA spending£26.4mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenitiesnot collectedYear2024-25 | | | | |
| ArunDetails | £25.7m | £24.6m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£24.6mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| AshfieldDetails | £34.7m | £31.1m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£31.1mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| AshfordDetails | £39.1m | £6.4m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£6.4mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| BaberghDetails | £23.6m | £26.0m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£26.0mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| Barking and DagenhamDetails | £132.4m | £129.7m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£129.7mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| BarnetDetails | £177.2m | £176.7m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£176.7mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| BarnsleyDetails | £86.2m | £88.5m | £0k | 2024-25 |
| HRA spending£88.5mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2024-25 | | | | |
| BarnsleyDetails | £88.3m | £98.1m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£98.1mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| Barrow-in-FurnessDetails | £11.9m | £12.2m | £0k | 2022-23 |
| HRA spending£12.2mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2022-23 | | | | |
| BasildonDetails | £68.8m | £70.5m | £395k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£70.5mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£395kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| BassetlawDetails | £32.8m | £32.8m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£32.8mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| BirminghamDetails | £343.3m | £351.8m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£351.8mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| BlackpoolDetails | £27.2m | £27.7m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£27.7mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| BolsoverDetails | £34.3m | £34.3m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£34.3mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleDetails | £60.6m | £62.8m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£62.8mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| BradfordDetails | £2.9m | £2.5m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£2.5mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| BrentDetails | £73.5m | £73.1m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£73.1mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| BrentwoodDetails | £17.1m | £14.9m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£14.9mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| Brighton and HoveDetails | £81.4m | £84.4m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£84.4mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| BristolDetails | £156.8m | £158.0m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£158.0mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| BroxtoweDetails | £21.3m | £22.0m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£22.0mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| BuryDetails | £39.2m | £36.1m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£36.1mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| CambridgeDetails | £58.9m | £57.7m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£57.7mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| CamdenDetails | £249.6m | £245.1m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£245.1mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| Cannock ChaseDetails | £25.1m | £25.0m | £49k | 2024-25 |
| HRA spending£25.0mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£49kYear2024-25 | | | | |
| CanterburyDetails | £39.7m | £31.5m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£31.5mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| Castle PointDetails | £9.7m | £5.6m | −£30k | 2024-25 |
| HRA spending£5.6mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities−£30kYear2024-25 | | | | |
| Central BedfordshireDetails | £43.8m | £46.5m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£46.5mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| CharnwoodDetails | £26.1m | £29.1m | £122k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£29.1mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£122kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| CheltenhamDetails | £26.9m | £25.7m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£25.7mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| Cheshire West and ChesterDetails | £30.1m | £30.0m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£30.0mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| ChesterfieldDetails | £44.8m | £48.4m | £317k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£48.4mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£317kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| City of EdinburghDetails | £134.4m | £90.0m | not collected | 2024-25 |
| HRA spending£90.0mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenitiesnot collectedYear2024-25 | | | | |
| City of LondonDetails | £17.9m | £17.8m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£17.8mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| ClackmannanshireDetails | £26.1m | £18.4m | not collected | 2024-25 |
| HRA spending£18.4mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenitiesnot collectedYear2024-25 | | | | |
