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Local government finance: forms to be completed by local authorities

All local government finance forms to be completed by local authorities for use in Official and National Statistics, along with accompanying guidance notes.

Updates to this page

From:
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021) and Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Published:
16 October 2013
Last updated:
5 May 2026
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  1. Added Exit payments return form.

  2. Added Local government finance data collection: guidance for local authorities.

  3. First published.

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government collects financial information from local authorities.

This information is used to inform ministers in setting government policy and in the assessment of grants payable to authorities for carrying out their statutory functions.

Aggregate data for all local authorities also go towards the make up of the national accounts.

Uses of data, forms timetables and guidance for local authorities

Council Tax, non-domestic rates, and borrowing forms

Revenue forms

Capital forms

Local government pensions and exit payments

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