Public health: every unitary authoritie ranked by spend per resident
61 councils · median £63.94/person · mean £71.78/person. From MHCLG Revenue Outturn 2024-25.
| Rank | Council | Control | Seats | Population | Total spend | Per resident | vs median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blackpool | Lab | 144,191 | £20.4m | £141.47 | +121% | |
| 2 | Middlesbrough | Lab | 156,161 | £19.3m | £123.42 | +93% | |
| 3 | Kingston upon Hull, City of | Ref | 275,401 | £32.3m | £117.25 | +83% | |
| 4 | Nottingham | Lab | 331,077 | £38.5m | £116.40 | +82% | |
| 5 | Blackburn with Darwen | Ref | 162,540 | £18.6m | £114.62 | +79% | |
| 6 | County Durham | Lab | 538,011 | £61.6m | £114.56 | +79% | |
| 7 | Hartlepool | Ref | 98,180 | £11.2m | £113.75 | +78% | |
| 8 | Redcar and Cleveland | Lab | 139,228 | £15.7m | £112.69 | +76% | |
| 9 | Portsmouth | LD | 214,321 | £22.8m | £106.33 | +66% | |
| 10 | Brighton and Hove | Lab | 283,870 | £29.4m | £103.45 | +62% | |
| 11 | Stockton-on-Tees | Con | 206,800 | £21.3m | £102.96 | +61% | |
| 12 | Halton | Ref | 131,543 | £13.4m | £101.88 | +59% | |
| 13 | Torbay | Con | 140,126 | £14.3m | £101.72 | +59% | |
| 14 | North East Lincolnshire | Ref | 159,911 | £15.8m | £98.50 | +54% | |
| 15 | Leicester | Lab | 388,348 | £37.1m | £95.61 | +50% | |
| 16 | Derby | Lab | 274,149 | £25.9m | £94.31 | +47% | |
| 17 | Stoke-on-Trent | Lab | 270,425 | £25.4m | £93.77 | +47% | |
| 18 | Darlington | Lab | 112,489 | £10.5m | £93.07 | +46% | |
| 19 | Luton | Lab | 239,090 | £21.7m | £90.92 | +42% | |
| 20 | Bristol, City of | Green | 494,399 | £44.1m | £89.25 | +40% | |
| 21 | Telford and Wrekin | Lab | 195,952 | £15.8m | £80.83 | +26% | |
| 22 | Plymouth | Ref | 272,067 | £22.0m | £80.73 | +26% | |
| 23 | Warrington | Lab | 215,391 | £15.5m | £71.90 | +12% | |
| 24 | Southampton | Ref | 259,424 | £18.2m | £70.18 | +10% | |
| 25 | Reading | Green | 182,907 | £12.7m | £69.41 | +9% | |
| 26 | North Lincolnshire | Con | 171,336 | £11.9m | £69.26 | +8% | |
| 27 | Medway | Lab | 292,655 | £20.1m | £68.84 | +8% | |
| 28 | Peterborough | Con | 223,655 | £15.3m | £68.19 | +7% | |
| 29 | Isle of Wight | Ref | 141,660 | £9.5m | £66.85 | +5% | |
| 30 | Southend-on-Sea | Ref | 185,256 | £11.9m | £64.13 | +0% | |
| 31 | Cornwall | Ref | 583,289 | £37.3m | £63.94 | 0% | |
| 32 | Herefordshire, County of | Con | 191,047 | £12.1m | £63.21 | -1% | |
| 33 | Northumberland | Con | 331,420 | £20.9m | £63.18 | -1% | |
| 34 | Isles of Scilly | Ind | 2,366 | £0.1m | £61.28 | -4% | |
| 35 | West Northamptonshire | Ref | — | 439,811 | £26.6m | £60.59 | -5% |
| 36 | Bedford | Con | 194,976 | £11.6m | £59.35 | -7% | |
| 37 | Thurrock | Ref | — | 180,989 | £10.6m | £58.31 | -9% |
| 38 | Cheshire West and Chester | Lab | 371,652 | £21.1m | £56.76 | -11% | |
| 39 | North Northamptonshire | Con | 373,871 | £20.9m | £55.96 | -12% | |
| 40 | Swindon | Con | — | 243,875 | £13.6m | £55.74 | -13% |
| 41 | Bath and North East Somerset | LD | 200,028 | £11.1m | £55.55 | -13% | |
| 42 | North Somerset | Con | 224,578 | £12.4m | £55.44 | -13% | |
| 43 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | LD | 408,967 | £22.5m | £55.03 | -14% | |
| 44 | East Riding of Yorkshire | Con | 355,884 | £19.0m | £53.35 | -17% | |
| 45 | Bracknell Forest | Lab | 130,806 | £6.7m | £50.88 | -20% | |
| 46 | Somerset | LD | 588,328 | £27.7m | £47.12 | -26% | |
| 47 | Shropshire | Con | 332,455 | £15.6m | £47.07 | -26% | |
| 48 | Dorset | LD | 389,947 | £18.1m | £46.29 | -28% | |
| 49 | Milton Keynes | LD | — | 305,884 | £14.0m | £45.64 | -29% |
| 50 | Central Bedfordshire | Ind | 315,877 | £14.4m | £45.54 | -29% | |
| 51 | York | Lab | 209,301 | £9.5m | £45.29 | -29% | |
| 52 | Cheshire East | Con | 421,298 | £19.0m | £45.14 | -29% | |
| 53 | North Yorkshire | Con | 635,270 | £28.0m | £44.09 | -31% | |
| 54 | Buckinghamshire | Con | 578,772 | £25.1m | £43.39 | -32% | |
| 55 | Wiltshire | LD | 523,700 | £21.9m | £41.88 | -35% | |
| 56 | West Berkshire | LD | 165,112 | £6.8m | £41.15 | -36% | |
| 57 | Rutland | LD | 41,443 | £1.7m | £40.47 | -37% | |
| 58 | Westmorland and Furness | LD | 230,185 | £8.5m | £36.95 | -42% | |
| 59 | Windsor and Maidenhead | LD | 158,943 | £5.8m | £36.36 | -43% | |
| 60 | South Gloucestershire | Con | 306,332 | £10.7m | £35.03 | -45% | |
| 61 | Wokingham | LD | 187,200 | £6.0m | £32.16 | -50% |
What this shows. Net revenue expenditure on the public health bucket from each council’s 2024-25 Revenue Outturn (RO) submission to MHCLG, divided by ONS mid-year population. Higher per-head doesn’t imply waste — it can reflect demographic need (e.g. more older residents), rurality, or policy choice (e.g. retaining in-house services rather than contracting out). Lower per-head doesn’t imply efficiency — some councils have moved costs to fees, grants, or a ringfenced account.
Caveats. Councils under MHCLG suppression for 2024-25 don’t appear here (Birmingham, Slough, Cumberland and others — see their council card for the reason). Comparisons across the tier line don’t make sense, which is why this table is filtered to one council type at a time. Source: MHCLG Local Authority Revenue Expenditure and Financing.