| ColchesterDetails | £41.1m | £39.8m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£39.8mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| CornwallDetails | £53.5m | £52.2m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£52.2mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| CrawleyDetails | £66.3m | £66.3m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£66.3mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| CroydonDetails | £104.6m | £114.0m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£114.0mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| DacorumDetails | £74.5m | £70.8m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£70.8mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| DarlingtonDetails | £30.6m | £35.2m | £295k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£35.2mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£295kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| DartfordDetails | £28.9m | £27.3m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£27.3mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| Derby CityDetails | £76.6m | £72.1m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£72.1mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| DoncasterDetails | £97.0m | £96.6m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£96.6mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| DoverDetails | £26.5m | £24.7m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£24.7mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| DudleyDetails | £108.4m | £103.4m | £0k | 2024-25 |
| HRA spending£103.4mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2024-25 | | | | |
| Dundee CityDetails | £61.9m | £45.8m | not collected | 2024-25 |
| HRA spending£45.8mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenitiesnot collectedYear2024-25 | | | | |
| EalingDetails | £82.0m | £78.6m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£78.6mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| East AyrshireDetails | £53.9m | £36.3m | not collected | 2024-25 |
| HRA spending£36.3mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenitiesnot collectedYear2024-25 | | | | |
| East DevonDetails | £22.9m | £24.2m | £0k | 2024-25 |
| HRA spending£24.2mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2024-25 | | | | |
| East DunbartonshireDetails | £17.7m | £10.5m | not collected | 2024-25 |
| HRA spending£10.5mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenitiesnot collectedYear2024-25 | | | | |
| East LothianDetails | £40.9m | £25.5m | not collected | 2024-25 |
| HRA spending£25.5mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenitiesnot collectedYear2024-25 | | | | |
| East RenfrewshireDetails | £16.2m | £10.0m | not collected | 2024-25 |
| HRA spending£10.0mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenitiesnot collectedYear2024-25 | | | | |
| East Riding of YorkshireDetails | £62.7m | £58.4m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£58.4mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| East SuffolkDetails | £25.0m | £26.3m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£26.3mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| EastbourneDetails | £20.6m | £20.6m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£20.6mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| EnfieldDetails | £98.4m | £88.7m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£88.7mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| Epping ForestDetails | £45.9m | £39.4m | £422k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£39.4mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£422kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| ExeterDetails | £27.0m | £24.2m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£24.2mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| FalkirkDetails | £75.5m | £52.4m | not collected | 2024-25 |
| HRA spending£52.4mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenitiesnot collectedYear2024-25 | | | | |
| FarehamDetails | £16.4m | £15.5m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£15.5mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| FifeDetails | £147.4m | £92.8m | not collected | 2024-25 |
| HRA spending£92.8mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenitiesnot collectedYear2024-25 | | | | |
| Folkestone and HytheDetails | £20.7m | £17.2m | £52k | 2024-25 |
| HRA spending£17.2mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£52kYear2024-25 | | | | |
| GatesheadDetails | £96.2m | £100.5m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£100.5mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| GosportDetails | £18.6m | £18.2m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£18.2mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| GraveshamDetails | £36.7m | £36.6m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£36.6mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| Great YarmouthDetails | £33.9m | £33.9m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£33.9mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| GreenwichDetails | £158.9m | £157.8m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£157.8mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| GuildfordDetails | £35.1m | £27.5m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£27.5mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| HackneyDetails | £197.9m | £199.8m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£199.8mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| Hammersmith and FulhamDetails | £113.3m | £111.6m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£111.6mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| HaringeyDetails | £142.1m | £144.7m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£144.7mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| HarlowDetails | £61.4m | £66.2m | £771k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£66.2mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£771kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| HarrogateDetails | £18.3m | £15.2m | £136k | 2022-23 |
| HRA spending£15.2mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£136kYear2022-23 | | | | |
| HarrowDetails | £45.0m | £42.6m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£42.6mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| HartlepoolDetails | £2.2m | £2.2m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£2.2mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| HaveringDetails | £124.0m | £118.8m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£118.8mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| High PeakDetails | £18.6m | £17.6m | £0k | 2024-25 |
