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Local Government
Every council in the UK, with police and fire bodies: schools, social care, waste, roads and housing. Grants from central government are counted here, where councils spend them. In 2025-26 the bodies in this section spent £217.1bn on services. £140.0bn of it (64.5%) can be followed to who received it, and at most 84.5% counting payees who are named but can't be identified yet.
- Reached an identified organisation
- Reached a recipient the publisher did not name
- Reached people, counted by benefit
- Reached staff (pay) or holders of government debt (interest), followed as one published total
- Named payee, not yet identified (may be another public body)
- Not followed
£217.1bn
spent on services, 2025-26 (PESA 2026, table 5.1)
64.5%
followed (25.8% counting outturn only)
£33.7bn
not followed at all, not even to a named payee
£11.0bn
passed on to other public bodies: counted where they spend it
How far it is followed, and why the rest can't be
- Interest on debt: followed as one total£1.1bnmeasured
Paid to the holders of gilts and other government debt. Holders are never published one by one, so this is followed as far as it goes, to the holders as a whole, and counted as followed.
- 70 of 309 publishers' files cover part of the yearmeasured
Their 2025-26 records cover fewer than 12 months; the table below gives each publisher's months.
- English councils without payment files£18.6bnmeasured
Of the 376 English authorities with a 2025-26 revenue outturn return, 294 have payment files held (and 14 more councils' files are held, but they have no 2025-26 return in MHCLG's data). The other 82 spent £18.6bn on services in 2025-26, by their own returns to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. They include police, fire and other authorities whose payments have not been collected; councils among them have files that are missing, behind pages that refuse automated readers, PDF only, or not found.
- Payees probably public bodies, awaiting review£2mmeasured
A proposed match names a public body for these payees, so this money was most likely passed on to another part of government, not spent here. Until a person reviews the match it is not counted as followed or as passed on.
- Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish councils
Of the 65 councils in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, only Monmouthshire's payments are held. Few publish machine-readable payment files that can be found without a person looking.
- Councils that publish only through a search tool
Lancashire County Council publishes its payments only through an online search tool, with no downloadable file. They can be extracted by hand, slowly, and have not been yet.
- Police, fire and combined authorities
Police and crime commissioners, fire authorities, combined authorities and the Greater London Authority publish their own payments. Many are held; others publish PDFs only, or their sites refuse automated readers.
- Payments withheld as personal data
Councils withhold the names on many payments to individuals, such as foster carers and people receiving direct payments for care. Those payments are counted as reaching a recipient whose name was withheld.
- Files a crawler may not fetch
Some councils' and NHS trusts' robots.txt files forbid automated readers from fetching their payment files. Files fetched in breach of that are kept but not counted.
- Below the publication threshold
Payments under £25,000 (central government and the NHS) or £500 (councils) are not published one by one. Some publishers list every payment anyway; most do not.
- Pay: followed to staff as one total£84.0bnmeasured
Wages are never published person by person, and must not be. Local government pay in the United Kingdom, from PESA 2026 table 7.8, is counted as followed to councils' staff. For 2025-26 HM Treasury gives it as a plan, not yet outturn, so it is left out of the outturn-only figure.
- Suspected duplicates left out£1.9bnmeasured
561,079 rows repeat an earlier row of the same sheet exactly. They are kept as published but not counted, until the publisher confirms or corrects them.
Where the records come from
Each publisher's 2025-26 payment records, and where their money went. "Identified" means matched to a registered company, charity or other organisation outside government; "named only", a payee named in the record but not yet matched; "passed on", paid to another public body.
| Publisher | Months | Records | Identified | Named only | Withheld | Passed on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essex | 12 | 544,870 | £1.4bn | £1.3bn | £0 | £370m |
| Greater London Authority | 12 | 17,758 | £640m | £1.4bn | £0 | £694m |
| Surrey | 12 | 284,555 | £1.2bn | £944m | £132m | £169m |
| Kent | 12 | 483,778 | £1.5bn | £428m | £86m | £101m |
| Birmingham | 12 | 110,426 | £1.5bn | £271m | £12m | £79m |
| Hertfordshire | 12 | 200,360 | £528m | £1.0bn | £140m | £85m |
| Leeds | 12 | 305,833 | £666m | £703m | £43m | £321m |
| Southwark | 12 | 125,704 | £643m | £450m | £28m | £366m |
| Manchester | 12 | 129,551 | £959m | £468m | £54m | £5m |
| Derbyshire | 11 | 251,491 | £654m | £615m | £57m | £115m |
| Norfolk | 12 | 241,174 | £1.1bn | £104m | £4m | £101m |
| Westminster | 12 | 79,152 | £634m | £640m | £0 | £20m |
| Somerset | 12 | 375,202 | £616m | £473m | £67m | £122m |
| Lambeth | 12 | 364,103 | £530m | £486m | £42m | £174m |
