Form

Quarterly revenue update

Guidance notes for completing the quarterly revenue update (QRU).

• 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: 31 December 2013
• Last updated: 1 July 2026
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  1. 1 July 2026

     Added updated guidance for 2026-27.

  2. 9 July 2025

     Added updated mapping documents.

  3. 3 July 2024

     Added updated guidance notes.

  4. 30 June 2023

     Guidance notes updated in line with Quarterly Revenue Outturn (QRO) data return now rebranded as Quarterly Revenue Update (QRU).

  5. 2 August 2022

     New document added - Mapping of revenue account budget data to the QRO categories

  6. 26 July 2022

     New guidance that applies from 1 April 2022

  7. 9 July 2021

     Updated guidance notes and mapping document; added Quarterly revenue outturn parameters.

  8. 22 July 2020

     Added updated guidance notes and mapping document.

  9. 18 July 2019

     Added updated guidance notes.

  10. 9 July 2018

      Added updated guidance notes.

  11. 29 September 2017

      Added Quarterly revenue outturn guidance notes: quarter 2, 2017 to 2018.

  12. 6 July 2017

      Added updated form, guidance notes and mapping document for quarter 1, 2017 to 2018.

  13. 22 December 2016

      Added updated form, guidance notes and mapping document for quarter 3, 2016 to 2017.

  14. 30 September 2016

      Added updated form, guidance notes and mapping document for quarter 2, 2016 to 2017.

  15. 4 July 2016

      Added updated form, guidance notes and mapping document for quarter 1, 2016 to 2017.

  16. 23 December 2015

      Added updated form, guidance notes and mapping document for quarter 3, 2015 to 2016.

  17. 3 November 2015

      Added Quarterly revenue outturn form and guidance for quarter 2, 2015 to 2016. Updated Mapping quarterly revenue outturn to revenue forms.

  18. 6 October 2014

      Added updated form, guidance notes and mapping document for quarter 2, 2014 to 2015.

  19. 8 August 2014

      Updated form and guidance, and added mapping document (mapping quarterly revenue outturn to revenue forms).

  20. 17 June 2014

      Added form and guidance for quarter 1, 2014 to 2015

  21. 31 December 2013

      First published.

Applies to England

Documents

Guidance notes for completing the Quarterly Revenue Update (QRU) form (previously known as Quarterly Revenue Outturn/QRO)

HTML

Mapping quarterly revenue update to revenue forms

ODS, 17 KB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

Revenue Account Budget 2026-27 data grouped into QRU categories

ODS, 179 KB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

Details

Guidance notes and mapping document for the quarterly revenue update return which is completed by local authorities.