| HRA spending£17.6mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2024-25 | | | | |
| HighlandDetails | £68.5m | £39.2m | not collected | 2024-25 |
| HRA spending£39.2mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenitiesnot collectedYear2024-25 | | | | |
| HillingdonDetails | £87.5m | £87.5m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£87.5mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| Hinckley and BosworthDetails | £17.9m | £17.9m | £24k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£17.9mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£24kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| HounslowDetails | £109.7m | £98.3m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£98.3mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| IpswichDetails | £46.1m | £45.2m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£45.2mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| IslingtonDetails | £283.2m | £273.0m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£273.0mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| Kensington and ChelseaDetails | £75.1m | £74.5m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£74.5mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| Kingston Upon ThamesDetails | £37.4m | £37.9m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£37.9mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| Kingston-upon-HullDetails | £115.7m | £117.1m | £1.1m | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£117.1mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£1.1mYear2025-26 | | | | |
| LambethDetails | £240.4m | £232.9m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£232.9mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| LancasterDetails | £21.1m | £21.4m | £108k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£21.4mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£108kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| LeedsDetails | £295.5m | £285.1m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£285.1mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| Leicester CityDetails | £104.3m | £109.9m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£109.9mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| LewesDetails | £22.1m | £21.9m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£21.9mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| LewishamDetails | £127.5m | £132.2m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£132.2mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| Lincoln CityDetails | £38.4m | £38.8m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£38.8mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| LutonDetails | £60.9m | £62.6m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£62.6mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| MaldonDetails | £133k | £0k | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£0kGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| ManchesterDetails | £101.3m | £116.0m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£116.0mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| MansfieldDetails | £31.0m | £36.5m | £725k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£36.5mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£725kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| Medway TownsDetails | £18.2m | £23.8m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£23.8mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| MeltonDetails | £10.2m | £11.1m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£11.1mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| Mid DevonDetails | £16.0m | £26.0m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£26.0mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| Mid SuffolkDetails | £23.6m | £26.0m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£26.0mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| MidlothianDetails | £36.5m | £22.1m | not collected | 2024-25 |
| HRA spending£22.1mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenitiesnot collectedYear2024-25 | | | | |
| Milton KeynesDetails | £71.3m | £68.0m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£68.0mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| MorayDetails | £25.6m | £17.5m | not collected | 2024-25 |
| HRA spending£17.5mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenitiesnot collectedYear2024-25 | | | | |
| New ForestDetails | £37.1m | £38.1m | £355k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£38.1mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£355kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| Newark and SherwoodDetails | £31.0m | £30.9m | £369k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£30.9mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£369kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| NewcastleDetails | £139.6m | £140.6m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£140.6mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| NewhamDetails | £148.5m | £143.9m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£143.9mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| North AyrshireDetails | £60.9m | £34.9m | not collected | 2024-25 |
| HRA spending£34.9mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenitiesnot collectedYear2024-25 | | | | |
| North East DerbyshireDetails | £44.3m | £44.4m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£44.4mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| North KestevenDetails | £20.2m | £20.1m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£20.1mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| North LanarkshireDetails | £164.1m | £96.6m | not collected | 2024-25 |
| HRA spending£96.6mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenitiesnot collectedYear2024-25 | | | | |