| Cornwall | 11 | 315,768 | £639m | £454m | £73m | £45m |
| Lincolnshire | 12 | 299,402 | £497m | £423m | £207m | £71m |
| Sheffield | 12 | 328,810 | £638m | £425m | £43m | £62m |
| Greater Manchester | 12 | 14,221 | £309m | £615m | £743k | £231m |
| Hampshire | 12 | 337,769 | £565m | £508m | £0 | £59m |
| Hackney | 12 | 76,947 | £482m | £593m | £34m | £19m |
| East Sussex | 12 | 45,827 | £474m | £584m | £0 | £62m |
| West Sussex | 9 | 208,926 | £609m | £457m | £0 | £54m |
| West Northamptonshire | 12 | 117,263 | £538m | £464m | £26m | £57m |
| Tower Hamlets | 12 | 69,925 | £426m | £592m | £0 | £31m |
| Blackpool | 12 | 105,584 | £245m | £322m | £31m | £442m |
| Leicestershire | 12 | 88,649 | £289m | £630m | £28m | £67m |
| Gloucestershire | 11 | 277,182 | £428m | £410m | £130m | £40m |
| Lewisham | 12 | 80,772 | £470m | £283m | £109m | £120m |
| Warwickshire | 12 | 152,723 | £507m | £387m | £9m | £67m |
| Newham | 12 | 344,143 | £364m | £217m | £317m | £44m |
| Buckinghamshire | 12 | 220,913 | £364m | £509m | £24m | £37m |
| Greenwich | 12 | 112,719 | £567m | £184m | £97m | £76m |
| Brent | 12 | 72,457 | £530m | £255m | £23m | £112m |
| Barking and Dagenham | 12 | 60,488 | £268m | £503m | £62m | £83m |
| Stockport | 12 | 331,981 | £306m | £526m | £33m | £15m |
| Ealing | 12 | 115,814 | £430m | £214m | £216m | £18m |
| Staffordshire | 12 | 61,545 | £383m | £414m | £13m | £68m |
| Barnet | 12 | 286,548 | £308m | £489m | £42m | £30m |
| Camden | 12 | 65,631 | £420m | £393m | £38m | £18m |
| Wandsworth | 12 | 47,536 | £406m | £390m | £39m | £28m |
| Nottinghamshire | 12 | 126,656 | £347m | £463m | £2m | £42m |
| Liverpool | 12 | 168,215 | £334m | £405m | £33m | £63m |
| Wiltshire | 12 | 86,114 | £443m | £339m | £9m | £9m |
| Cambridgeshire | 12 | 125,975 | £417m | £276m | £27m | £77m |
| Bristol, City of | 12 | 71,038 | £470m | £289m | £7m | £28m |
| County Durham | 11 | 65,104 | £442m | £280m | £19m | £43m |
| Thurrock | 12 | 33,077 | £153m | £285m | £18m | £327m |
| West Midlands | 12 | 12,496 | £414m | £146m | £0 | £219m |
| North Northamptonshire | 12 | 92,536 | £378m | £249m | £21m | £100m |
| Liverpool City Region | 12 | 15,765 | £385m | £158m | £329k | £189m |
| Croydon | 8 | 82,201 | £236m | £390m | £55m | £37m |
| Barnsley | 12 | 70,686 | £335m | £318m | £42m | £21m |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 12 | 83,406 | £236m | £416m | £35m | £27m |
| South Gloucestershire | 12 | 45,835 | £286m | £327m | £0 | £97m |
| Wirral | 11 | 60,991 | £327m | £286m | £2m | £82m |
| Northumberland | 12 | 274,142 | £372m | £261m | £1k | £59m |
| Merton | 12 | 48,329 | £150m | £384m | £25m | £113m |
| Enfield | 12 | 80,468 | £405m | £212m | £39m | £13m |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | 12 | 133,890 | £246m | £383m | £27m | £6m |
| Salford | 12 | 30,532 | £212m | £411m | £24m | £12m |
| Doncaster | 12 | 257,241 | £356m | £216m | £79m | £8m |
| Kirklees | 12 | 70,768 | £248m | £79m | £327m | £2m |
| Nottingham | 12 | 33,088 | £328m | £269m | £4m | £40m |
| North Tyneside | 12 | 303,060 | £185m | £302m | £21m | £128m |
| Milton Keynes | 12 | 82,692 | £285m | £263m | £29m | £55m |
| Portsmouth | 12 | 226,705 | £364m | £166m | £14m | £85m |
| Rotherham | 12 | 151,826 | £370m | £192m | £28m | £35m |
| Trafford | 12 | 241,764 | £222m | £270m | £109m | £21m |
| Bromley | 12 | 54,369 | £327m | £210m | £58m | £27m |
| Brighton and Hove | 12 | 107,002 | £327m | £237m | £0 | £55m |
| City of London | 12 | 40,625 | £524m | £69m | £688k | £24m |
| Islington | 12 | 68,050 | £320m | £217m | £43m | £28m |
| Wigan | 12 | 90,438 | £350m | £233m | £3m | £11m |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 12 | 66,079 | £381m | £106m | £64m | £26m |
| Haringey | 12 | 33,875 | £343m | £226m | £6m | £3m |
| Peterborough | 12 | 72,781 | £194m | £309m | £30m | £38m |
| Suffolk | 3 | 83,668 | £222m | £303m | £9m | £33m |
| Coventry | 12 | 109,188 | £245m | £277m | £9m | £34m |
| Kingston upon Hull, City of | 9 | 119,027 | £260m | £247m | £34m | £18m |
| Cheshire West and Chester | 12 | 34,666 | £262m | £229m | £5m | £56m |
| Dorset | 10 | 103,680 | £178m | £200m | £151m | £16m |
| Medway | 12 | 119,416 | £235m | £226m | £35m | £28m |
| Redbridge | 12 | 227,231 | £307m | £167m | £17m | £20m |
| Leicester | 12 | 76,311 | £265m | £218m | £6m | £18m |
| Rochdale | 11 | 290,027 | £264m | £136m | £73m | £30m |
| Richmond upon Thames | 12 | 28,671 | £158m | £304m | £19m | £13m |
| Southampton | 12 | 54,234 | £210m | £227m | £9m | £33m |
| Sunderland | 12 | 32,689 | £248m | £170m | £0 | £53m |
| Sandwell | 8 | 53,065 | £271m | £151m | £7m | £27m |
| Reading | 11 | 44,397 | £181m | £237m | £51k | £34m |
| Warrington | 12 | 77,795 | £154m | £234m | £23m | £25m |
| South Tyneside | 12 | 58,318 | £189m | £188m | £18m | £41m |
| East Suffolk | 12 | 11,506 | £63m | £102m | £0 | £268m |
| Sutton | 12 | 68,987 | £168m | £176m | £57m | £30m |
| Derby | 11 | 116,534 | £229m | £124m | £19m | £57m |
| Cheshire East | 12 | 46,549 | £168m | £226m | £0 | £29m |
| Solihull | 12 | 129,620 | £168m | £166m | £16m | £64m |
| Bath and North East Somerset | 12 | 73,710 | £178m | £183m | £19m | £30m |
| Knowsley | 11 | 75,927 | £146m | £156m | £56m | £48m |
| Sefton | 12 | 81,206 | £186m | £198m | £14m | £8m |
| Harrow | 12 | 64,576 | £168m | £172m | £46m | £18m |
| Shropshire | 12 | 34,196 | £233m | £125m | £11m | £27m |
| Devon | 12 | 24,725 | £257m | £117m | £0 | £23m |
