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Westminster spending by category

245 categories as the council labels them.

London Borough of Westminster spending by category
CategoryTotalPayments
nan£1.1bn186,537
Payments to main contractor£1.1bn39,390
Hired and Contracted Services£544.1m16,689
Commercial£539.1m34,866
B*Telecommunications£388.3m9,867
Payments to Private Contractors£375.3m1,733
Other Local Authorities£316.9m3,122
Acquisition of Land & Buildings£220.7m1,164
Term Consultancy Fees£127.8m1,845
AGENCY STAFF£115.2m2,841
Payments to Other Establishments£77.0m8,555
B*Payments to OLAs - Southampton City Co£73.1m723
Other Consultants£70.6m5,005
Payments to Transport Operators£69.7m1,810
Payments to Voluntary bodies£61.1m1,799
Adult Social Care - Other Transfer Pay£43.0m18,289
Rent£41.7m1,468
Premises Insurance - General£34.1m127
Grant Aid and Donations£33.7m2,363
Non System - Electricity£32.6m1,163
Non System - Gas£30.6m806
Service Charges - Premises£30.3m3,749
Childcare Management Fees£26.3m1,273
NHS/Medical Bodies£23.9m524
Cleaning services£22.2m913
B*Safety Sampling & Testing£20.0m999
B*Voluntary-Spot-V Dep-Enhanced - do not u£19.8m8,274
B*Rechargeable Works£18.4m4,160
Purchase of IT Equipment£18.3m1,022
Legal Costs£18.3m4,574
IT Software£18.0m1,090
Social Care - Direct Payments£18.0m10,514
Direct Payment£17.8m11,181
Equipment£16.1m1,841
Other Expenses£13.9m1,389
B* CHN/YNG Dis - Transition Expense£12.4m876
B*Payments to OLAs - Portsmouth City Coun£12.2m302
Schools£11.1m475
Training related expenditure£10.9m2,011
B*Road Marking And Road Studs£10.8m2,493
B*Social Services Disbursements(S£10.6m293
General Refuse Collection and Disposal£10.1m868
B*HCC - Consulting Engineers£10.0m170
Other Entities and Individuals£9.4m3,952
Telephone - Equipment£9.3m339
Bank Charges£9.1m305
Postage and Delivery£9.1m1,019
Insurance Claim Settlements£8.8m1,132
Creditors GR/IR -£8.7m607
Health and Safety Equipment£8.4m692
Printing£8.4m1,291
Grounds Maintenance Contracts£8.2m614
Foster Carer£7.6m6,083
Other premises related costs£6.6m253
Subscriptions£6.3m788
Legal Services£6.2m1,151
Payments to Health Authorities£6.1m184
Catering Provisions£5.9m317
B*Social Services Disbursements (£5.6m347
Recruitment Expenses (excl. advertising)£5.4m762
General Support Service and LMS Expenditure£4.7m20
Carer£4.6m2,255
Staff Non-Travel Subsistence£4.5m141
Provision for Inflation£4.5m3,262
Legal Fees & expenses£4.5m360
###£4.5m176
Payments to Other Local Authorities£4.4m97
B*Miscellaneous Surveys£4.3m664
Pupil / Client Travel Reimbursement£4.3m1,582
B*Coroner's - Medical Practice Fee (PM o£4.2m1,370
B* Lord Chancellor'S Dept Grant£4.2m3
Contributions from Other Local Authorit£4.1m3
Non-Staff Subsistence and Expenses£3.9m1,525
Additional Grants£3.8m28
Security Costs£3.8m390
Audit Fee - Non Current£3.7m92
General Maintenance£3.6m300
B*Replacements and Upgrades£3.6m747
Staff - Basic Pay£3.5m38
LEVIES£3.3m79
Compensation Costs£3.1m1,034
B*Voluntary Block Sec 24 Mentoring - do no£3.0m232
Staff - Pensions£2.9m46
B* Slides£2.7m342
Hire of Accommodation and Facilities£2.7m389
B*Surveyors£2.6m242
Telephone - Rentals£2.3m206
Other Adhoc Site / Grounds Maintenanc£2.3m207
B* Legal - Developers' fees£2.2m42
Exam Registration and Fees£2.1m440
B*Social Services Disbursements-S£2.1m152
Publicity, Promotions and Advertisement£2.0m689
Computer Software£2.0m101
Vehicles and Plant - Repairs and Main£2.0m63
B*SLA - HTLC (teaching& leadership coll£1.9m283
B* Special Maintenance Fees£1.9m162
Fixtures and Fittings£1.8m219
B*Distric Council non fee related servi£1.8m465
B*Purchase & Processing Of Films£1.8m287
Funeral Director Services£1.7m247
VOLUNTARY ORGANISATION£1.7m130
B*Purch Care-Deferred Paymnts-Vol Sector£1.6m22
Employee Related Insurance£1.6m54
Non System - Water - Rated£1.6m175
Recharged Exp - LMS Expenditure£1.5m6
Educational Supplies, Stationery & Mater£1.4m137
B* Public Analyst Charges -other£1.4m345
Professional Subscriptions£1.4m186
Redundancy Paymts-Other Staff£1.3m43
Furniture£1.3m316
Stationery and other office consumables£1.2m499
Newspapers, Periodicals and Publications£1.2m381
B* MMA24 Other Dip H.E.Fees£1.1m49
B*Contract Claims/Provisions£1.1m254
B* Testing Purch und Weights & Measures Leg£1.1m326
LICENCES£1.1m168
B*Other Sampling / Testing Costs£1.1m70
B*Bridge Inspections£1.0m52