| North NorthamptonshireDetails | £44.2m | £40.9m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£40.9mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| North TynesideDetails | £82.5m | £79.8m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£79.8mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| North WarwickshireDetails | £14.6m | £16.4m | £0k | 2024-25 |
| HRA spending£16.4mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2024-25 | | | | |
| North West LeicestershireDetails | £22.6m | £20.6m | £0k | 2024-25 |
| HRA spending£20.6mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2024-25 | | | | |
| North YorkshireDetails | £44.1m | £49.1m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£49.1mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| NorthumberlandDetails | £41.3m | £43.3m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£43.3mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| Norwich CityDetails | £87.9m | £80.3m | £130k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£80.3mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£130kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| Nottingham CityDetails | £167.9m | £140.4m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£140.4mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| Nuneaton and BedworthDetails | £32.3m | £31.9m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£31.9mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| Oadby and WigstonDetails | £6.5m | £6.6m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£6.6mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| OldhamDetails | £31.4m | £34.1m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£34.1mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| Orkney IslandsDetails | £4.8m | £3.5m | not collected | 2024-25 |
| HRA spending£3.5mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenitiesnot collectedYear2024-25 | | | | |
| OxfordDetails | £60.7m | £62.9m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£62.9mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| Perth & KinrossDetails | £35.4m | £25.4m | not collected | 2024-25 |
| HRA spending£25.4mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenitiesnot collectedYear2024-25 | | | | |
| PortsmouthDetails | £117.6m | £117.7m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£117.7mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| ReadingDetails | £53.1m | £62.9m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£62.9mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| RedbridgeDetails | £48.8m | £43.1m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£43.1mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| RedditchDetails | £29.2m | £29.2m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£29.2mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| RenfrewshireDetails | £59.4m | £43.5m | not collected | 2024-25 |
| HRA spending£43.5mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenitiesnot collectedYear2024-25 | | | | |
| RichmondshireDetails | £6.8m | £7.0m | £0k | 2022-23 |
| HRA spending£7.0mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2022-23 | | | | |
| RotherhamDetails | £108.8m | £111.7m | −£2.3m | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£111.7mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities−£2.3mYear2025-26 | | | | |
| RugbyDetails | £21.0m | £17.3m | £0k | 2024-25 |
| HRA spending£17.3mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2024-25 | | | | |
| RunnymedeDetails | £22.7m | £22.6m | −£132k | 2024-25 |
| HRA spending£22.6mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities−£132kYear2024-25 | | | | |
| SalfordDetails | £29.8m | £16.7m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£16.7mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| SandwellDetails | £147.0m | £143.9m | £0k | 2024-25 |
| HRA spending£143.9mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2024-25 | | | | |
| SedgemoorDetails | £23.2m | £21.9m | £0k | 2022-23 |
| HRA spending£21.9mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2022-23 | | | | |
| SelbyDetails | £16.4m | £16.4m | £0k | 2022-23 |
| HRA spending£16.4mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2022-23 | | | | |
| SheffieldDetails | £194.9m | £192.9m | £0k | 2024-25 |
| HRA spending£192.9mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2024-25 | | | | |
| SheffieldDetails | £208.3m | £194.2m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£194.2mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| Shetland IslandsDetails | £8.0m | £6.0m | not collected | 2024-25 |
| HRA spending£6.0mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenitiesnot collectedYear2024-25 | | | | |
| ShropshireDetails | £25.0m | £23.7m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£23.7mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| SloughDetails | £71.6m | £68.7m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£68.7mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| SolihullDetails | £56.7m | £53.9m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£53.9mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| SomersetDetails | £58.3m | £57.4m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£57.4mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| Somerset West and TauntonDetails | £25.1m | £25.3m | £0k | 2022-23 |
| HRA spending£25.3mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2022-23 | | | | |
| South AyrshireDetails | £36.2m | £21.8m | not collected | 2024-25 |
| HRA spending£21.8mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenitiesnot collectedYear2024-25 | | | | |
| South CambridgeshireDetails | £43.4m | £46.0m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£46.0mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| South DerbyshireDetails | £15.9m | £15.5m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£15.5mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| South HollandDetails | £21.0m | £21.3m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£21.3mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| South KestevenDetails | £32.3m | £34.8m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£34.8mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| South LanarkshireDetails | £127.4m | £86.4m | not collected | 2024-25 |
