In 2011-12 around 50% of the money which we will spend on providing our services (this excludes schools) will come from Council Tax. This amounts to £231m of the total Council Tax collected by your billing authority (i.e. your district or city council) in the following proportions:
- Cambridge £43m
- East Cambridgeshire £31m
- Fenland £32m
- Huntingdonshire £62m
- South Cambridgeshire £63m
This equates to £378 per head of population.
* Council Tax is shown as £232m in this diagram as it includes a surplus on collection from 2009-10.
Who do you pay Council Tax to?
Your Council Tax is collected by one of the District or City Councils on behalf of all of the following organisations:
- Cambridgeshire County Council
- Your district or city council
- Cambridgeshire Police Authority
- Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Fire Authority
- Your Parish Council (except for within the City).
Council Tax Rise for 2011-12
Central Government has provided us with funding in order to help the Council freeze our Council Tax in 2011-12. The five Districts, the Police Authority and the Fire Authority have also frozen their Council Tax; therefore, there will be no increase in residents’ Council Tax bills this year, except for any increases by Parishes.