This section provides a summary of the anticipated expenditure and financing for the financial year 2016/17, as reported in the Revenue Account (RA) return. Robust estimates of spend, income and the use of reserves will be critical for councils to identify budgetary pressures at an early stage and deal with emerging risks. Councils that do not have a good track record for managing change will be more at risk. In this section, we have applied adjustments to include or exclude some expenditure or funding items for which councils do not have direct control. Please note that planned spend percentage change is compared to the previous years planned spend not actual spend. Time series is restricted to compare the latest planned budget data with the previous year only, as comparisons over time may not be appropriate. Further times series data is available in other sections of the VFM profiles.

Where possible, historical data is adjusted for inflation using GDP deflator factors to allow a more accurate comparison of over time in real terms.

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