| HRA spending£86.4mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenitiesnot collectedYear2024-25 | | | | |
| South TynesideDetails | £80.3m | £78.3m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£78.3mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| SouthamptonDetails | £95.9m | £95.3m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£95.3mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| Southend-on-SeaDetails | £38.6m | £34.9m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£34.9mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| SouthwarkDetails | £703.4m | £699.3m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£699.3mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| St AlbansDetails | £51.5m | £40.2m | £0k | 2024-25 |
| HRA spending£40.2mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2024-25 | | | | |
| StevenageDetails | £57.4m | £55.5m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£55.5mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| StirlingDetails | £25.6m | £16.3m | not collected | 2024-25 |
| HRA spending£16.3mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenitiesnot collectedYear2024-25 | | | | |
| StockportDetails | £63.2m | £61.3m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£61.3mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| Stoke-on-TrentDetails | £83.9m | £83.7m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£83.7mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| StroudDetails | £30.5m | £33.3m | £250k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£33.3mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£250kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| SuttonDetails | £48.9m | £52.8m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£52.8mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| SwindonDetails | £71.5m | £71.3m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£71.3mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| TamworthDetails | £26.6m | £25.2m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£25.2mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| TandridgeDetails | £23.3m | £20.2m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£20.2mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| TendringDetails | £17.9m | £18.2m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£18.2mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| ThanetDetails | £20.2m | £21.9m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£21.9mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| ThurrockDetails | £71.4m | £69.7m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£69.7mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| Tower HamletsDetails | £127.8m | £140.4m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£140.4mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| UttlesfordDetails | £19.8m | £18.0m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£18.0mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| Waltham ForestDetails | £93.7m | £87.0m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£87.0mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| WandsworthDetails | £189.1m | £176.4m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£176.4mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| WarwickDetails | £35.1m | £38.2m | £49k | 2024-25 |
| HRA spending£38.2mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£49kYear2024-25 | | | | |
| WaverleyDetails | £39.4m | £27.7m | £0k | 2024-25 |
| HRA spending£27.7mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2024-25 | | | | |
| WealdenDetails | £21.3m | £19.3m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£19.3mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| Welwyn HatfieldDetails | £63.4m | £63.6m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£63.6mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| West DunbartonshireDetails | £53.0m | £26.4m | not collected | 2024-25 |
| HRA spending£26.4mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenitiesnot collectedYear2024-25 | | | | |
| West LancashireDetails | £32.1m | £31.9m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£31.9mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| West LothianDetails | £64.9m | £38.1m | not collected | 2024-25 |
| HRA spending£38.1mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenitiesnot collectedYear2024-25 | | | | |
| West NorthamptonshireDetails | £69.6m | £67.6m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£67.6mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| WestminsterDetails | £150.1m | £152.2m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£152.2mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| Westmorland and FurnessDetails | £13.3m | £13.8m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£13.8mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| WiganDetails | £110.8m | £108.3m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£108.3mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| WiltshireDetails | £32.4m | £23.7m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£23.7mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| WinchesterDetails | £40.3m | £42.3m | £107k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£42.3mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£107kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| WokingDetails | £22.9m | £22.9m | £0k | 2024-25 |
| HRA spending£22.9mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2024-25 | | | | |
| WokinghamDetails | £17.9m | £17.9m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£17.9mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| WolverhamptonDetails | £119.8m | £117.0m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£117.0mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |
| YorkDetails | £43.3m | £52.3m | £0k | 2025-26 |
| HRA spending£52.3mGeneral Fund contribution for shared amenities£0kYear2025-26 | | | | |










