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

Pas-de-Calais

€2 billion spent in 2025.

€1,343 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%€145.5M
Roads and transport6%€124.5M
Administration and shared services6%€117.8M
Loans: repayments and interest5%€106M
Fire, rescue and safety5%€92.1M

The 5 other items (4%)

Culture, sport and youth1%€26.3M
Town planning and housing1%€23.5M
Environment1%€10.1M
Economy and trade< 1%€5.9M
Passed on to other bodies< 1%€4.5M

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

Suppliers and recipients

The same €1.99B, by recipient.

Benefits paid to people53%€1.05B
Minimum income, disability, elderly care, child welfare, accommodation.
Staff18%€367M
Pay and contributions.
Companies and contractors10%€199.7M
Compulsory contributions7%€132.7M
Including the fire and rescue service.
Banks and lenders5%€106M
Grants and contributions3%€67.4M
Joint bodies and syndicates3%€60.6M
Other1%€11.7M
Councillors’ allowances, taxes paid, other costs.

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

Investment and works

€128.8M of capital spending in 2025 (building, renovation, equipment), €87 per resident. Départements of the same size: €93.

Roads and transport€64M
Middle schools and education€43M
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
Grants for works and VAT refunds3%€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 2.6 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
€1,343
RegionHauts-de-FranceHigh schools, regional trains, training, business support
€617

Each row: the body’s own spending per resident, the figure at the top of its page (DGFiP). Not to be added up: a grant from one level is spent by 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.

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

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