Hired and Contracted Services (Curricul£1.0m212
Equipment Maintenance Contracts£983.7k44
Books, DVDs and CDs£972.7k334
HTM / Other Vehicle - Hire Charges£940.9k358
HCC - Electrical & Mechanical Engineers£931.2k22
B*Concessionary Fares - Appeals£903.9k4
Purchase of Vehicles£890.5k59
Central Government£855.5k141
B*Fostering - Exceptional Expenses£807.7k25
B*Maint Of Grounds-Architect£793.9k25
Hire of Equipment£791.3k40
Insurance Costs£712.1k27
B*PCC Management Fee Contribution£703.7k235
B*Adult Education Grant£664.3k7
B*Payments to carers£634.3k640
Catering Equipment£615.1k358
Recharged Inc - Pupil Focused Ext'd School Funding£595.8k72
Uniform Business Rates£565.0k17
Recovered Costs and Charges£546.5k18
Contributions from Other Bodies£543.6k43
OTHER EMPLOYEE EXPENSES£479.5k66
Miscellaneous Grants to others£468.6k60
B*Coroner's Medical Practice Fee£404.1k73
Hospitality Expenses£337.0k89
Research and Data Fees£334.5k43
B* Rural Bus Grant£312.1k1
B*Variable / Other Spares and Materials£311.0k22
B*Strategic Building Maintenance£300.1k44
Land Required for Disposal£271.6k20
HCC - ETE Staff (other)£265.4k30
Other Recovered Costs£229.8k24
B*Fostering Enhancements - Level 3£224.3k31
COUNCIL TAX£205.9k169
Administration and Management Charges£203.8k20
B*Cycle tracks£198.0k1
Redundancy Termination Payment£187.3k6
Fund - RCCO£177.7k6
Telephone - Calls£173.4k30
B*Coroner's - Payments to Jurers & Witne£167.5k74
Settlement of Deferred charges to Balance Sheet£158.9k18
B*Junior group rec activities£154.5k98
Other Vehicle - Hire Charges£154.2k90
Day Activities£151.3k8
Clothing and Uniforms£145.7k57
VEHICLE FUEL£130.8k113
Payment to Government Departments£130.0k4
Prevention of Care£123.8k22
Road Fund Licences and MOTs£114.2k7
B*Appointed by Cty Architects£113.2k4
B*Maint Of Grounds-Client£111.2k41
Domestic Supplies£91.4k46
B* Sewerage Rechrge (Ct Use Only)£90.7k21
Medical and Counselling Fees£90.0k19
Client Contributions - Residential OLA£84.0k11
B*Holiday Allowance£77.8k51
Photocopying£77.1k9
B*Supervision£74.3k15
B*Payments to Young Carers£74.0k11
B* Valuer'S Fees£70.0k4
B* Cash in transit insurance claims£64.1k52
B*Illuminated signs£60.3k20
Other Sales£59.4k16
Staff and Volunteer Travel Expenses - General£57.2k29
Staff - Allowances£56.8k12
B*Coroner's - Disbursements£56.4k6
Supply Teachers - Agency£53.7k37
Childrens' Social Care - Personal Budget£52.7k21
Capital Grant Income£50.0k1
Government Grants (Revenue)£47.7k2
GRANTS£47.1k9
Vacancy Factor£45.6k3
B*Centrally Controlled Costs£41.2k12
Non System - Sewage - Rated£39.3k17
Donations£35.2k1
Investment Management Expenses£34.4k5
General Fees and Charges£34.0k7
B*Routine Reactive Repairs£32.4k16
B*SLA-SEN Trng Paths£27.6k2
Contributions Health Authorities (S.256)£25.5k2
Non System - Liquid Propane Gas£25.2k1
B* IT Income External bodies£24.0k10
Funding - Capital Guideline£22.1k4
B*Traffic and Travel Information£22.0k9
Other Miscellaneous Income£18.6k11
B*Other Sampling/Testing£17.4k4
HCC - Quantity Surveyors£16.5k9
Tax not recoverable£16.0k1
B*SLA - Long term sick£16.0k5
Interest On Purch Money-Paymts£15.9k1
Other Transport Arrangements£14.2k13
B*Contrib.Joint Finance Arrangements With£13.6k1
Schools Onsite Servers£13.4k4
B*Fostering Project Care Fee£12.8k1
Direct Payments£11.8k2
B*Non Pay Contingency£11.3k3
B*Printing & Stationery Recharge£10.8k6
Other Non-Specific Government Grants£10.1k2
B*Independ-Block-Very Dep-Enhanced - do n£10.0k1
B* Extra Care - Vol Sector£9,7962
B*Advisers (Burnham) - Basic£9,3246
Parking Related Charges£8,3799
B*Graphics Studio£7,9233
General Lettings£6,4001
Meals, Refreshments and Catering£6,4001
B*SLA - Music£6,2898
Debt Management Exps£6,2193
B*Lost Mileage (Revenue Support for Bus£5,6583
B* Management Resource Costs£5,5473
B* Repairs / Replace - Current£4,8031
B*Energy£4,4654
B*Purch Care-Indep Sector-Block Purch£2,9751
Other Severance Payment£2,8001
B*Voluntary-Spot-Enhanced£2,3054
B* MMA23 Euro£2,1251
B*Interview Travel Expenses£2,0001
B*Independ-Adult Plcmnt in Soton£1,4751
Non System - Gas Oil£1,3892
Other Hire Charges£1,0481
Recharged Inc - Education Support Staff£7501
B*SLA - Governor Svs£6901
Ill health ret employees widow£6901
B*Cable TV Work£6241
Waste Management Contracts£6001
Schools minibuses£5601
PERSONAL PAYMENTS£5381
Members' Expenses and Allowances£5331
B* SRB Grant (excl BLSS)£5001