How your Council Tax is spent
Contents
- About Council Tax
- How your Council Tax is spent
- Council Tax data
Council spending and Council Tax in 2019/20
Every February we set out our spending plans for the coming year and the Council Tax it needs to raise to balance its budget. The budget and Council Tax rates were set at a meeting of Council on 21 February 2019.
You can see the full budget report on our Budgets and finance strategy page.
Our total budget for the year is £256.1m. Here is where the money comes from:
- Dedicated schools grant £32.1m (12.5%)
- Other grants £28.2m (11%)
- Fees, charges and other income £41.3m (16.1%)
- Revenue support grant £9m (3.5%)
- Retained business rates £41.7m (16.3%)
- Council Tax £67.4m (26.3%)
- Housing benefits £36.4m (14.2%)
The total spend for the year is £256.1m. Here is how we spend this money:
- Corporate and democratic services (including housing benefit payments) £59m (23%)
- Environment £18m (7%)
- Economy and growth £24.1m (9.4%)
- Public health £10.9m (4.3%)
- Children’s services £77m (30.1%)
- Adult services £48.6m (19%)
- Other budgets £16.9m (6.6%)
- Contribution to reserves £1.6m (0.6%)
Total budget 2018/19 £124.9m
- Additional income and grants £1.8m
- Inflation and other adjustments £2.6m
- Pressures and developments £12.5m
- Efficiencies and savings (£11.9m)
- Change in contribution from reserves (32.4m)
Total budget 2019/20 £127.5m
2018/19 |
Budget |
2019/20 |
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Original (£m) |
Spending(£m) |
Income and other(£m) |
Total(£m) |
Per Head of Population(£) |
|
| 13.1 | Corporate and democratic services | 59.0 | (46.6) | 12.4 | |
| 10.3 | Environment | 18.0 | (6.1) | 11.9 | |
| 15 | Economy and growth | 24.1 | (6.1) | 18 | |
| 32.8 | Children’s and Family Services | 77.0 | (49.5) | 27.5 | |
| 3 | Public health | 10.9 | (6.0) | 4.9 | |
| 46.6 | Adult services | 48.6 | (1.8) | 46.8 | |
| 120.79 | Sub-total services | 237.6 | (116.1) | 121.5 | |
| 0.6 | Levies | 0.7 | 0 | 0.7 | |
| 5.07 | Provisions and other budgets | 7.1 | (0.2) | 6.9 | |
| 9.7 | Borrowing costs net of income | 9.1 | 0 | 9.1 | |
| -15.3 | Internal asset rentals | 0.0 | (12.3) | -12.3 | |
| 120.86 | Sub-total | 254.5 | (128.6) | 125.9 | |
| 4 | Contributions to / (from) reserves | 1.6 | 0 | 1.6 | |
| 124.86 | Net budget | 256.1 | (128.6) | 127.5 | 799.37 |
| Funding | |||||
| (13.4) | Revenue support grant | (9.0) | (56.43) | ||
| (39.7) | Retained business rates | (41.7) | (261.44) | ||
| (0.5) | New homes bonus | (0.3) | (1.88) | ||
| (5.6) | Better care fund | (7.0) | (43.89) | ||
| (0.5) | ASC support grant | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| 0.0 | Social care support grant | (1.3) | (8.15) | ||
| 0.0 | Winter care pressures | (0.8) | (5.02) | ||
| (1.8) | Collection fund surplus – Council Tax | (1.2) | (7.52) | ||
| (63.3) | Council Tax for North East Lincolnshire including Adult Social Care | (66.2) | (415.05) | ||
| (124.9) | Total funding for North East Lincolnshire | (127.5) | (799.37) | ||
Reserves
2019/20 |
2020/21 |
2021/22 |
||
(£m) |
(£m) |
(£m) |
||
| General | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.3 | |
| Earmarked | 15.9 | 15.1 | 14.9 |
Capital budget*
2019/20 |
2020/21 |
2021/22 |
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(£m) |
(£m) |
(£m) |
||
| Accelerating housing delivery | 4.4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Digital council | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.8 | |
| Driving economic growth and infrastructure | 37.3 | 14.1 | 6.1 | |
| Efficient council | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.3 | |
| Health and wellbeing | 4.7 | 2.1 | 1.9 | |
| Skills and education | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.6 | |
| Smarter neighbourhoods | 5.1 | 2.7 | 0.0 | |
| Transforming the waterfront and town centres | 12.7 | 6.9 | 0.2 | |
| 68.7 | 30.9 | 11.8 | ||
* From 2019/20 Capital Budgets are analysed by theme
Funding
2019/20 |
2020/21 |
2021/22 |
||
(£m) |
(£m) |
(£m) |
||
| Borrowing | 30.5 | 14.3 | 8.7 | |
| Capital receipts | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
| Government grants | 31.9 | 12.4 | 2.6 | |
| Other (Private sector contribution) | 4.9 | 3.2 | 0.0 | |
| Revenue contributions | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.0 | |
| 68.7 | 30.9 | 11.8 | ||
Population
2019/20 |
2020/21 |
2021/22 |
|
| Residents | 159,500 | 159,500 | 159,400 |
The Council Tax bill includes charges from the Police Commissioner, the fire authority and parish as well as for North East Lincolnshire Council. It also includes a precept for adult social care which can only be spent for that purpose. The table shows the funding raised for each organisation.
