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Public spending

Hillingdon council area. Every figure carries its own date.

What this council spent, how it changed and how it compares with councils with similar responsibilities and population sizes.

London Borough of Hillingdon only. This covers the council’s own services. It is not all public spending in the area.

£577.84 million in 2025–26

Council service spending after service income. These are recorded amounts spent, rather than plans for future spending.

For each resident£1,769

Cash spending · 2025–26

For each resident, allowing for inflation£1,712

2024–25 prices · 2025–26

This year’s return can still be revised.

“Per resident” spreads the total across everyone who lives here. It is not a payment to each person.

Has spending kept up with prices and population?

Allowing for inflation makes spending in different years easier to compare. Looking per resident also allows for a changing population.

Total council service spending · spending per resident, allowing for inflation

2017/2018 to 2025/2026

London Borough of Hillingdon only · £ per resident · 2024–25 prices, allowing for inflation

Reviewed figures: 2017/2018 to 2025/2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.

Shown on this chart: £1,618.53 per person in 2017/2018; £1,711.51 per person in 2025/2026. 5.7% higher between these observations.

The line joins consecutive published observations.

Data table and workings

Net current service expenditure reported in the Revenue Outturn RS summary. Includes specific-grant-funded services. It is not a council budget, grant allocation, or all public spending in the area.

Cash and inflation-adjusted figures are both provided. This is council spending, not all public spending in the area.

Councils have different duties; education spending also changes when schools become academies.

The table retains the full reviewed history when the chart is shortened. Preset ranges end at this measure’s latest published period. Yearly windows count published annual periods; monthly windows count months. Gaps are never filled with estimates.

Total council service spending · spending per resident, allowing for inflation — London Borough of Hillingdon only: full reviewed history
Period£ per person
2017/20181,618.53
2018/20191,599.61
2019/20201,637.66
2020/20211,701.92
2021/20221,746.96
2022/20231,627.82
2023/20241,599.77
2024/20251,625.89
2025/20261,711.51
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See cash spending and total spending

Total council service spending · total spending, cash

2017/2018 to 2025/2026

London Borough of Hillingdon only · £ million · cash prices, before allowing for inflation

Reviewed figures: 2017/2018 to 2025/2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.

Shown on this chart: £373.75 million in 2017/2018; £577.84 million in 2025/2026. 54.6% higher between these observations.

The line joins consecutive published observations.

Data table and workings

Net current service expenditure reported in the Revenue Outturn RS summary. Includes specific-grant-funded services. It is not a council budget, grant allocation, or all public spending in the area.

Cash and inflation-adjusted figures are both provided. This is council spending, not all public spending in the area.

Councils have different duties; education spending also changes when schools become academies.

The table retains the full reviewed history when the chart is shortened. Preset ranges end at this measure’s latest published period. Yearly windows count published annual periods; monthly windows count months. Gaps are never filled with estimates.

Total council service spending · total spending, cash — London Borough of Hillingdon only: full reviewed history
Period£ million
2017/2018373.75
2018/2019381.22
2019/2020405.08
2020/2021443.72
2021/2022455.38
2022/2023465.04
2023/2024496.26
2024/2025533.11
2025/2026577.84
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Total council service spending · total spending, allowing for inflation

2017/2018 to 2025/2026

London Borough of Hillingdon only · £ million · 2024–25 prices, allowing for inflation

Reviewed figures: 2017/2018 to 2025/2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.

Shown on this chart: £484.7 million in 2017/2018; £559.1 million in 2025/2026. 15.3% higher between these observations.

The line joins consecutive published observations.

Data table and workings

Net current service expenditure reported in the Revenue Outturn RS summary. Includes specific-grant-funded services. It is not a council budget, grant allocation, or all public spending in the area.

Cash and inflation-adjusted figures are both provided. This is council spending, not all public spending in the area.

Councils have different duties; education spending also changes when schools become academies.