| Calderdale | 12 | 68,458 | £201m | £175m | £7m | £11m |
| Stoke-on-Trent | 9 | 39,581 | £210m | £155m | £11m | £14m |
| Havering | 12 | 87,574 | £174m | £160m | £10m | £42m |
| Westmorland and Furness | 12 | 126,345 | £159m | £134m | £37m | £49m |
| Bedford | 12 | 66,058 | £162m | £183m | £128k | £28m |
| Tendring | 12 | 23,826 | £29m | £54m | £3m | £281m |
| Wolverhampton | 10 | 81,398 | £197m | £157m | £0 | £11m |
| Kingston upon Thames | 12 | 44,627 | £107m | £196m | £38m | £24m |
| Oldham | 12 | 23,331 | £207m | £112m | £2m | £41m |
| North Somerset | 12 | 104,541 | £168m | £176m | £0 | £17m |
| Southend-on-Sea | 12 | 39,541 | £131m | £199m | £11m | £12m |
| North East | 12 | 3,286 | £143m | £120m | £0 | £82m |
| Wakefield | 12 | 37,855 | £249m | £42m | £15m | £24m |
| Worthing | 12 | 3,975 | £38m | £101m | £3m | £185m |
| Slough | 12 | 28,232 | £114m | £184m | £1m | £23m |
| West of England | 12 | 5,306 | £102m | £130m | £227k | £82m |
| Waltham Forest | 12 | 16,132 | £192m | £112m | £1m | £2m |
| Gateshead | 9 | 317,701 | £172m | £96m | £9m | £26m |
| North East Lincolnshire | 12 | 64,559 | £152m | £108m | £13m | £27m |
| York | 12 | 68,369 | £152m | £118m | £2m | £23m |
| Hounslow | 12 | 31,283 | £163m | £92m | £5m | £32m |
| Central Bedfordshire | 5 | 102,309 | £96m | £181m | £322k | £10m |
| Hillingdon | 3 | 14,801 | £92m | £78m | £152k | £115m |
| Herefordshire, County of | 12 | 34,000 | £141m | £89m | £9m | £44m |
| West Berkshire | 12 | 41,529 | £160m | £87m | £13m | £20m |
| Middlesbrough | 12 | 43,298 | £133m | £119m | £16m | £8m |
| Halton | 12 | 94,581 | £143m | £92m | £24m | £16m |
| Bolton | 12 | 32,055 | £104m | £141m | £4m | £24m |
| Bexley | 6 | 39,604 | £87m | £99m | £23m | £64m |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | 12 | 29,465 | £92m | £162m | £2m | £10m |
| Reigate and Banstead | 12 | 5,969 | £71m | £181m | £1k | £13m |
| West Yorkshire | 12 | 4,521 | £12m | £242m | £0 | £443k |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 12 | 123,205 | £105m | £122m | £2m | £23m |
| Wokingham | 9 | 35,949 | £130m | £87m | £3m | £27m |
| North Lincolnshire | 12 | 25,801 | £124m | £98m | £17m | £5m |
| High Peak | 12 | 4,268 | £34m | £109m | £0 | £92m |
| Redcar and Cleveland | 12 | 57,028 | £118m | £90m | £3m | £14m |
| North West Leicestershire | 12 | 3,765 | £11m | £22m | £0 | £188m |
| Telford and Wrekin | 12 | 35,229 | £131m | £59m | £3m | £20m |
| North London Waste Authority | 12 | 1,118 | £0 | £202m | £0 | £0 |
| Bracknell Forest | 12 | 29,333 | £67m | £71m | £29m | £28m |
| Bury | 11 | 49,165 | £125m | £55m | £1m | £13m |
| Worcestershire | 3 | 19,503 | £108m | £83m | £0 | £1m |
| Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable | 12 | 26,462 | £107m | £84m | £0 | £99k |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 4 | 20,429 | £94m | £67m | £6m | £8m |
| Monmouthshire | 12 | 89,701 | £57m | £83m | £8m | £22m |
| Adur | 12 | 6,879 | £22m | £79m | £2m | £67m |
| Cambridge | 12 | 8,390 | £112m | £29m | £0 | £14m |
| Oxford | 12 | 20,770 | £118m | £26m | £2m | £5m |
| Wyre | 12 | 11,819 | £26m | £36m | £10m | £77m |
| Amber Valley | 12 | 4,928 | £10m | £43m | £198k | £95m |
| East Hampshire | 11 | 2,543 | £12m | £32m | £24k | £101m |
| Hampshire Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable | 12 | 11,346 | £35m | £71m | £8m | £28m |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 12 | 9,127 | £48m | £74m | £0 | £18m |
| Ashford | 12 | 23,815 | £51m | £46m | £2m | £37m |
| St. Helens | 6 | 17,367 | £79m | £50m | £3m | £3m |
| York and North Yorkshire | 12 | 1,460 | £13m | £40m | £0 | £57m |
| Cannock Chase | 12 | 6,673 | £35m | £20m | £199k | £53m |
| Swale | 12 | 6,739 | £22m | £59m | £1m | £19m |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | 12 | 7,017 | £64m | £29m | £0 | £5m |
| Gravesham | 12 | 8,835 | £52m | £27m | £2m | £16m |
| Swindon | 3 | 17,356 | £48m | £29m | £10m | £7m |
| Merseyside Waste Authority | 12 | 634 | £0 | £92m | £0 | £461k |
| Brentwood | 11 | 8,470 | £23m | £66m | £174k | £3m |
| Harlow | 12 | 5,821 | £77m | £14m | £0 | £700k |
| Dover | 12 | 21,139 | £61m | £28m | £6k | £2m |
| South Cambridgeshire | 12 | 7,235 | £48m | £38m | £662k | £2m |
| Crawley | 12 | 6,145 | £65m | £22m | £13k | £2m |
| Gloucester | 12 | 14,608 | £30m | £28m | £2m | £28m |
| Hyndburn | 10 | 5,406 | £19m | £22m | £2k | £45m |
| Stevenage | 12 | 15,098 | £48m | £29m | £236k | £5m |
| Bradford | 1 | 13,358 | £32m | £42m | £774k | £7m |
| Lincoln | 12 | 11,156 | £71m | £7m | £208k | £3m |
| Luton | 3 | 18,298 | £43m | £34m | £1m | £2m |
| Bolsover | 12 | 7,655 | £66m | £11m | £0 | £3m |
| Dartford | 12 | 6,935 | £37m | £37m | £123k | £2m |
| Rutland | 12 | 12,240 | £32m | £30m | £2m | £13m |
| Winchester | 12 | 6,969 | £52m | £21m | £2m | £1m |
| Chesterfield | 12 | 9,822 | £49m | £23m | £268k | £3m |
| Watford | 12 | 3,247 | £38m | £29m | £328k | £6m |
| Broadland | 12 | 5,380 | £18m | £36m | £6m | £11m |
| Cheltenham | 12 | 6,918 | £45m | £15m | £8m | £3m |
| Hinckley and Bosworth | 11 | 7,927 | £35m | £13m | £186k | £22m |
| Welwyn Hatfield | 12 | 5,602 | £52m | £12m | £0 | £3m |
| South Kesteven | 12 | 10,452 | £50m | £14m | £168k | £2m |
| Norwich | 10 | 5,887 | £47m | £10m | £7m | £2m |
| Bassetlaw | 12 | 9,291 | £37m | £25m | £197k | £1m |
| South Norfolk | 12 | 8,437 | £14m | £27m | £8m | £13m |
| Western Riverside Waste Authority | 12 | 304 | £0 | £59m | £0 | £1m |