Welsh councils' Housing Revenue Accounts are not in the StatsWales returns this site reads. Figures are each council's latest revenue outturn return; Scottish figures are from Scottish Local Government Finance Statistics.





## Following the money: where council rent comes from



Where a social tenant gets Housing Benefit or the housing element of Universal Credit, that money comes from
national taxation, is paid to the tenant (or direct to the landlord), and reaches the Housing Revenue Account
as rent. The ring-fence still holds, and it is still not paid for by council tax; but some of a council's rent
income starts as benefit spending rather than all of it coming from tenants' earnings.




In 2024-25, **£22.0bn** of Housing Benefit and Universal Credit housing costs went to
**3.66 million** claims from social renters (council and housing association tenants),
an average of **£115.76 a week** each. Private renters received
£12.6bn across 1.77 million claims, an average of £137.24 a week.
Spending on social renters was up 11.7% on 2023-24, and the average award up 7.8%.





| Year and tenure | Spending | Claims | Average a week |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2024-25, social rentersDetails | £22.0bn | 3.66 million | £115.76 |
| Claims3.66 millionAverage a week£115.76 | | | |
| 2024-25, private rentersDetails | £12.6bn | 1.77 million | £137.24 |
| Claims1.77 millionAverage a week£137.24 | | | |
| 2023-24, social rentersDetails | £19.7bn | 3.53 million | £107.43 |
| Claims3.53 millionAverage a week£107.43 | | | |
| 2023-24, private rentersDetails | £11.5bn | 1.77 million | £124.93 |
| Claims1.77 millionAverage a week£124.93 | | | |
| 2022-23, social rentersDetails | £17.7bn | 3.44 million | £99.01 |
| Claims3.44 millionAverage a week£99.01 | | | |
| 2022-23, private rentersDetails | £11.2bn | 1.78 million | £121.06 |
| Claims1.78 millionAverage a week£121.06 | | | |





Set against the 4,970 thousand social rented homes in Great Britain
(31 March 2022, the latest count), that is about **74 in 100** social
rented homes with a tenant getting housing support, against about 33 in 100
private rented homes. Claims and homes are counted differently, so this is a rough guide.





| Nation | Spending | Claims |
| --- | --- | --- |
| EnglandDetails | £32.0bn | 4.85 million |
| Claims4.85 million | | |
| ScotlandDetails | £2.5bn | 0.52 million |
| Claims0.52 million | | |
| WalesDetails | £1.5bn | 0.28 million |
| Claims0.28 million | | |





Source: Department for Work and Pensions, [Benefit expenditure and caseload tables: outturn and forecast](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69dcdc56d3e08b8871b66628/outturn-and-forecast-tables-spring-forecast-2026.ods), published 2026-04-14; Office for National Statistics, [Dwelling stock by tenure, UK](https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/peoplepopulationandcommunity/housing/datasets/dwellingstockbytenureuk/2024/ukdwellingstock2024.xlsx). The department publishes these for Great Britain and each nation; figures by region or council are only on its Stat-Xplore service, which needs an account.



Where housing support and the rest of the welfare bill are forecast to go is on [the welfare bill page](/welfare-spending-forecast/); overpayments, underpayments and appeals are on [benefit fraud, error and wrongly refused claims](/benefit-fraud-error-and-appeals/).





## Parks, street cleaning and roads: what councils spend



These are paid for from the General Fund. Every council's own figures, per resident and, for roads and street
cleaning, per mile of road it looks after, are on its "where your council tax goes" page. Gully cleaning and
verge cutting are inside road maintenance: no return splits them out, and none splits grounds maintenance
between public open space and tenants' gardens.




**Parks and open spaces (including play areas): median net spending per resident, by kind of council**



- 1. Scottish councils

£30.12 32 councils
- 2. Welsh councils

£21.28 22 councils
- 3. London boroughs

£17.25 33 councils
- 4. Metropolitan borough councils

£15.71 36 councils
- 5. Unitary councils in England

£15.31 62 councils
- 6. District councils in England

£11.92 161 councils
- 7. County councils

£2.25 20 councils







**Show as a table**





| Name | Median per resident |
| --- | --- |
| 1. Scottish councils | £30.12 |
| 2. Welsh councils | £21.28 |
| 3. London boroughs | £17.25 |
| 4. Metropolitan borough councils | £15.71 |
| 5. Unitary councils in England | £15.31 |
| 6. District councils in England | £11.92 |
| 7. County councils | £2.25 |









**Street cleaning: median net spending per resident, by kind of council**



- 1. London boroughs

£30.33 33 councils
- 2. Welsh councils

£20.33 22 councils
- 3. Metropolitan borough councils

£15.35 35 councils
- 4. Unitary councils in England

£13.07 62 councils
- 5. District councils in England

£10.60 161 councils
- 6. County councils

£0.29 4 councils







**Show as a table**





| Name | Median per resident |
| --- | --- |
| 1. London boroughs | £30.33 |
| 2. Welsh councils | £20.33 |
| 3. Metropolitan borough councils | £15.35 |
| 4. Unitary councils in England | £13.07 |
| 5. District councils in England | £10.60 |
| 6. County councils | £0.29 |









