Form

Capital estimates return

Form and guidance for capital estimates return 2026-27.

• From: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021)
• Published: 16 March 2018
• Last updated: 27 February 2026
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  1. 27 February 2026

     The CER 2026-27 form is uploaded and available for completion.

  2. 28 February 2025

     Capital estimate return guidance and form have been updated to reflect the latest 2025/26 collection information.

  3. 23 February 2024

     Updated form for 2024 to 2025. Updated Capital Estimate Return guidance notes with inclusion of additional informative hyperlinks to facilitate completion.

  4. 24 February 2023

     Updated form for 2023 to 2024.

  5. 25 February 2022

     Updated form for 2022 to 2023.

  6. 26 February 2021

     Updated form 2021 to 2022.

  7. 24 February 2021

     Added supplementary guidance notes.

  8. 3 February 2021

     Added privacy policy.

  9. 20 January 2021

     Updated guidance notes.

  10. 28 February 2020

      Updated form and guidance notes for 2020 to 2021.

  11. 11 March 2019

      Updated with form and guidance notes for 2019 to 2020.

  12. 16 March 2018

      First published.

Applies to England

Documents

CER: capital estimates return 2026 to 2027

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 912 KB

CER: capital estimates return guidance notes

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Supplementary guidance notes on adequate validation explanation for capital forms

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Details

Capital estimates return (CER) form to be completed by local authorities, along with accompanying guidance notes.

Our local government finance privacy notice sets out what we do to protect personal information.