Local government finance datasets
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Covers
Years
Areas
Measures
Each measure is one kind of value you can request, using its id.
| Measure | Unit | Combining areas |
|---|---|---|
Education services revenue budgetlocal-government-finance | £ thousand | Adds up |
Average area Band D council taxcouncil-tax | £ | Not combined |
“Adds up” means you can total it over areas or convert it to other areas. See Measures and periods for why some can't be combined.
Areas and years
Request each of these with its geography and code year as geography and boundaryYear.
| Areas | Code year | Periods | Covers | Records |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local authorities | 2026 | 2026-27 | England | 287 |
| Local authorities | 2026 | 2026-27 | England | 296 |
Things to know
- The Atlas primary measure is the published total education-services budget line.
- The published average area Band D charge from MHCLG Table 9, including relevant major precepts; it must not be summed or averaged flat.
Corrections and improvements
These reviewed changes apply to what the API serves for this data. The publisher's source files are not changed; when a code correction applies, the served record retains the publisher's code as sourceAreaCode.
| Change | What the API serves | Applies when |
|---|---|---|
| Opt-in canonical measure-unit presentation | On the explicit canonical request, each numeric value and any publisher-supplied interval bound is multiplied by the measure's declared scale; the response names the resulting unit and calculation. | GET /v1/data/{measure-id}?units=canonical |
curl "https://api.ukdataatlas.com/v1/corrections?measure=local-government-finance"/correctionsList reviewed correctionsRequest it
Get the first page of local-government-finance for local authorities:
curl "https://api.ukdataatlas.com/v1/data/local-government-finance?period=2026-27&geography=localAuthority&boundaryYear=2026&limit=5"Read the measure's full definition, including every period it's published for:
curl "https://api.ukdataatlas.com/v1/measures/local-government-finance"/data/{measure-id}Get observationsget/data/{measure-id}/seriesGet a time seriesSource and licence
| Dataset | Publisher | Licence |
|---|---|---|
| Council Tax levels in England | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | Open Government Licence v3.0 |
| Local authority revenue expenditure and financing | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | Open Government Licence v3.0 |
Using this data in something you publish? Get attribution text with measure=local-government-finance returns the credit line to include.
Downloads
Download complete publisher-observation files instead of paging through the API. Each file has a stable hash and covers one measure, period set and source geography. Any reviewed served code correction is documented and retains its publisher code on the affected record. The source and licence information above applies to these files too; preserve the attribution and note any cleaning or reformatting when you redistribute one.