The table retains the full reviewed history when the chart is shortened. Preset ranges end at this measure’s latest published period. Yearly windows count published annual periods; monthly windows count months. Gaps are never filled with estimates.

Total council service spending · total spending, allowing for inflation — London Borough of Hillingdon only: full reviewed history
Period£ million
2017/2018484.7
2018/2019483.5
2019/2020500.53
2020/2021521.57
2021/2022533.01
2022/2023508.68
2023/2024515.74
2024/2025533.11
2025/2026559.1
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Total council service spending · spending per resident, cash

2017/2018 to 2025/2026

London Borough of Hillingdon only · £ per resident · cash prices, before allowing for inflation

Reviewed figures: 2017/2018 to 2025/2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.

Shown on this chart: £1,248.04 per person in 2017/2018; £1,768.87 per person in 2025/2026. 41.7% higher between these observations.

The line joins consecutive published observations.

Data table and workings

Net current service expenditure reported in the Revenue Outturn RS summary. Includes specific-grant-funded services. It is not a council budget, grant allocation, or all public spending in the area.

Cash and inflation-adjusted figures are both provided. This is council spending, not all public spending in the area.

Councils have different duties; education spending also changes when schools become academies.

The table retains the full reviewed history when the chart is shortened. Preset ranges end at this measure’s latest published period. Yearly windows count published annual periods; monthly windows count months. Gaps are never filled with estimates.

Total council service spending · spending per resident, cash — London Borough of Hillingdon only: full reviewed history
Period£ per person
2017/20181,248.04
2018/20191,261.22
2019/20201,325.34
2020/20211,447.88
2021/20221,492.53
2022/20231,488.17
2023/20241,539.35
2024/20251,625.89
2025/20261,768.87
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All annual figures and what they include
Council spending · Hillingdon · full reviewed history
Financial yearTotal cash (£ million)Total at 2024–25 prices (£ million)Cash per residentPer resident at 2024–25 prices
2017–18373.75484.699£1,248£1,619
2018–19381.22483.503£1,261£1,600
2019–20405.079500.535£1,325£1,638
2020–21443.716521.571£1,448£1,702
2021–22455.38533.01£1,493£1,747
2022–23465.044508.683£1,488£1,628
2023–24496.261515.74£1,539£1,600
2024–25533.108533.108£1,626£1,626
2025–26577.839559.1£1,769£1,712

Net current service expenditure reported in the Revenue Outturn RS summary. Includes specific-grant-funded services. It is not a council budget, grant allocation, or all public spending in the area.

Outside this measure: Separate capital-account expenditure; Separate housing revenue account; Central-government and NHS spending; Services supplied by another council or separate authority.

Each financial year runs from April to March. Per-resident amounts use the population estimate for the year in which that financial year starts, matched to the council’s area code. Missing populations remain gaps. Inflation is adjusted using a broad measure of prices across the economy; it does not measure each service’s particular costs.

Changes in council boundaries, responsibilities, schools or accounting can affect the figures. A rise or fall alone does not show a change in service quality.

Sources and calculations →

How does it compare with similar councils?

The comparison uses councils in England with the same broad responsibilities, choosing up to three closest in population size. They may face different needs and costs.

Same financial year: 2025–26 · spending per resident
Council or comparison groupAt 2024–25 pricesCash prices
Hillingdon (this council)£1,712£1,769
Enfield£2,090£2,161
Redbridge£2,254£2,329
Tower Hamlets£2,854£2,950
England councils with the same broad responsibilities£2,180£2,253
How the comparison works

Same country and broad council responsibilities, closest population size. Not adjusted for need, deprivation, income, commuter demand or service outcomes.

Fixed cohort of current councils of this type; complete observations only. This is not all council spending in the country.

The wider comparison covers 32 current councils of the same type. Spending and populations are added before dividing; individual council rates are not averaged.

