Borough Council & Larger Parish Councils’ Expenditure

and Charges HOW YOUR BOROUGH COUNCIL SPENDS THE MONEY

In addition to the £14.425 million we receive through council tax, the Borough Council also received money from the Government's revenue support grant, business rates and fees & charges for other council activities.

This year there will be no increase in Northampton Borough Council's element of your Council Tax bill.

This shows our spending plans and illustrates our zero increase in our portion of your council tax.

2015/2016 2016/17 INCREASE Expenditure across departments £000's £000's % Customers & Communities 12,443 10,870 Housing 1,090 1,081 Regeneration, Enterprise & Planning 2,345 2,017 Borough Secretary 14,410 13,937 Debt Financing & Other 3,905 4,573 Recharges to Housing Revenue -6,218 -2,945 NBC SERVICE EXPENDITURE 27,975 29,533 Parishes 1,022 1,045 BUDGET REQUIREMENT 28,997 30,577 Business Rates Retention Scheme -6,201 -7,452 Revenue Support Grant -4,964 -3,256 NHB -3,836 -4,910 Collection Fund Surplus -100 -533 COUNCIL TAX REQUIREMENT 13,897 14,425 Less Parish Precepts -1,022 -1,045 12,875 13,380 COUNCIL TAX BASE 61,927 64,358 AVERAGE COUNCIL TAX FOR YEAR (£) 207.91 207.91 0.00

SO HOW MUCH WILL I PAY?

Your Council Tax contribution is based upon the property band of your home.

The amounts you will pay towards Borough Council services is shown in the table below.

Council Tax Band Council Tax Band A £138.61 E £254.11 B £161.71 F £300.31 C £184.81 G £346.52 D £207.91 H £415.82

Your final bill is worked out by adding together the Borough Council charge (13%) with charges from the County Council (72%), Police Authority (13%) and in some areas Parish Councils (1%). For every £1 collected we take just 13 pence to pay for the services we provide. LARGER PARISH COUNCILS

Some parts of the Borough are served by a Parish Council as well as the Borough Council. If you live in one of these areas (Billing; ; ; Great Houghton; ; Upton; Wootton; ; Hunsbury Meadows; ), you will receive an extra charge in your Council Tax bill; this relates to the Parish Precept and special expenses.

The Parish Precept is the amount set by the Parish Council to provide services in the Parish. The special expenses are amounts set by the Borough Council for Borough Council services specific to a Parish.

Shown below are the precepts of the larger Parish Councils in the Borough. Precepts are what we collecton behalf of Parish Councils through your Council Tax.

BILLING PARISH COUNCIL £k DUSTON PARISH COUNCIL £k Footpaths and bridleways 2 Salaries 89 Footway lighting 6 Community Grants 20 Leisure, recreation, parks and open spaces 95 Finance and general purposes 81 Salaries at Bellinge Comm House 18 PWL 124 Other services 53 Environment/planning 100 Contribution from balances -27 Youth Activities 25 TOTAL PRECEPT FOR BILLING PARISH COUNCIL 147 Community Events 4 TOTAL PRECEPT FOR DUSTON PARISH COUNCIL 443 Borough Council expenses specific to the Parish 23 GRAND TOTAL incl. Borough Council special expenses 170 Borough Council expenses specific to the Parish 16 GRAND TOTAL incl. Borough Council special expenses 460

EAST HUNSBURY PARISH COUNCIL £k WOOTTON PARISH COUNCIL £k Parks and open spaces 79 Interest income -2 Planning and highways 2 Walk in the Park income -4 Community 38 WCSC income -138 Blacky More Comm Centre 5 Pension deficit 7 Grants/donations 4 PWLB loan 7 Administration 82 Administration 56 Gross Income -15 Environmental services 43 Contingencies 6 Walk in the Park expenditure 5 Working balances 16 WCSC expenditure 157 Less expected balance in hand -107 Youth services 20 Path reinstatement project 50 Net income (to balances) 18 TOTAL PRECEPT FOR EAST HUNSBURY PARISH COUNCIL 158 TOTAL PRECEPT FOR WOOTTON PARISH COUNCIL 169

Borough Council expenses specific to the Parish 39 Borough Council expenses specific to the Parish 0 GRAND TOTAL incl. Borough Council special expenses 197 GRAND TOTAL incl. Borough Council special expenses 170 ANALYSIS OF COUNCIL TAX BY BAND

Band A Band B Band C Band D Band E Band F Band G Band H Area (6/9) (7/9) (8/9) (9/9) (11/9) (13/9) (15/9) (18/9) £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Billing 1,051.08 1,226.27 1,401.45 1,576.63 1,926.99 2,277.35 2,627.71 3,153.26 Collingtree 1,031.37 1,203.27 1,375.17 1,547.06 1,890.85 2,234.64 2,578.43 3,094.12 Duston 1,064.08 1,241.43 1,418.78 1,596.12 1,950.81 2,305.50 2,660.20 3,192.24 Great Houghton 1,056.00 1,232.01 1,408.01 1,584.01 1,936.01 2,288.01 2,640.01 3,168.02 Hardingstone 1,043.12 1,216.98 1,390.84 1,564.69 1,912.40 2,260.11 2,607.81 3,129.38 Upton 1,016.10 1,185.45 1,354.81 1,524.15 1,862.85 2,201.55 2,540.25 3,048.30 Wootton 1,046.46 1,220.88 1,395.29 1,569.70 1,918.52 2,267.34 2,616.16 3,139.40 East Hunsbury 1,046.40 1,220.81 1,395.21 1,569.61 1,918.41 2,267.21 2,616.01 3,139.22 Hunsbury Meadows 1,027.23 1,198.44 1,369.65 1,540.85 1,883.26 2,225.67 2,568.08 3,081.70 West Hunsbury 1,010.82 1,179.30 1,347.77 1,516.24 1,853.18 2,190.12 2,527.06 3,032.48 Unparished Area 1,018.66 1,188.45 1,358.23 1,528.00 1,867.55 2,207.11 2,546.66 3,056.00