| Maidstone | 12 | 18,541 | £32m | £21m | £0 | £4m |
| Eastleigh | 12 | 6,048 | £18m | £34m | £2m | £2m |
| Guildford | 6 | 7,098 | £44m | £9m | £76k | £3m |
| Hull and East Yorkshire | 12 | 542 | £2m | £739k | £1k | £53m |
| North Hertfordshire | 12 | 10,225 | £45m | £9m | £0 | £2m |
| Tewkesbury | 12 | 3,510 | £13m | £11m | £508k | £30m |
| Basingstoke and Deane | 12 | 12,173 | £38m | £14m | £397k | £951k |
| West Suffolk | 12 | 6,805 | £30m | £18m | £9k | £5m |
| Cleveland Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable | 12 | 5,201 | £23m | £14m | £4m | £12m |
| Havant | 3 | 896 | £3m | £34m | £25k | £15m |
| Tamworth | 5 | 2,134 | £12m | £16m | £22k | £24m |
| Mid Suffolk | 12 | 5,549 | £35m | £11m | £0 | £5m |
| Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable | 12 | 4,822 | £14m | £19m | £6m | £12m |
| Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority | 12 | 3,726 | £28m | £21m | £0 | £3m |
| East Sussex Combined Fire and Rescue Authority | 12 | 2,281 | £14m | £32m | £437k | £5m |
| Hartlepool | 10 | 5,346 | £22m | £21m | £587k | £7m |
| Isle of Wight | 3 | 16,433 | £27m | £20m | £2m | £833k |
| Ashfield | 12 | 23,555 | £32m | £11m | £334k | £5m |
| Broxtowe | 12 | 18,075 | £33m | £13m | £132k | £2m |
| Erewash | 12 | 4,402 | £11m | £24m | £34k | £12m |
| Folkestone and Hythe | 9 | 4,865 | £25m | £14m | £36k | £7m |
| Pendle | 12 | 12,206 | £17m | £10m | £290k | £19m |
| South Oxfordshire | 12 | 7,539 | £15m | £27m | £289k | £3m |
| Stratford-on-Avon | 12 | 6,583 | £29m | £13m | £0 | £5m |
| West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority | 12 | 30,742 | £19m | £23m | £0k | £4m |
| North Kesteven | 12 | 7,310 | £26m | £13m | £202k | £6m |
| Surrey Heath | 12 | 3,450 | £26m | £11m | £409k | £7m |
| Huntingdonshire | 12 | 9,935 | £28m | £13m | £91k | £3m |
| Harborough | 12 | 3,814 | £26m | £13m | £56k | £5m |
| Hastings | 12 | 10,033 | £16m | £22m | £221k | £5m |
| Vale of White Horse | 12 | 3,624 | £10m | £30m | £420k | £2m |
| Cumbria Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable | 12 | 5,371 | £23m | £7m | £1m | £10m |
| Epping Forest | 6 | 1,890 | £31m | £9m | £0 | £790k |
| Rushcliffe | 3 | 772 | £3m | £8m | £0 | £30m |
| Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Authority | 12 | 4,668 | £11m | £25m | £49k | £2m |
| Greater Lincolnshire | 4 | 106 | £1m | £441k | £0 | £37m |
| Chelmsford | 12 | 5,920 | £9m | £19m | £181k | £10m |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | 12 | 4,200 | £24m | £10m | £63k | £3m |
| West Oxfordshire | 12 | 3,707 | £30m | £4m | £74k | £1m |
| Rother | 12 | 13,544 | £19m | £8m | £668k | £9m |
| Newark and Sherwood | 3 | 2,117 | £9m | £7m | £82k | £20m |
| Cherwell | 12 | 5,601 | £11m | £23m | £178k | £2m |
| Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Authority | 12 | 4,593 | £16m | £16m | £2k | £3m |
| Babergh | 12 | 5,412 | £20m | £9m | £0 | £6m |
| Lancaster | 9 | 5,683 | £23m | £8m | £0 | £3m |
| East Cambridgeshire | 12 | 13,311 | £13m | £10m | £8m | £3m |
| Hereford & Worcester Combined Fire and Rescue Authority | 12 | 4,631 | £11m | £20m | £0 | £2m |
| Darlington | 3 | 3,195 | £14m | £16m | £0 | £3m |
| Lichfield | 12 | 4,842 | £19m | £9m | £59k | £4m |
| Hertsmere | 12 | 5,284 | £16m | £13m | £0 | £1m |
| Rochford | 11 | 4,844 | £10m | £19m | £376k | £1m |
| Kent Combined Fire and Rescue Authority | 12 | 6,179 | £19m | £7m | £0 | £4m |
| Braintree | 12 | 4,556 | £17m | £9m | £0 | £3m |
| Cotswold | 12 | 5,318 | £22m | £5m | £65k | £2m |
| Three Rivers | 12 | 2,139 | £13m | £10m | £167k | £4m |
| Staffordshire Combined Fire and Rescue Authority | 12 | 3,274 | £12m | £12m | £0 | £3m |
| Tunbridge Wells | 9 | 2,562 | £19m | £4m | £881k | £3m |
| West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority | 12 | 4,026 | £18m | £7m | £0 | £2m |
| North Norfolk | 12 | 3,748 | £20m | £4m | £135k | £3m |
| Lancashire Combined Fire and Rescue Authority | 12 | 3,557 | £14m | £7m | £0 | £5m |
| Test Valley | 12 | 7,559 | £15m | £9m | £285k | £1m |
| Spelthorne | 9 | 4,130 | £10m | £7m | £5m | £3m |
| Devon & Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable | 12 | 1,076 | £5m | £6m | £909k | £13m |
| South Derbyshire | 12 | 4,712 | £20m | £3m | £534k | £901k |
| Tonbridge and Malling | 12 | 8,372 | £15m | £8m | £92k | £1m |
| Wyre Forest | 12 | 3,266 | £15m | £6m | £2k | £4m |
| Horsham | 12 | 12,871 | £13m | £7m | £0 | £4m |
| Devon and Somerset Combined Fire and Rescue Authority | 12 | 4,874 | £10m | £9m | £0 | £5m |
| Castle Point | 12 | 3,584 | £14m | £8m | £0 | £881k |
| Redditch | 5 | 1,226 | £12m | £7m | £0 | £4m |
| Colchester | 2 | 2,275 | £14m | £7m | £76k | £442k |
| Stroud | 11 | 2,608 | £16m | £3m | £1m | £974k |
| Forest of Dean | 12 | 5,521 | £17m | £2m | £268k | £1m |
| Rushmoor | 12 | 4,847 | £13m | £6m | £10k | £2m |
| South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority | 12 | 6,376 | £8m | £8m | £0 | £3m |
| Epsom and Ewell | 12 | 16,567 | £11m | £6m | £0 | £1m |
| Melton | 12 | 3,332 | £10m | £6m | £0 | £1m |
| Rossendale | 12 | 9,382 | £12m | £5m | £250k | £537k |
| Mansfield | 3 | 3,055 | £13m | £5m | £99k | £137k |
| Hart | 12 | 2,292 | £5m | £9m | £50k | £2m |
| Humberside Combined Fire and Rescue Authority | 12 | 1,764 | £7m | £9m | £0 | £523k |
| Nottinghamshire Combined Fire and Rescue Authority | 12 | 5,572 | £7m | £5m | £24k | £3m |
| Stafford | 3 | 1,266 | £4m | £5m | £79k | £7m |
