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Local authority general fund earmarked and unallocated reserve levels, 2017-18 to 2021-22

This document brings together local authority revenue outturn reserves data from the last 5 financial years 2017-18 to 2021-22.

Applies to England

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The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities collects data on local authority reserve levels on an annual basis as part of its local authority revenue expenditure and financing revenue outturn collection.

This publication of the revenue outturn reserves data aims to support council members and local electorates to understand the reserves that their local authorities are holding and what they are used for.

Published 18 May 2023
Last updated 25 July 2023 + show all updates
  1. Description of formula corrected for ‘GF earmarked financial reserves level (unadjusted)’ in the ‘Local_authority_summary’ sheet of the workbook.

  2. First published.