2018/19 funding (£m) |
Organisation |
2019/20 funding (£m) |
Per head of population (£) |
| 8.5 | Police and Crime Commissioner for Humberside | 9.7 | 60.82 |
| 3.5 | Humberside Fire Authority | 3.67 | 23.01 |
| 0.7 | Parish Precepts | 0.7 | 4.39 |
| 12.7 | Total | 14.07 | 88.21 |
In 2018/19 we had 1,630 full time equivalent (FTE) employees. In 2019/20 we have 1,643 FTE employees.
The Town Council has continued to provide high quality services throughout Immingham and we will continue to look at improving the provisions for our residents.
Our “Community Hub”, brings various services under one roof such as NELC Customer Services, Lincolnshire Housing Partnership, Lincs Inspire Library, Care, The DWP (Job Centre), Grimsby Institute, Humberside Police and Immingham Museum. Working hand in hand the community hub provides our residents and surrounding villages vital access to day to day services and community activities.
The Town Council will continue to work hard with partners and volunteers on the issues that affect the Immingham area and, with those who help enhance the area for us.
Fresh pressures on the budget and our desire to keep our high standards for you has led to an increase in the precept this year.
Contact details
Andy Hopkins, Town Clerk, Immingham Town Council, Pelham Road, Immingham. NE Lincolnshire. DN40 1QF
Telephone: 01469 727272
Email: enquiries@immingham-tc.gov.uk
About Immingham Town Council
Immingham Town Council currently manages or maintains:
- Immingham Civic Centre Hub
- Manby Road Allotments
- Homestead Park
- Homestead Angling Lake
- Mill Lane Cemetery
- Immingham War Memorial
- St Andrew’s Church Grounds
- Xmas Lights
- Immingham Skate Park
- Pilgrim Park
- Manual Street Cleaning in Immingham
- All Borough Litter Bins
- Immingham Grounds Maintenance
- Immingham Neighbourhood Office
- Immingham Public Toilets
- Kennedy Way Shopping Centre
- Roval Drive Fields and Pavilion
Civic Centre
In addition, we subsidise the use of the Civic Centre, makes grants to voluntary organizations, funds swimming lessons to KS1 Immingham children and consults on numerous planning applications each year.
Description |
Budget 2018/19 (£) |
Budget 2019/20 (£) |
Administration |
||
| Administration | 137,175 | 108,685 |
| Civic budget | 3,100 | 3,100 |
| Grants | 3,000 | 3,000 |
| Election expenses | 4,200 | 5,400 |
| Sub-total | 147,475 | 120,185 |
Facilities |
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| Cemetary | 22,890 | 24,520 |
| St Andrews Churchyard | 7,660 | 7,950 |
| Grounds maintenance vehicle | 2,250 | 1,900 |
| Allotments | 500 | 450 |
| Homestead park | 7,250 | 11,000 |
| Mill Lane | -740 | -740 |
| War memorial | 760 | 700 |
| Swimming scheme | 4,000 | 3,500 |
| Environments | 11,167 | 11,225 |
| Grounds maintenance | 50,840 | 56,197 |
| Street cleansing | 5,000 | 23,845 |
| Roval Drive | -203 | -203 |
| Sub-total | 111,374 | 140,344 |
| Civic Centre | ||
| Civic Centre building | 115,917 | 63,021 |
| Additional buildings | 450 | -550 |
| Civic Centre catering | -395 | -250 |
| Sub-total | 115,972 | 62,221 |
| Personnel | 1,800 | 1,800 |
| Total | 376,621 | 324,550 |
| Band “A” property precept | 84.31 | 87.69 |
Related documents
Contact details
Council Tax, Local Taxation and Benefits, Municipal Offices, Town Hall Square, Grimsby, DN31 1HU
Email: counciltax@nelincs.gov.uk
Telephone: 0300 3030164 option 5
