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Hauts-de-France · 1,481,487 residents · Chair: Jean-Claude Leroy

Pas-de-Calais

€2 billion spent in 2025.

€1,344 per resident · Départements of the same size: €1,203

What Pas-de-Calais spends, by policy

  • Health and social care67%€1.33B
  • Middle schools and education7%€145.4M
  • Roads and transport6%€124.9M
  • Administration and shared services6%€117.8M
  • Loans: repayments and interest5%€106M
  • Fire, rescue and safety5%€92.1M
The 6 other items (4%)
  • Culture, sport and youth1%€26.2M
  • Town planning and housing1%€23.5M
  • Environment1%€10.1M
  • Economy and trade< 1%€6M
  • Passed on to other bodies< 1%€4.5M
  • Not assigned to a policy< 1%€993k

Source: 2025 accounts of Pas-de-Calais (DGFiP), by public policy.

Where the money goes

The €1.99B spent in 2025, by who receives it.

  • Residents53%€1.05B

    Social benefits: care placements for children, elderly and disabled people, minimum income (RSA), personal autonomy allowance (APA), disability compensation (PCH).

  • The département’s staff18%€367M

    Pay and contributions.

  • Companies10%€199.5M

    Purchases, services and works.

  • Public bodies7%€132.7M

    Compulsory contributions: fire and rescue service, running costs of middle schools.

  • Banks5%€106M

    Loan interest and repayments.

  • Associations and other bodies3%€67.4M

    Grants and contributions.

  • Syndicates, groupings and other bodies3%€60.6M

    Compulsory or voluntary contributions, including the compensation paid to the region and local-authority syndicates.

  • Other1%€12.2M

    Councillors’ allowances, taxes paid, other costs.

Source: 2025 accounts of Pas-de-Calais (DGFiP).

Investment and works

€128.6M of capital spending in 2025 (building, renovation, equipment), €87 per resident. Départements of the same size: €93.

  • Roads and transport€63.9M
  • Middle schools and education€42.8M
  • Administration and shared services€16.5M
  • Environment€2.8M
  • Fire, rescue and safety€1.5M
  • Other policies€1.1M

On top of that, €45.2M paid to other bodies for their own equipment (towns, intercommunalities, associations…).

Source: 2025 accounts of Pas-de-Calais (DGFiP), by public policy.

Revenue and financing

Revenue: €1.88B · borrowing: €136M · spending: €1.99B.

Breakdown of resources

  • Taxes (VAT share, property-sale duties, insurance tax)62%€1.25B
  • State and other contributions28%€566.6M
  • Capital receipts: grants for works, VAT refunds, sales of property…3%€51M
  • Users and rents< 1%€5.3M
  • Other receipts1%€13.7M
  • Borrowing7%€136M

Source: OFGL, 2025 accounts of the main budget.

Debt and taxes

€569 of debt per resident

Départements of the same size: €568

8.2 years of savings to repay it

2025 accounts. Debt and taxes: OFGL, consolidated (main and side budgets). Per resident: amount divided by the population (Insee). “Départements of the same size”: median of the 29 départements of 777,000 to 2.7 million residents.

The levels above Pas-de-Calais

Spending per resident in 2025, and what each level pays for.

  • DépartementPas-de-CalaisMinimum income, elderly and disability care, middle schools, county roads
    €1,344 per resident
  • RegionHauts-de-FranceHigh schools, regional trains, training, business support
    €628 per resident

Each amount is what the body spends per resident, from its accounts (DGFiP). Do not add them up: part of the money passes from one body to another.

Who is part of Pas-de-Calais

Understanding these figures

Who does what

The département pays for middle schools, social help (minimum income, elderly care, disability, child welfare), départemental roads, and funds the fire and rescue service.

Official table of responsibilities (July 2025)

Why the levels are not added up

The same euro can appear twice: once when a region or a département pays a grant, again when the town spends it. Each page shows its own body’s spending.

Where these figures come from

Spending: the accounts of the main budget published by the DGFiP, by public policy. Revenue, debt and taxes: OFGL. Contracts: published contract data (DECP), amounts planned at signing.

Elected officials and staff of Pas-de-Calais: to report a figure to correct or add context, write to Qipu.

Page edited by Qipu, independent of Pas-de-Calais · Sources and method

Accounts 2025 (DGFiP, OFGL). The method · See the source