The selected councils use the latest year with matching spending and population for this council. Every comparison row uses that same year. This is not a ranking of value for money or a measure of whether funding is fair.

Where does the council money go?

Open a service to see its history. The headings follow the council returns, so responsibilities and accounting differ between countries.

Education · £273.21 million · 2025–26

Education · spending per resident, allowing for inflation

2017/2018 to 2025/2026

London Borough of Hillingdon only · £ per resident · 2024–25 prices, allowing for inflation

Reviewed figures: 2017/2018 to 2025/2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.

Shown on this chart: £767.47 per person in 2017/2018; £809.24 per person in 2025/2026. 5.4% higher between these observations.

The line joins consecutive published observations.

Data table and workings

Net current service expenditure reported in the Revenue Outturn RS summary. Includes specific-grant-funded services. It is not a council budget, grant allocation, or all public spending in the area.

Cash and inflation-adjusted figures are both provided. This is council spending, not all public spending in the area.

Councils have different duties; education spending also changes when schools become academies.

The table retains the full reviewed history when the chart is shortened. Preset ranges end at this measure’s latest published period. Yearly windows count published annual periods; monthly windows count months. Gaps are never filled with estimates.

Education · spending per resident, allowing for inflation — London Borough of Hillingdon only: full reviewed history
Period£ per person
2017/2018767.47
2018/2019759.36
2019/2020786.84
2020/2021774.51
2021/2022790.31
2022/2023769.13
2023/2024778.79
2024/2025778.87
2025/2026809.24
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Cash and inflation-adjusted figures
Education · Hillingdon
Financial yearTotal cash (£ million)Total at 2024–25 prices (£ million)Cash per residentPer resident at 2024–25 prices
2017–18177.225229.835£592£767
2018–19180.97229.525£599£759
2019–20194.627240.49£637£787
2020–21201.926237.356£659£775
2021–22206.011241.131£675£790
2022–23219.729240.348£703£769
2023–24241.587251.07£749£779
2024–25255.379255.379£779£779
2025–26273.214264.354£836£809
Highways and transport · £7.76 million · 2025–26

Highways and transport · spending per resident, allowing for inflation

2017/2018 to 2025/2026

London Borough of Hillingdon only · £ per resident · 2024–25 prices, allowing for inflation

Reviewed figures: 2017/2018 to 2025/2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.

Shown on this chart: £50.89 per person in 2017/2018; £22.98 per person in 2025/2026. 54.9% lower between these observations.

The line joins consecutive published observations.

Data table and workings

Net current service expenditure reported in the Revenue Outturn RS summary. Includes specific-grant-funded services. It is not a council budget, grant allocation, or all public spending in the area.

Cash and inflation-adjusted figures are both provided. This is council spending, not all public spending in the area.

Councils have different duties; education spending also changes when schools become academies.

The table retains the full reviewed history when the chart is shortened. Preset ranges end at this measure’s latest published period. Yearly windows count published annual periods; monthly windows count months. Gaps are never filled with estimates.

Highways and transport · spending per resident, allowing for inflation — London Borough of Hillingdon only: full reviewed history
Period£ per person
2017/201850.89
2018/201948.19
2019/202053.68
2020/202164.66
2021/202248.57
2022/202331.04
2023/202423.98
2024/202521.68
2025/202622.98
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Cash and inflation-adjusted figures
Highways and transport · Hillingdon
Financial yearTotal cash (£ million)Total at 2024–25 prices (£ million)Cash per residentPer resident at 2024–25 prices
2017–1811.75215.241£39£51
2018–1911.48514.566£38£48
2019–2013.27916.408£43£54
2020–2116.85719.815£55£65
2021–2212.66214.821£42£49
2022–238.8679.699£28£31
2023–247.4387.73£23£24
2024–257.1087.108£22£22
2025–267.7577.505£24£23
Children’s social care · £73.14 million · 2025–26

Children’s social care · spending per resident, allowing for inflation

2017/2018 to 2025/2026

London Borough of Hillingdon only · £ per resident · 2024–25 prices, allowing for inflation

Reviewed figures: 2017/2018 to 2025/2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.