**Road and bridge maintenance: median net spending per resident, by kind of council**



- 1. Welsh councils

£39.19 22 councils
- 2. Scottish councils

£32.12 32 councils
- 3. County councils

£24.65 21 councils
- 4. Unitary councils in England

£17.15 63 councils
- 5. London boroughs

£15.23 33 councils
- 6. Metropolitan borough councils

£13.75 36 councils
- 7. District councils in England

£0.65 83 councils





Structural maintenance plus environmental, safety and routine maintenance, which includes gully cleaning and verge cutting; no return splits those out.




**Show as a table**





| Name | Median per resident |
| --- | --- |
| 1. Welsh councils | £39.19 |
| 2. Scottish councils | £32.12 |
| 3. County councils | £24.65 |
| 4. Unitary councils in England | £17.15 |
| 5. London boroughs | £15.23 |
| 6. Metropolitan borough councils | £13.75 |
| 7. District councils in England | £0.65 |









**Environmental, safety and routine maintenance: median net spending per resident, by kind of council**



- 1. Welsh councils

£24.16 22 councils
- 2. County councils

£18.00 21 councils
- 3. Unitary councils in England

£10.74 62 councils
- 4. Metropolitan borough councils

£10.62 35 councils
- 5. London boroughs

£8.63 30 councils
- 6. District councils in England

£0.65 79 councils





Includes gully cleaning, verge cutting, sign and marking repairs and pothole patching; no return splits these out.




**Show as a table**





| Name | Median per resident |
| --- | --- |
| 1. Welsh councils | £24.16 |
| 2. County councils | £18.00 |
| 3. Unitary councils in England | £10.74 |
| 4. Metropolitan borough councils | £10.62 |
| 5. London boroughs | £8.63 |
| 6. District councils in England | £0.65 |










## Who does the work



Where a council publishes its payments over £500, the suppliers it pays for grounds maintenance, street cleaning
and road maintenance can be named. Staff wages are not in those records, so a council that does the work
itself shows few or no large payments for it. The matching of payments to kinds of work is ours.





