The council tax you pay is divided between four local authorities:
- the county council
- the police authority
- the fire authority
- the city council
The first table shows how the money is divided, as an amount and as a percentage of the total.
| Authority | Amount | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| County council | £1047.78 | 72.67% |
| Police authority | £169.56 | 11.76% |
| City council | £166.57 | 11.55% |
| Fire authority | £57.87 | 4.02% |
| Total | £1441.78 | 100% |
Please note that all figures on this page are based on a council tax payment of £1441.78 for a Band D property in 2011-12.
Amounts are proportionally smaller for bands A-C and proportionally larger for bands E-H.
Council tax leaflet
For further information you can read the 2011–12 version of our online guide to how your council tax is spent (requires Flash player), which includes details for the other authorities that receive a share of council tax.
You can also download a a printable version of the guide (.pdf, 2.3MB).
City council expenditure
Our budget for 2011–12 requires £399 per Band D property in Cambridge.
The money we receive from council tax contributes towards this, and the remaining amount (£309 is made up from government grants.
The total is then divided among a number of services.
The second table shows the amount given to each service along with monies received from the government and other budgetary adjustments. (Figures have been rounded to the nearest pound.)
| Service | Amount |
|---|---|
| Central services to the public | £44 |
| Cultural and related services | £199 |
| Environmental and regulatory services | £219 |
| Planning and development services | £90 |
| Transport planning, policy and strategy and parking services | -£78 |
| Housing services (excluding housing revenue account) | £69 |
| Corporate and democratic core | £58 |
| Commercial property and other trading | -£134 |
| Capital accounting adjustments | -£80 |
| Interest | -£19 |
| Revenue funding of capital | £90 |
| Movements in reserves | -£55 |
| Council tax freeze grant | -£4 |
| Total budget requirement | £399 |
| Formula grant from the government | -£233 |
| Adjustments from previous year's council tax collection | £1 |
| Amount raised from council tax | £167 |