| Bromsgrove | 4 | 623 | £10m | £5m | £0 | £628k |
| Berkshire Combined Fire and Rescue Authority | 12 | 3,843 | £9m | £5m | £0 | £918k |
| Durham Combined Fire and Rescue Authority | 12 | 1,374 | £10m | £3m | £0 | £2m |
| Maldon | 12 | 1,631 | £10m | £3m | £218k | £493k |
| Avon Combined Fire and Rescue Authority | 12 | 2,749 | £10m | £2m | £0 | £2m |
| West Lindsey | 12 | 5,738 | £6m | £6m | £47k | £2m |
| South Downs National Park Authority | 12 | 2,059 | £17k | £13m | £0 | £10k |
| Cumberland | 2 | 6,896 | £2m | £10m | £0 | £9k |
| Cumbria PCC-FRA | 12 | 1,430 | £3m | £3m | £0 | £5m |
| Oadby and Wigston | 12 | 3,237 | £7m | £3m | £62k | £1m |
| Chorley | 3 | 1,296 | £7m | £2m | £0 | £1m |
| Buckinghamshire Combined Fire and Rescue Authority | 12 | 3,465 | £3m | £5m | £0 | £2m |
| Woking | 1 | 1,810 | £4m | £2m | £14k | £5m |
| Cambridgeshire Combined Fire and Rescue Authority | 12 | 1,606 | £5m | £4m | £0 | £1m |
| East Hertfordshire | 11 | 985 | £2m | £2m | £4m | £861k |
| Cleveland Combined Fire and Rescue Authority | 12 | 6,303 | £4m | £2m | £0 | £995k |
| South Ribble | 3 | 876 | £2m | £3m | £0 | £992k |
| New Forest National Park Authority | 12 | 720 | £0 | £5m | £0 | £1k |
| Northamptonshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Fire and Rescue Authority | 5 | 461 | £802k | £4m | £0 | £279k |
| Malvern Hills | 3 | 1,880 | £2m | £1m | £244k | £1m |
| Warwickshire Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable | 12 | 308 | £2m | £2m | £16k | £1m |
| The Broads Authority | 12 | 1,425 | £18k | £5m | £0 | £0 |
| Mid Sussex | 1 | 387 | £721k | £4m | £0 | £0 |
| Gedling | 4 | 734 | £2m | £2m | £63k | £395k |
| Northamptonshire Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable | 12 | 292 | £1m | £611k | £63k | £591k |
| Northumberland National Park Authority | 12 | 2,147 | £98k | £2m | £1k | £0 |
| Sevenoaks | 2 | 258 | £2m | £143k | £6k | £70k |
| Blaby | 1 | 346 | £683k | £494k | £0 | £453k |
| North Warwickshire | 5 | 421 | £784k | £369k | £4k | £129k |
| Fylde | 1 | 328 | £452k | £247k | £0 | £45k |
| Ipswich | 12 | 3,653 | £14k | £408k | £0 | £0k |
| Canterbury | 12 | 1,621 | £37k | £228k | £0 | £1k |
| Charnwood | 1 | 12 | £18k | £4k | £0 | £13k |
| Elmbridge | 2 | 16 | £3k | £11k | £0 | £0 |
English councils whose payment files are held
Payments to recipients outside government, against the council's own 2025-26 service expenditure. The two are not the same measure: service expenditure is net of fees and charges and leaves out capital spending, while payment files are gross and include capital, so a council can show more than 100%.
| Council | Months | Service expenditure | Payments followed | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adur | 12 | £12m | £24m | 207% |
| Amber Valley | 12 | £20m | £11m | 53% |
| Ashfield | 12 | £26m | £32m | 126% |
| Ashford | 12 | £18m | £53m | 285% |
| Avon Combined Fire and Rescue Authority | 12 | £66m | £10m | 16% |
| Babergh | 12 | £17m | £20m | 118% |
| Barking and Dagenham | 12 | £609m | £330m | 54% |
| Barnet | 12 | £805m | £350m | 43% |
| Barnsley | 12 | £476m | £377m | 79% |
| Basingstoke and Deane | 12 | £39m | £39m | 100% |
| Bassetlaw | 12 | £23m | £37m | 166% |
| Bath and North East Somerset | 12 | £312m | £197m | 63% |
| Bedford | 12 | £387m | £162m | 42% |
| Berkshire Combined Fire and Rescue Authority | 12 | £49m | £9m | 19% |
| Bexley | 6 | £421m | £110m | 26% |
| Birmingham | 12 | £2.7bn | £1.5bn | 55% |
| Blaby | 1 | £14m | £683k | 5% |
| Blackpool | 12 | £317m | £276m | 87% |
| Bolsover | 12 | £16m | £66m | 420% |
| Bolton | 12 | £663m | £108m | 16% |
| Bracknell Forest | 12 | £251m | £96m | 38% |
| Bradford | 1 | £1.1bn | £32m | 3% |
| Braintree | 12 | £25m | £17m | 70% |
| Brent | 12 | £753m | £553m | 73% |
| Brentwood | 11 | £12m | £23m | 194% |
| Brighton and Hove | 12 | £664m | £327m | 49% |
| Bristol, City of | 12 | £935m | £477m | 51% |
| Broadland | 12 | £16m | £23m | 143% |
| Bromley | 12 | £551m | £385m | 70% |
| Bromsgrove | 4 | £14m | £10m | 75% |
| Broxtowe | 12 | £15m | £33m | 224% |
| Buckinghamshire | 12 | £1.1bn | £388m | 36% |
| Buckinghamshire Combined Fire and Rescue Authority | 12 | £40m | £3m | 7% |
| Bury | 11 | £379m | £126m | 33% |
| Calderdale | 12 | £431m | £208m | 48% |
| Cambridge | 12 | £31m | £112m | 358% |
| Cambridgeshire | 12 | £1.0bn | £444m | 42% |
| Cambridgeshire Combined Fire and Rescue Authority | 12 | £41m | £5m | 12% |
| Camden | 12 | £707m | £458m | 65% |
| Canterbury | 12 | £20m | £37k | 0% |
| Central Bedfordshire | 5 | £505m | £96m | 19% |
| Charnwood | 1 | £21m | £18k | 0% |
| Chelmsford | 12 | £33m | £9m | 28% |
| Cheltenham | 12 | £21m | £52m | 251% |
| Cherwell | 12 | £35m | £11m | 30% |
| Cheshire East | 12 | £734m | £168m | 23% |
| Cheshire West and Chester | 12 | £814m | £267m | 33% |
| Chesterfield | 12 | £18m | £49m | 274% |
| Chorley | 3 | £13m | £7m | 52% |
| City of London | 12 | £353m | £525m | 149% |
| Cleveland Combined Fire and Rescue Authority | 12 | £36m | £4m | 12% |
| Cleveland Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable | 12 | £214m | £28m | 13% |
| Colchester | 2 | £35m | £14m | 39% |
| Cornwall | 11 | £1.1bn | £712m | 63% |
| County Durham | 11 | £1.1bn | £461m | 41% |
| Coventry | 12 | £678m | £254m | 37% |
| Crawley | 12 | £26m | £65m | 251% |
| Croydon | 8 | £878m | £291m | 33% |
| Cumbria PCC-FRA | 12 | £35m | £3m | 10% |