| Council | Parks and grounds | Street cleaning | Road maintenance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Barnet](/councils/spending-over-500/barnet/#who-does-the-work) | Gristwood and Tom Limited (£956k) | none matched | none matched |
| [Birmingham](/councils/spending-over-500/birmingham/#who-does-the-work) | Haystoun Construction Ltd (£2.2m) | none matched | none matched |
| [Bristol](/councils/spending-over-500/bristol/#who-does-the-work) | Constellia Public Limited (£673k) | 3Gs Uk Ltd (£0k) | ETM Contractors Ltd (£3.6m) |
| [Cambridge](/councils/spending-over-500/cambridge/#who-does-the-work) | Mercer Tree Services Ltd (£138k) | Bucher Municipal Ltd (£180k) | none matched |
| [Camden](/councils/spending-over-500/camden/#who-does-the-work) | QUADRON/IDVERDE LTD (£1.2m) | STREETSPACE LIMITED (£3k) | none matched |
| [Cheltenham](/councils/spending-over-500/cheltenham/#who-does-the-work) | Dean Martin Contractors Limited (£46k) | Broxap Limited (Street Furniture) (£32k) | none matched |
| [Cornwall](/councils/spending-over-500/cornwall/#who-does-the-work) | Corserv Solutions Ltd t/a Cormac Solutions (£7.0m) | Corserv Solutions Ltd t/a Cormac Solutions (£174k) | Corserv Solutions Ltd t/a Cormac Solutions (£8.4m) |
| [Croydon](/councils/spending-over-500/croydon/#who-does-the-work) | Glendale Countryside Limited (£637k) | Veolia ES (UK) Limited (£4.8m) | none matched |
| [Essex County Council](/councils/spending-over-500/essex-county-council/#who-does-the-work) | ROMAN RIVER TREES LTD (£380k) | none matched | none matched |
| [Exeter](/councils/spending-over-500/exeter/#who-does-the-work) | Comensura (£95k) | Comensura (£95k) | none matched |
| [Hackney](/councils/spending-over-500/hackney/#who-does-the-work) | BLOOM PROCUREMENT SERVICES LTD (£1.4m) | J.A. STEEL AND SON LTD (£75k) | MARLBOROUGH SURFACING LIMITED (£133k) |
| [Leeds](/councils/spending-over-500/leeds/#who-does-the-work) | LANGUARD LTD (£31k) | none matched | R S Civil Engineering Ltd (£86k) |
| [Leicester](/councils/spending-over-500/leicester/#who-does-the-work) | GEDA Construction Company Ltd (£3.5m) | none matched | none matched |
| [Liverpool](/councils/spending-over-500/liverpool/#who-does-the-work) | none matched | none matched | HUYTON ASPHALT LTD (£971k) |
| [North Yorkshire](/councils/spending-over-500/north-yorkshire/#who-does-the-work) | TOCKWITH WITH WILSTROP PARISH COUNCIL (£182k) | none matched | ALIGN PROPERTY SERVICES LTD (£13k) |
| [Norwich](/councils/spending-over-500/norwich/#who-does-the-work) | NORWICH CITY SERVICES LTD (£177k) | BIFFA MUNICIPAL LIMITED (£3.5m) | none matched |
| [Nottingham](/councils/spending-over-500/nottingham/#who-does-the-work) | THOMPSON TREE SERVICES (MIDLANDS) LTD (£1.7m) | none matched | none matched |
| [Oxford](/councils/spending-over-500/oxford/#who-does-the-work) | OXFORD DIRECT SERVICES LTD (£360k) | none matched | none matched |
| [Plymouth](/councils/spending-over-500/plymouth/#who-does-the-work) | none matched | none matched | none matched |
| [Sheffield](/councils/spending-over-500/sheffield/#who-does-the-work) | SHEFFIELD WILDLIFE TRUST (£202k) | none matched | METRO ROD (SOUTH YORKSHIRE) (£773k) |
| [Surrey County Council](/councils/spending-over-500/surrey-county-council/#who-does-the-work) | Park Mead Primary School (£2.4m) | none matched | Ringway Infrastructure Services Ltd (£3.6m) |
| [Tower Hamlets](/councils/spending-over-500/tower-hamlets/#who-does-the-work) | Aps LTD (£209k) | none matched | Ruskins Trees & Soil Biology Ltd (£8k) |
| [Westminster](/councils/spending-over-500/westminster/#who-does-the-work) | Continental Landscapes Ltd (£912k) | none matched | GENERAL (£3k) |
| [Wiltshire](/councils/spending-over-500/wiltshire/#who-does-the-work) | idverde (£6.1m) | none matched | none matched |







## What this data does and doesn't show



- No council publishes spending at street or property level, so nothing here says what was spent on a particular estate, street or garden.

- No council's return splits grounds maintenance between public amenity land and tenants' gardens.

- Housing support figures are for Great Britain and each nation; the Department for Work and Pensions publishes figures by region and council only on Stat-Xplore.

- The share of social homes whose tenants get housing support compares claims with homes counted at a different date, so it is a rough guide.






## Sources for this page





| Source | Publisher | Figures as of | Updated | Licence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Local authority revenue expenditure and financing: Revenue Outturn multi-year data set](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6ab26ffffe72ed1e2b02ee74/Revenue_Outturn_time_series_data_v4.csv) | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 28 September 2026 | annual | [Open Government Licence v3.0](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/) |





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