Shown on this chart: £200.6 per person in 2017/2018; £216.63 per person in 2025/2026. 8% higher between these observations.

The line joins consecutive published observations.

Data table and workings

Net current service expenditure reported in the Revenue Outturn RS summary. Includes specific-grant-funded services. It is not a council budget, grant allocation, or all public spending in the area.

Cash and inflation-adjusted figures are both provided. This is council spending, not all public spending in the area.

Councils have different duties; education spending also changes when schools become academies.

The table retains the full reviewed history when the chart is shortened. Preset ranges end at this measure’s latest published period. Yearly windows count published annual periods; monthly windows count months. Gaps are never filled with estimates.

Children’s social care · spending per resident, allowing for inflation — London Borough of Hillingdon only: full reviewed history
Period£ per person
2017/2018200.6
2018/2019210.85
2019/2020207.76
2020/2021212.47
2021/2022252.2
2022/2023227.01
2023/2024211.99
2024/2025221.73
2025/2026216.63
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Cash and inflation-adjusted figures
Children’s social care · Hillingdon
Financial yearTotal cash (£ million)Total at 2024–25 prices (£ million)Cash per residentPer resident at 2024–25 prices
2017–1846.32260.073£155£201
2018–1950.25163.734£166£211
2019–2051.38963.499£168£208
2020–2155.39565.115£181£212
2021–2265.7476.947£215£252
2022–2364.85270.938£208£227
2023–2465.76168.342£204£212
2024–2572.70172.701£222£222
2025–2673.13770.765£224£217
Adult social care · £119.15 million · 2025–26

Adult social care · spending per resident, allowing for inflation

2017/2018 to 2025/2026

London Borough of Hillingdon only · £ per resident · 2024–25 prices, allowing for inflation

Reviewed figures: 2017/2018 to 2025/2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.

Shown on this chart: £292.27 per person in 2017/2018; £352.91 per person in 2025/2026. 20.8% higher between these observations.

The line joins consecutive published observations.

Data table and workings

Net current service expenditure reported in the Revenue Outturn RS summary. Includes specific-grant-funded services. It is not a council budget, grant allocation, or all public spending in the area.

Cash and inflation-adjusted figures are both provided. This is council spending, not all public spending in the area.

Councils have different duties; education spending also changes when schools become academies.

The table retains the full reviewed history when the chart is shortened. Preset ranges end at this measure’s latest published period. Yearly windows count published annual periods; monthly windows count months. Gaps are never filled with estimates.

Adult social care · spending per resident, allowing for inflation — London Borough of Hillingdon only: full reviewed history
Period£ per person
2017/2018292.27
2018/2019288.77
2019/2020297.51
2020/2021314.8
2021/2022322.55
2022/2023295.78
2023/2024301.99
2024/2025325.46
2025/2026352.91
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Cash and inflation-adjusted figures
Adult social care · Hillingdon
Financial yearTotal cash (£ million)Total at 2024–25 prices (£ million)Cash per residentPer resident at 2024–25 prices
2017–1867.4987.525£225£292
2018–1968.8287.285£228£289
2019–2073.58990.93£241£298
2020–2182.07396.474£268£315
2021–2284.07998.412£276£323
2022–2384.592.429£270£296
2023–2493.6897.357£291£302
2024–25106.714106.714£325£325
2025–26119.151115.287£365£353
Public health · £19.17 million · 2025–26

Public health · spending per resident, allowing for inflation

2017/2018 to 2025/2026

London Borough of Hillingdon only · £ per resident · 2024–25 prices, allowing for inflation

Reviewed figures: 2017/2018 to 2025/2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.

Shown on this chart: £78.59 per person in 2017/2018; £56.79 per person in 2025/2026. 27.7% lower between these observations.