| Cumbria Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable | 12 | £156m | £24m | 15% |
| Darlington | 3 | £199m | £14m | 7% |
| Dartford | 12 | £31m | £38m | 122% |
| Derby | 11 | £515m | £248m | 48% |
| Derbyshire | 11 | £1.5bn | £711m | 48% |
| Devon | 12 | £1.4bn | £257m | 19% |
| Devon & Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable | 12 | £477m | £6m | 1% |
| Devon and Somerset Combined Fire and Rescue Authority | 12 | £104m | £10m | 10% |
| Doncaster | 12 | £592m | £435m | 74% |
| Dorset | 10 | £763m | £329m | 43% |
| Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable | 12 | £193m | £20m | 11% |
| Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Authority | 12 | £78m | £11m | 15% |
| Dover | 12 | £28m | £61m | 215% |
| Durham Combined Fire and Rescue Authority | 12 | £38m | £10m | 26% |
| Ealing | 12 | £824m | £646m | 78% |
| East Cambridgeshire | 12 | £20m | £20m | 100% |
| East Hampshire | 11 | £20m | £12m | 64% |
| East Hertfordshire | 11 | £22m | £6m | 28% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | 12 | £729m | £273m | 37% |
| East Suffolk | 12 | £60m | £63m | 106% |
| East Sussex | 12 | £1.0bn | £474m | 45% |
| East Sussex Combined Fire and Rescue Authority | 12 | £50m | £14m | 29% |
| Eastleigh | 12 | £13m | £20m | 147% |
| Elmbridge | 2 | £32m | £3k | 0% |
| Enfield | 12 | £712m | £444m | 62% |
| Epping Forest | 6 | £26m | £31m | 122% |
| Epsom and Ewell | 12 | £19m | £11m | 61% |
| Erewash | 12 | £16m | £12m | 74% |
| Essex | 12 | £2.4bn | £1.4bn | 57% |
| Forest of Dean | 12 | £15m | £17m | 111% |
| Fylde | 1 | £12m | £452k | 4% |
| Gateshead | 9 | £469m | £181m | 39% |
| Gedling | 4 | £20m | £2m | 10% |
| Gloucester | 12 | £15m | £32m | 213% |
| Gloucestershire | 11 | £1.2bn | £558m | 48% |
| Gravesham | 12 | £22m | £55m | 247% |
| Greater Lincolnshire | 4 | £23m | £1m | 5% |
| Greater London Authority | 12 | £8.1bn | £640m | 8% |
| Greater Manchester | 12 | £902m | £310m | 34% |
| Greenwich | 12 | £757m | £664m | 88% |
| Guildford | 6 | £17m | £44m | 267% |
| Hackney | 12 | £761m | £516m | 68% |
| Halton | 12 | £354m | £167m | 47% |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 12 | £393m | £445m | 113% |
| Hampshire | 12 | £2.7bn | £565m | 21% |
| Hampshire Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable | 12 | £494m | £44m | 9% |
| Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Authority | 12 | £100m | £16m | 16% |
| Harborough | 12 | £20m | £26m | 131% |
| Haringey | 12 | £653m | £348m | 53% |
| Harlow | 12 | £20m | £77m | 380% |
| Harrow | 12 | £464m | £214m | 46% |
| Hart | 12 | £9m | £5m | 58% |
| Hartlepool | 10 | £228m | £22m | 10% |
| Hastings | 12 | £20m | £16m | 78% |
| Havant | 3 | £23m | £3m | 11% |
| Havering | 12 | £536m | £184m | 34% |
| Hereford & Worcester Combined Fire and Rescue Authority | 12 | £43m | £11m | 25% |
| Herefordshire, County of | 12 | £389m | £149m | 38% |
| Hertfordshire | 12 | £2.3bn | £669m | 30% |
| Hertsmere | 12 | £17m | £16m | 95% |
| Hillingdon | 3 | £578m | £92m | 16% |
| Hinckley and Bosworth | 11 | £13m | £35m | 279% |
| Horsham | 12 | £24m | £13m | 53% |
| Hounslow | 12 | £617m | £168m | 27% |
| Hull and East Yorkshire | 12 | £13m | £2m | 12% |
| Humberside Combined Fire and Rescue Authority | 12 | £58m | £7m | 12% |
| Hyndburn | 10 | £17m | £19m | 110% |
| Ipswich | 12 | £27m | £14k | 0% |
| Isle of Wight | 3 | £332m | £29m | 9% |
| Islington | 12 | £637m | £363m | 57% |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 4 | £370m | £100m | 27% |
| Kent | 12 | £2.9bn | £1.5bn | 52% |
| Kent Combined Fire and Rescue Authority | 12 | £101m | £19m | 19% |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 12 | £20m | £48m | 236% |
| Kingston upon Hull, City of | 9 | £548m | £294m | 54% |
| Kingston upon Thames | 12 | £350m | £145m | 41% |
| Kirklees | 12 | £846m | £575m | 68% |
| Knowsley | 11 | £472m | £202m | 43% |
| Lambeth | 12 | £794m | £571m | 72% |
| Lancashire Combined Fire and Rescue Authority | 12 | £80m | £14m | 18% |
| Lancaster | 9 | £27m | £23m | 86% |
| Leeds | 12 | £1.7bn | £709m | 41% |
| Leicester | 12 | £848m | £271m | 32% |
| Leicestershire | 12 | £995m | £317m | 32% |
| Lewisham | 12 | £831m | £579m | 70% |
| Lichfield | 12 | £15m | £19m | 122% |
| Lincoln | 12 | £21m | £71m | 341% |
| Lincolnshire | 12 | £1.3bn | £704m | 55% |
| Liverpool | 12 | £1.4bn | £367m | 27% |
| Liverpool City Region | 12 | £407m | £385m | 94% |
| Luton | 3 | £516m | £44m | 9% |
| Maidstone | 12 | £29m | £32m | 111% |
| Maldon | 12 | £13m | £10m | 78% |
| Malvern Hills | 3 | £15m | £2m | 14% |
| Manchester | 12 | £1.3bn | £1.0bn | 76% |
| Mansfield | 3 | £15m | £13m | 86% |
| Medway | 12 | £514m | £270m | 52% |
| Melton | 12 | £10m | £10m | 104% |
| Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority | 12 | £65m | £28m | 43% |
| Merseyside Waste Authority | 12 | £53m | £0 | 0% |
| Merton | 12 | £500m | £176m | 35% |
| Mid Suffolk | 12 | £20m | £35m | 179% |
| Mid Sussex | 1 | £30m | £721k | 2% |
| Middlesbrough | 12 | £329m | £149m | 45% |
| Milton Keynes | 12 | £548m | £314m | 57% |
| New Forest National Park Authority | 12 | £4m | £0 | 0% |
| Newark and Sherwood | 3 | £23m | £9m | 40% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 12 | £613m | £272m | 44% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | 12 | £29m | £24m | 82% |
| Newham | 12 | £802m | £680m | 85% |
| Norfolk | 12 | £1.6bn | £1.1bn | 72% |
| North East | 12 | £378m | £143m | 38% |
