Guidance

2021 Area Cost Adjustment

This publication sets out a summary of the values and the methodology for the 2021 Area Cost Adjustment.

Applies to England

Documents

2021 Area Cost Adjustment values

Details

The cost of delivering local government services varies across the country. The Area Cost Adjustment (ACA) is a tool used to measure this variation in costs for local authorities in England.

The 2021 ACA was used in the calculation of the 2022/23 Local Council Tax Support (LCTS) admin subsidy grant.

Updates to this page

Published 29 March 2022

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