The line joins consecutive published observations.

Data table and workings

Net current service expenditure reported in the Revenue Outturn RS summary. Includes specific-grant-funded services. It is not a council budget, grant allocation, or all public spending in the area.

Cash and inflation-adjusted figures are both provided. This is council spending, not all public spending in the area.

Councils have different duties; education spending also changes when schools become academies.

The table retains the full reviewed history when the chart is shortened. Preset ranges end at this measure’s latest published period. Yearly windows count published annual periods; monthly windows count months. Gaps are never filled with estimates.

Public health · spending per resident, allowing for inflation — London Borough of Hillingdon only: full reviewed history
Period£ per person
2017/201878.59
2018/201973.56
2019/202069.03
2020/202186.89
2021/202289.52
2022/202381.64
2023/202477.06
2024/202554.56
2025/202656.79
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Cash and inflation-adjusted figures
Public health · Hillingdon
Financial yearTotal cash (£ million)Total at 2024–25 prices (£ million)Cash per residentPer resident at 2024–25 prices
2017–1818.14923.537£61£79
2018–1917.53122.235£58£74
2019–2017.07421.097£56£69
2020–2122.65326.628£74£87
2021–2223.33427.312£76£90
2022–2323.32325.512£75£82
2023–2423.90324.841£74£77
2024–2517.88817.888£55£55
2025–2619.17418.552£59£57
Housing services outside the housing revenue account · £38.93 million · 2025–26

Housing services outside the housing revenue account · spending per resident, allowing for inflation

2017/2018 to 2025/2026

London Borough of Hillingdon only · £ per resident · 2024–25 prices, allowing for inflation

Reviewed figures: 2017/2018 to 2025/2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.

Shown on this chart: £32.85 per person in 2017/2018; £115.3 per person in 2025/2026. 251% higher between these observations.

The line joins consecutive published observations.

Data table and workings

Net current service expenditure reported in the Revenue Outturn RS summary. Includes specific-grant-funded services. It is not a council budget, grant allocation, or all public spending in the area.

Cash and inflation-adjusted figures are both provided. This is council spending, not all public spending in the area.

Councils have different duties; education spending also changes when schools become academies.

The table retains the full reviewed history when the chart is shortened. Preset ranges end at this measure’s latest published period. Yearly windows count published annual periods; monthly windows count months. Gaps are never filled with estimates.

Housing services outside the housing revenue account · spending per resident, allowing for inflation — London Borough of Hillingdon only: full reviewed history
Period£ per person
2017/201832.85
2018/201935.67
2019/202042.42
2020/202142.09
2021/202249.92
2022/202353.53
2023/202462.68
2024/202594.32
2025/2026115.3
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Cash and inflation-adjusted figures
Housing services outside the housing revenue account · Hillingdon
Financial yearTotal cash (£ million)Total at 2024–25 prices (£ million)Cash per residentPer resident at 2024–25 prices
2017–187.5869.838£25£33
2018–198.510.781£28£36
2019–2010.49312.966£34£42
2020–2110.97412.9£36£42
2021–2213.01315.231£43£50
2022–2315.29216.727£49£54
2023–2419.44520.208£60£63
2024–2530.92630.926£94£94
2025–2638.92837.666£119£115
Culture and leisure · £14.02 million · 2025–26

Culture and leisure · spending per resident, allowing for inflation

2017/2018 to 2025/2026

London Borough of Hillingdon only · £ per resident · 2024–25 prices, allowing for inflation

Reviewed figures: 2017/2018 to 2025/2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.

Shown on this chart: £62.32 per person in 2017/2018; £41.53 per person in 2025/2026. 33.4% lower between these observations.

The line joins consecutive published observations.

Data table and workings

Net current service expenditure reported in the Revenue Outturn RS summary. Includes specific-grant-funded services. It is not a council budget, grant allocation, or all public spending in the area.