| North East Lincolnshire | 12 | £294m | £165m | 56% |
| North Hertfordshire | 12 | £27m | £45m | 168% |
| North Kesteven | 12 | £17m | £26m | 149% |
| North Lincolnshire | 12 | £370m | £141m | 38% |
| North London Waste Authority | 12 | £77m | £0 | 0% |
| North Northamptonshire | 12 | £626m | £400m | 64% |
| North Somerset | 12 | £360m | £168m | 47% |
| North Tyneside | 12 | £507m | £206m | 41% |
| Northamptonshire Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable | 12 | £217m | £1m | 1% |
| Northamptonshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Fire and Rescue Authority | 5 | £41m | £802k | 2% |
| Northumberland | 12 | £698m | £372m | 53% |
| Northumberland National Park Authority | 12 | £3m | £99k | 3% |
| Norwich | 10 | £31m | £54m | 175% |
| Nottingham | 12 | £664m | £332m | 50% |
| Nottinghamshire | 12 | £1.5bn | £350m | 24% |
| Nottinghamshire Combined Fire and Rescue Authority | 12 | £57m | £7m | 13% |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | 12 | £20m | £64m | 323% |
| Oadby and Wigston | 12 | £7m | £7m | 101% |
| Oldham | 12 | £495m | £209m | 42% |
| Oxford | 12 | £53m | £120m | 227% |
| Pendle | 12 | £18m | £17m | 95% |
| Peterborough | 12 | £401m | £224m | 56% |
| Portsmouth | 12 | £420m | £378m | 90% |
| Reading | 11 | £383m | £181m | 47% |
| Redbridge | 12 | £750m | £324m | 43% |
| Redcar and Cleveland | 12 | £280m | £121m | 43% |
| Redditch | 5 | £13m | £12m | 92% |
| Reigate and Banstead | 12 | £27m | £71m | 265% |
| Richmond upon Thames | 12 | £428m | £177m | 41% |
| Rochdale | 11 | £547m | £337m | 62% |
| Rochford | 11 | £14m | £10m | 74% |
| Rossendale | 12 | £11m | £12m | 110% |
| Rother | 12 | £17m | £19m | 113% |
| Rotherham | 12 | £494m | £398m | 81% |
| Rushcliffe | 3 | £15m | £3m | 18% |
| Rushmoor | 12 | £20m | £13m | 64% |
| Rutland | 12 | £78m | £34m | 44% |
| Salford | 12 | £641m | £237m | 37% |
| Sefton | 12 | £632m | £200m | 32% |
| Sevenoaks | 2 | £19m | £2m | 8% |
| Sheffield | 12 | £1.2bn | £681m | 56% |
| Shropshire | 12 | £570m | £244m | 43% |
| Slough | 12 | £305m | £116m | 38% |
| Solihull | 12 | £423m | £183m | 43% |
| Somerset | 12 | £1.0bn | £683m | 66% |
| South Cambridgeshire | 12 | £30m | £49m | 164% |
| South Derbyshire | 12 | £21m | £21m | 97% |
| South Downs National Park Authority | 12 | £13m | £17k | 0% |
| South Gloucestershire | 12 | £563m | £286m | 51% |
| South Kesteven | 12 | £15m | £51m | 333% |
| South Norfolk | 12 | £21m | £22m | 102% |
| South Oxfordshire | 12 | £28m | £15m | 54% |
| South Ribble | 3 | £20m | £2m | 10% |
| South Tyneside | 12 | £378m | £207m | 55% |
| South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority | 12 | £69m | £8m | 11% |
| Southampton | 12 | £532m | £219m | 41% |
| Southend-on-Sea | 12 | £331m | £142m | 43% |
| Southwark | 12 | £791m | £671m | 85% |
| Spelthorne | 9 | £34m | £15m | 43% |
| St. Helens | 6 | £422m | £82m | 19% |
| Staffordshire | 12 | £1.3bn | £396m | 30% |
| Staffordshire Combined Fire and Rescue Authority | 12 | £47m | £12m | 26% |
| Stevenage | 12 | £8m | £48m | 569% |
| Stockport | 12 | £625m | £339m | 54% |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 12 | £390m | £107m | 28% |
| Stoke-on-Trent | 9 | £538m | £221m | 41% |
| Stratford-on-Avon | 12 | £22m | £29m | 131% |
| Stroud | 11 | £20m | £17m | 87% |
| Suffolk | 3 | £1.2bn | £231m | 19% |
| Sunderland | 12 | £552m | £248m | 45% |
| Surrey | 12 | £2.1bn | £1.3bn | 63% |
| Surrey Heath | 12 | £13m | £26m | 200% |
| Sutton | 12 | £430m | £225m | 52% |
| Swale | 12 | £30m | £23m | 76% |
| Swindon | 3 | £376m | £58m | 15% |
| Tamworth | 5 | £16m | £12m | 71% |
| Telford and Wrekin | 12 | £406m | £133m | 33% |
| Tendring | 12 | £28m | £32m | 116% |
| Test Valley | 12 | £25m | £15m | 58% |
| Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable | 12 | £718m | £107m | 15% |
| The Broads Authority | 12 | £7m | £18k | 0% |
| Three Rivers | 12 | £17m | £13m | 78% |
| Thurrock | 12 | £309m | £172m | 55% |
| Tonbridge and Malling | 12 | £22m | £16m | 72% |
| Tower Hamlets | 12 | £986m | £426m | 43% |
| Trafford | 12 | £486m | £330m | 68% |
| Tunbridge Wells | 9 | £15m | £20m | 132% |
| Vale of White Horse | 12 | £24m | £10m | 43% |
| Wakefield | 12 | £670m | £264m | 39% |
| Waltham Forest | 12 | £631m | £193m | 31% |
| Wandsworth | 12 | £640m | £445m | 69% |
| Warrington | 12 | £445m | £176m | 40% |
| Warwickshire | 12 | £1.1bn | £516m | 47% |
| Warwickshire Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable | 12 | £151m | £2m | 1% |
| Watford | 12 | £28m | £38m | 136% |
| Welwyn Hatfield | 12 | £20m | £52m | 261% |
| West Berkshire | 12 | £357m | £174m | 49% |
| West Lindsey | 12 | £17m | £6m | 34% |
| West Midlands | 12 | £494m | £414m | 84% |
| West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority | 12 | £140m | £19m | 14% |
| West Northamptonshire | 12 | £769m | £565m | 73% |
| West Oxfordshire | 12 | £16m | £31m | 196% |
| West Suffolk | 12 | £28m | £30m | 108% |
| West Sussex | 9 | £1.7bn | £609m | 35% |
| West Yorkshire | 12 | £978m | £12m | 1% |
| West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority | 12 | £111m | £18m | 16% |
| West of England | 12 | £123m | £102m | 83% |
| Western Riverside Waste Authority | 12 | £60m | £0 | 0% |
| Westminster | 12 | £562m | £634m | 113% |
| Westmorland and Furness | 12 | £499m | £196m | 39% |
| Wigan | 12 | £761m | £353m | 46% |
| Wiltshire | 12 | £883m | £453m | 51% |
