Local authority property disposals and redundancies data

A database of assets disposed of by local authorities in England, from 2014/15 - 2018/19, via Freedom of Information (FOI) requests and government open data

A reference showing how much data we hold for each council

Assets disposed of by local authorities between 2014/15 and July 31, 2018

Only those assets disposed of, since 2016/17, by councils that made use of flexible capital receipts

Land and building sold for less than their latest valuation before being sold

A summary of the use of flexible capital receipts

Redundancies made by local authorities between 2014/15 and July 31, 2018

In depth look at redundancies made by councils who have used flexible capital receipt to fund them

The local authority

How much detail was provided about sold assets through the FOI

Whether the data only applies to 2016/17 onwards

The council provided everything requested in the FOI

The council did not provide either sale prices and/or who the asset was sold or transferred to

The council did not provide post code data for each asset

The council did not provide either sale prices and or/who the asset was sold or transferred to, and did not provide post code information

The quality of the council's response was so poor the information could not be meaningfully interpreted, and it has not responded to requests for clarification

The council's response to the FOI was that it did not dispose of any assets during the period in question

There were gaps in the council's response and we have asked for the FOI to be reviewed internally

The council refused to provide any information, mainly due to : a) costs/time in excess of limits or b) data available elsewhere (Land Registry, for example)

The reference number given to the asset by the Bureau

The Unique Property Reference Number of the asset, where supplied. In some cases other reference numbers were given in response to this question

The local authority which owned the asset

The name of the asset as provided by the local authority

The type of asset as provided by the local authority, usually land or building

The address of the asset

The postcode of the asset, where applicable

The date on which the asset was disposed of. Note: the format was inconsistent/partial from council to council

The financial year in which the asset was disposed of (this was extrapolated by the Bureau from the date in order to provide consistent categorisation)

The type of disposal - sale, transfer, academy conversion, etc.

The latest valuation undertaken by the council before the asset was disposed of (where applicable)

How much the asset was sold for (where applicable)

How the asset was disposed of - open market sale, private treaty, auction, etc

Who the asset was sold (or transferred) to

This column was added by the Bureau to help find entries from the "Sold to" column that might have been spelled differently (i.e. "Company (UK) Limited" and "Comapny Ltd." would both be changed to "company ltd" in this column)

Any additional information provided by the council relating to the asset

Any additional information provided by the council relating to the asset

Whether the asset was disposed via the Community Asset Transfer process Is the purchaser a property company? (Only included in the "Disposed assets - all councils" "Disposed assets - flexible receipts only" tabs)

Did the Bureau identified the purchaser as a property company? (Only included in the "Disposed assets - flexible receipts only" and "Disposed assets - sales for less than value" tabs)

The sale price as a percentage of latest asset valuation - as calculated by the Bureau (Only included in "Disposed assets - sales for less than value" tabs)

The difference between the sale price and asset valuation, a negative figure indicates the council sold the asset for less than it's valuation price - as calculated by the Bureau where the local authority provided both a sale price and valuation (Only included in the "Disposed assets - flexible receipts only" and "Disposed assets - sales for less than value" tabs)

Responsible use of the data in this tab requires further investigation. Please independently verify information with councils before publishing

The disposal type category includes 'unknown - sale'. This is when a council did not provide disposal type in the answer to the FOI but other information provided - including sale price - suggests the transaction was a sale (rather than a transfer, for example)

The local authority

A link to the information provided to us under FOI

The council's net revenue budget in 2018/19

The percentage change in the council's reserves between 2016 and 2019. An indicator of the financial health of the council

The quality of the council's response to the asset FOI (Full, Partial, Didn't respond)

The council's use of flexible capital receipts in 2016/17 - as stated under FOI

The council's use of flexible capital receipts in 2017/18 - as stated under FOI

The council's use of flexible capital receipts in 2018/19 - as stated under FOI

The total amount of flexible capital receipts used between 2016/17 and 2018/19

Flexible receipts specifically used to fund redundancies in 2016/17

Flexible receipts specifically used to fund redundancies in 2017/18

Flexible receipts specifically used to fund redundancies in 2018/19

Total receipts used to fund redundancies between 2016/17 and 2018/19

Total redundancies made by the council in 2014/15

Total redundancies made by the council in 2015/16

Total redundancies made by the council in 2016/17

Total redundancies made by the council in 2017/18

Total redundancies made by the council in 2018/19 (up to July 31, 2018)

Total redundancies made by the council between April 1, 2014 and July 31, 2018

Total redundancies made by the council between April 1, 2016 and July 31, 2018

Any additional information about the redundancies that did not fit into the above columns

A link to the source of the redundancies data if not obtained under FOI

You would expect that 'Total CR Transformation' would never be less than 'Total CR spent on redundancies 16-19' because the former is the use of the policy in general and the latter is something specific they have done within that.

However, this is not always the case. There are a small number of councils where the amount of receipts spent on redundancies exceeds the amount of receipts spent generally, which cannot be correct. For example, Birmigham. This is an error in the information given to us under FOI.

Blue cells indicate that the redundancy figures were obtained from the council's accounts - this only applies if they did not provide the information in their FOI response

The ONS unique identifier for the local authority

The local authority

Type of local authority - i.e. county council, district council, London borough, etc

Link to the council's FOI response to the Bureau

Flexible receipts specifically used to fund redundancies in 2016/17

Flexible receipts specifically used to fund redundancies in 2017/18

Flexible receipts specifically used to fund redundancies in 2018/19

Total receipts used to fund redundancies between 2016/17 and 2018/19 - as calculated by the Bureau

Total redundancies made by the council in 2014/15