Cash and inflation-adjusted figures are both provided. This is council spending, not all public spending in the area.

Councils have different duties; education spending also changes when schools become academies.

The table retains the full reviewed history when the chart is shortened. Preset ranges end at this measure’s latest published period. Yearly windows count published annual periods; monthly windows count months. Gaps are never filled with estimates.

Culture and leisure · spending per resident, allowing for inflation — London Borough of Hillingdon only: full reviewed history
Period£ per person
2017/201862.32
2018/201965.09
2019/202059.4
2020/202169.98
2021/202263.57
2022/202361.8
2023/202452.27
2024/202542.58
2025/202641.53
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Cash and inflation-adjusted figures
Culture and leisure · Hillingdon
Financial yearTotal cash (£ million)Total at 2024–25 prices (£ million)Cash per residentPer resident at 2024–25 prices
2017–1814.39118.663£48£62
2018–1915.51219.674£51£65
2019–2014.69418.157£48£59
2020–2118.24421.445£60£70
2021–2216.57219.397£54£64
2022–2317.65519.312£56£62
2023–2416.21416.85£50£52
2024–2513.96213.962£43£43
2025–2614.02213.567£43£42
Environment · £20.97 million · 2025–26

Environment · spending per resident, allowing for inflation

2017/2018 to 2025/2026

London Borough of Hillingdon only · £ per resident · 2024–25 prices, allowing for inflation

Reviewed figures: 2017/2018 to 2025/2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.

Shown on this chart: £69.5 per person in 2017/2018; £62.11 per person in 2025/2026. 10.6% lower between these observations.

The line joins consecutive published observations.

Data table and workings

Net current service expenditure reported in the Revenue Outturn RS summary. Includes specific-grant-funded services. It is not a council budget, grant allocation, or all public spending in the area.

Cash and inflation-adjusted figures are both provided. This is council spending, not all public spending in the area.

Councils have different duties; education spending also changes when schools become academies.

The table retains the full reviewed history when the chart is shortened. Preset ranges end at this measure’s latest published period. Yearly windows count published annual periods; monthly windows count months. Gaps are never filled with estimates.

Environment · spending per resident, allowing for inflation — London Borough of Hillingdon only: full reviewed history
Period£ per person
2017/201869.5
2018/201961.87
2019/202062.53
2020/202175.72
2021/202277.25
2022/202365.17
2023/202458.88
2024/202559.48
2025/202662.11
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Cash and inflation-adjusted figures
Environment · Hillingdon
Financial yearTotal cash (£ million)Total at 2024–25 prices (£ million)Cash per residentPer resident at 2024–25 prices
2017–1816.0520.814£54£70
2018–1914.74518.701£49£62
2019–2015.46619.111£51£63
2020–2119.74223.206£64£76
2021–2220.13823.571£66£77
2022–2318.61720.364£60£65
2023–2418.26518.982£57£59
2024–2519.50219.502£59£59
2025–2620.96820.288£64£62
Planning and development · £0.55 million · 2025–26

Planning and development · spending per resident, allowing for inflation

2017/2018 to 2025/2026

London Borough of Hillingdon only · £ per resident · 2024–25 prices, allowing for inflation

Reviewed figures: 2017/2018 to 2025/2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.

Shown on this chart: £9.61 per person in 2017/2018; £1.63 per person in 2025/2026. 83% lower between these observations.

The line joins consecutive published observations.

Data table and workings

Net current service expenditure reported in the Revenue Outturn RS summary. Includes specific-grant-funded services. It is not a council budget, grant allocation, or all public spending in the area.

Cash and inflation-adjusted figures are both provided. This is council spending, not all public spending in the area.

Councils have different duties; education spending also changes when schools become academies.

The table retains the full reviewed history when the chart is shortened. Preset ranges end at this measure’s latest published period. Yearly windows count published annual periods; monthly windows count months. Gaps are never filled with estimates.