| Winchester | 12 | £22m | £54m | 243% |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | 12 | £267m | £94m | 35% |
| Wirral | 11 | £747m | £329m | 44% |
| Wokingham | 9 | £309m | £133m | 43% |
| Wolverhampton | 10 | £551m | £197m | 36% |
| Worcestershire | 3 | £1.1bn | £108m | 10% |
| Worthing | 12 | £21m | £41m | 197% |
| Wyre | 12 | £21m | £36m | 169% |
| Wyre Forest | 12 | £14m | £15m | 107% |
| York | 12 | £326m | £155m | 47% |
| York and North Yorkshire | 12 | £392m | £13m | 3% |
The 82 English authorities whose 2025-26 payment files are not held
| Authority | Service expenditure |
|---|---|
| Lancashire CC | £2.7bn |
| Oxfordshire CC | £1.2bn |
| North Yorkshire | £1.2bn |
| Greater Manchester Police | £974m |
| West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable | £942m |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole UA | £718m |
| Walsall | £653m |
| Plymouth UA | £515m |
| Merseyside Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable | £498m |
| Tameside | £493m |
| Kent Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable | £471m |
| Avon & Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable | £470m |
| Essex Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable | £450m |
| Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable | £429m |
| Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable | £424m |
| Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable | £421m |
| South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable | £394m |
| Blackburn with Darwen UA | £389m |
| Surrey Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable | £321m |
| West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable | £312m |
| Hertfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable | £308m |
| Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable | £306m |
| Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable | £293m |
| Leicestershire Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable | £281m |
| Staffordshire Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable | £280m |
| Humberside Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable | £278m |
| Torbay UA | £278m |
| Norfolk Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable | £252m |
| Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable | £201m |
| South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority | £193m |
| Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable | £192m |
| Suffolk Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable | £182m |
| Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable | £177m |
| Durham Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable | £175m |
| East Midlands Combined Authority | £111m |
| East London Waste Authority | £87m |
| Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority | £80m |
| Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Authority | £71m |
| West London Waste Authority | £56m |
| Derbyshire Combined Fire and Rescue Authority | £52m |
| Bedfordshire Combined Fire and Rescue Authority | £40m |
| East Lindsey | £39m |
| Preston | £38m |
| Thanet | £36m |
| Basildon | £34m |
| Arun | £30m |
| Dacorum | £28m |
| Wealden | £28m |
| New Forest | £26m |
| Breckland | £25m |
| Lewes | £24m |
| Eastbourne | £24m |
| West Lancashire | £23m |
| Exeter | £23m |
| South Staffordshire | £21m |
| Chichester | £21m |
| East Staffordshire | £21m |
| Burnley | £21m |
| Wychavon | £20m |
| South Holland | £19m |
| South Hams | £19m |
| Broxbourne | £18m |
| North East Derbyshire | £17m |
| Teignbridge | £17m |
| Uttlesford | £16m |
| Boston BC | £16m |
| Fareham | £16m |
| Great Yarmouth | £15m |
| Derbyshire Dales | £15m |
| Gosport | £14m |
| Worcester | £14m |
| Mole Valley | £14m |
| Tandridge | £14m |
| North Devon | £13m |
| Torridge | £13m |
| West Devon | £12m |
| Mid Devon | £12m |
| Peak District National Park Authority | £10m |
| Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority | £10m |
| Dartmoor National Park Authority | £6m |
| Devon and Torbay Combined Authority | £5m |
| Exmoor National Park Authority | £3m |
The largest payees not yet identified
Payees paid £5m or more. Named in the records as shown, but not yet matched to a registered organisation or a public body. Some may be public bodies; until they are matched they are counted as followed by name only.
| Payee, as published | 2025-26 |
|---|---|
| TFGM INTERBANK | £434m |
| HERTS PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TR | £297m |
| NHS CCG | £241m |
| EDF ENERGY | £218m |
| THE BARNETGROUP LIMITED | £186m |
| GREATER MANCHESTER COMBINED AUTHORI | £169m |
| INLAND REVENUE | £167m |
| DCLG | £154m |
| INLAND REVENUE (SHIPLEY) | £153m |
| CLARION HOUSING GROUP | £150m |
| VEOLIA ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES | £138m |
| TEACHERS PENSIONS | £134m |
| ESSEX PFCC FRA | £129m |
| ACHIEVING FOR CHILDREN LTD | £125m |
| HMRC CENTRAL PAYROLL | £111m |
What PESA says this section spends on
| Function | 2025-26 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Social protection | £68.9bn | 32% |
| Education | £61.7bn | 28% |
| Public order and safety | £23.4bn | 11% |
| Economic affairs | £18.7bn | 9% |
| Housing and community amenities | £16.7bn | 8% |
| Environment protection | £9.1bn | 4% |
| General public services | £8.8bn | 4% |
| Recreation, culture and religion | £5.5bn | 3% |
| Health | £4.3bn | 2% |
| Defence | £64m | 0% |