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Local Government in WGA

This page is mainly aimed at local government practitioners, but should be useful for anybody interested in the extension of WGA to include local government.

The Department for Communities and Local Government's Local Government Finance Statistical Forms page holds the WGA Return Form itself, Guidance Notes and a document outlining 2004/05 Dry Run Feedback & the 2005/06 process.

Further guidance and information can be accessed from the Department for Communities and Local Government's Local Government Finance Whole of Government Accounts page.

For specific queries on English local government issues relating to WGA, please contact wga.returns@communities.gsi.gov.uk at DCLG.

The inclusion of local government in WGA in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland will be the responsibility of the devolved administrations. Most of the information on this page applies to English local authorities but we have tried to include useful information for authorities across the UK. We will try to put links to guidance from devolved administrations on this page as they issue it.

Guidance to Local Authorities on WGA

A letter has been sent to all Finance Directors of English Local Authorities setting out the approach we are taking to including local government in WGA.

The list of English, Scottish, Welsh & Northern Irish local authorities and NHS Trusts we currently intend to include in WGA is available from the CPID page.

Click here for the Welsh Local Government Data Unit website.

(Designation of local authorities in Scotland and Northern Ireland is for the Scottish Executive and Northern Ireland Executive. We currently expect all Scottish Councils, Police and Fire Joint Boards and all Northern Ireland District Councils to be included in WGA.)

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