Planning and development · spending per resident, allowing for inflation — London Borough of Hillingdon only: full reviewed history
Period£ per person
2017/20189.61
2018/20199.44
2019/202012
2020/202111.4
2021/20227.65
2022/20231.94
2023/20243.74
2024/20250.29
2025/20261.63
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Cash and inflation-adjusted figures
Planning and development · Hillingdon
Financial yearTotal cash (£ million)Total at 2024–25 prices (£ million)Cash per residentPer resident at 2024–25 prices
2017–182.2192.878£7£10
2018–192.252.854£7£9
2019–202.9683.667£10£12
2020–212.9723.493£10£11
2021–221.9932.333£7£8
2022–230.5550.607£2£2
2023–241.1611.207£4£4
2024–250.0960.096£0£0
2025–260.5520.534£2£2
Police · £0 million · 2025–26

Police · spending per resident, allowing for inflation

2017/2018 to 2025/2026

London Borough of Hillingdon only · £ per resident · 2024–25 prices, allowing for inflation

Reviewed figures: 2017/2018 to 2025/2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.

Shown on this chart: £0 per person in 2017/2018; £0 per person in 2025/2026. No change between these two observations.

The line joins consecutive published observations.

Data table and workings

Net current service expenditure reported in the Revenue Outturn RS summary. Includes specific-grant-funded services. It is not a council budget, grant allocation, or all public spending in the area.

Cash and inflation-adjusted figures are both provided. This is council spending, not all public spending in the area.

Councils have different duties; education spending also changes when schools become academies.

The table retains the full reviewed history when the chart is shortened. Preset ranges end at this measure’s latest published period. Yearly windows count published annual periods; monthly windows count months. Gaps are never filled with estimates.

Police · spending per resident, allowing for inflation — London Borough of Hillingdon only: full reviewed history
Period£ per person
2017/20180
2018/20190
2019/20200
2020/20210
2021/20220
2022/20230
2023/20240
2024/20250
2025/20260
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Cash and inflation-adjusted figures
Police · Hillingdon
Financial yearTotal cash (£ million)Total at 2024–25 prices (£ million)Cash per residentPer resident at 2024–25 prices
2017–1800£0£0
2018–1900£0£0
2019–2000£0£0
2020–2100£0£0
2021–2200£0£0
2022–2300£0£0
2023–2400£0£0
2024–2500£0£0
2025–2600£0£0
Fire and rescue · £0 million · 2025–26

Fire and rescue · spending per resident, allowing for inflation

2017/2018 to 2025/2026

London Borough of Hillingdon only · £ per resident · 2024–25 prices, allowing for inflation

Reviewed figures: 2017/2018 to 2025/2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.

Shown on this chart: £0 per person in 2017/2018; £0 per person in 2025/2026. No change between these two observations.

The line joins consecutive published observations.

Data table and workings

Net current service expenditure reported in the Revenue Outturn RS summary. Includes specific-grant-funded services. It is not a council budget, grant allocation, or all public spending in the area.

Cash and inflation-adjusted figures are both provided. This is council spending, not all public spending in the area.

Councils have different duties; education spending also changes when schools become academies.

The table retains the full reviewed history when the chart is shortened. Preset ranges end at this measure’s latest published period. Yearly windows count published annual periods; monthly windows count months. Gaps are never filled with estimates.

Fire and rescue · spending per resident, allowing for inflation — London Borough of Hillingdon only: full reviewed history
Period£ per person
2017/20180
2018/20190
2019/20200
2020/20210
2021/20220
2022/20230
2023/20240
2024/20250
2025/20260
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Cash and inflation-adjusted figures
Fire and rescue · Hillingdon
Financial yearTotal cash (£ million)Total at 2024–25 prices (£ million)Cash per residentPer resident at 2024–25 prices
2017–1800£0£0
2018–1900£0£0
2019–2000£0£0
2020–2100£0£0
2021–2200£0£0
2022–2300£0£0
2023–2400£0£0
2024–2500£0£0
2025–2600£0£0
Central services · £10.94 million · 2025–26

Central services · spending per resident, allowing for inflation

2017/2018 to 2025/2026

London Borough of Hillingdon only · £ per resident · 2024–25 prices, allowing for inflation

Reviewed figures: 2017/2018 to 2025/2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.

Shown on this chart: £54.41 per person in 2017/2018; £32.39 per person in 2025/2026. 40.5% lower between these observations.

The line joins consecutive published observations.

Data table and workings

Net current service expenditure reported in the Revenue Outturn RS summary. Includes specific-grant-funded services. It is not a council budget, grant allocation, or all public spending in the area.

Cash and inflation-adjusted figures are both provided. This is council spending, not all public spending in the area.

Councils have different duties; education spending also changes when schools become academies.

The table retains the full reviewed history when the chart is shortened. Preset ranges end at this measure’s latest published period. Yearly windows count published annual periods; monthly windows count months. Gaps are never filled with estimates.

Central services · spending per resident, allowing for inflation — London Borough of Hillingdon only: full reviewed history
Period£ per person
2017/201854.41
2018/201946.81
2019/202046.49
2020/202149.4
2021/202245.41
2022/202340.79
2023/202428.39
2024/202526.94
2025/202632.39
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Cash and inflation-adjusted figures
Central services · Hillingdon
Financial yearTotal cash (£ million)Total at 2024–25 prices (£ million)Cash per residentPer resident at 2024–25 prices
2017–1812.56416.294£42£54
2018–1911.15614.149£37£47
2019–2011.514.21£38£46
2020–2112.8815.14£42£49
2021–2211.83813.856£39£45
2022–2311.65412.748£37£41
2023–248.8079.153£27£28
2024–258.8328.832£27£27
2025–2610.93610.581£33£32
Other services · £0 million · 2025–26

Other services · spending per resident, allowing for inflation

2017/2018 to 2025/2026

London Borough of Hillingdon only · £ per resident · 2024–25 prices, allowing for inflation

Reviewed figures: 2017/2018 to 2025/2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.

Shown on this chart: £0 per person in 2017/2018; £0 per person in 2025/2026. No change between these two observations.

The line joins consecutive published observations.

Data table and workings

Net current service expenditure reported in the Revenue Outturn RS summary. Includes specific-grant-funded services. It is not a council budget, grant allocation, or all public spending in the area.

Cash and inflation-adjusted figures are both provided. This is council spending, not all public spending in the area.

Councils have different duties; education spending also changes when schools become academies.

The table retains the full reviewed history when the chart is shortened. Preset ranges end at this measure’s latest published period. Yearly windows count published annual periods; monthly windows count months. Gaps are never filled with estimates.

Other services · spending per resident, allowing for inflation — London Borough of Hillingdon only: full reviewed history
Period£ per person
2017/20180
2018/20190
2019/20200
2020/20210
2021/20220
2022/20230
2023/20240
2024/20250
2025/20260
Source →
Cash and inflation-adjusted figures
Other services · Hillingdon
Financial yearTotal cash (£ million)Total at 2024–25 prices (£ million)Cash per residentPer resident at 2024–25 prices
2017–1800£0£0
2018–1900£0£0
2019–2000£0£0
2020–2100£0£0
2021–2200£0£0
2022–2300£0£0
2023–2400£0£0
2024–2500£0£0
2025–2600£0£0

A zero may mean this council does not provide that service. A negative net amount can occur when service income exceeds spending. A missing figure means no usable value was reported.

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Coverage and limits

Separate district/county tiers, police, fire, transport authorities and national public services are not combined. No all-public-spending council-area total is claimed.

2024–25 and 2025–26 returns remain revisable. Unsubmitted returns are gaps, never zero. Earlier years use the final outturn series.

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