Westmorland and Furness income and expenditure

Council Tax levels for Westmorland and Furness Council

These figures are for Westmorland and Furness Council only. Precepts from other authorities may also be charged and are shown on the relevant page listed under your council tax bill.

Council Tax amounts for each band 2023 / 2024
Band Council Tax amount
A 1,160.59
B 1,354.03
C 1,547.46
D 1,740.89
E 2,127.76
F 2,514.62
G 2,901.49
H 3,481.78

How our Council Tax requirement is calculated

We estimate the future cost of our services and the degree to which it is offset by income that will be generated by the fees and charges which apply for certain activities.
2022/2023 £m Budget line 2023/2024 £m 2024/2025 £m 2025/2026 £m 2026/2027 £m 2027/2028 £m
224.030 Net Budget 268.478 262.820 268.642 274.601 280.697
(7.436) Source of finance: Revenue support grant (8.451) (8.620) (8.793) (8.969) (9.148)
(21.249) Source of finance: General grants (25.788) (25.141) (25.141) (25.141) (25.141)
(51.244) Source of finance: Retained business rates (56.862) (57.816) (58.972) (60.152) (61.355)
0.000 Source of finance: (Surplus) / Deficit on Business Rates collection fund 0.617 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
0.000 Source of finance: (Surplus) / Deficit on Council Tax collection fund 0.526 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
0.000 Source of finance: Additional government support (26.000) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
0.000 Source of finance: Second home premium 0.000 (10.103) (10.305) (10.511) (10.721)
(79.909) Total sources of finance (115.778) (101.680) (103.211) (104.773) (106.366)
114.121 Total Council Tax requirement 152.700 161.140 165.431 169.828 174.332
Council Tax base
2022/2023 number Council Tax base 2023/2024 £m 2024/2025 £m 2025/2026 £m 2026/2027 £m 2027/2028 £m
Not applicable Divide by Council Taxbase (revised as per Local Council Tax support schemes) 87,714 88,163 88,736 89,307 89.878
Council Tax per band D
2022/2023 £m Council Tax per band D property 2023/2024 £m 2024/2025 £m 2025/2026 £m 2026/2027 £m 2027/2028 £m
1658.15 Council Tax per band D property 1740.89 1827.76 1864.32 1901.61 1939.64
Council Tax increase
2022/2023 % Description 2023/2024 % 2024/2025 % 2025/2026 % 2026/2027 % 2027/2028 %
  General percentage Council Tax increase 2.99 2.99 2.00 2.00 2.00
Not applicable Additional precept for adult social care 2.00 2.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Not applicable Percentage Council Tax increase 4.99 4.99 2.00 2.00 2.00

Budget requirements for previous years for the legacy authorities can be found here:

Our income and expenditure

Revenue Budget Summary
Restated Budget 2022/2023 £m Budget line: Budget 2023/2024 £m Budget 2024/2025 £m Budget 2025/2026 £m Budget 2026/2027 £m Budget 2027/2028 £m
4.615 Directorate Budgets: Chief Executive and Assistant Chief Executive 4.715 4.615 4.615 4.615 4.615
60.454 Directorate Budgets: Adult Services 58.324 58.546 58.546 58.546 58.546
47.362 Directorate Budgets: Children's Services 52.925 52.925 52.925 52.925 52.925
19.751 Directorate Budgets: Enabler Services 22.647 22.662 22.817 22.817 22.817
37.440 Directorate Budgets: Thriving Places 37.238 42.419 42.550 42.870 42.870
11.359 Directorate Budgets: Thriving Communities 11.374 11.374 11.374 11.374 11.374
2.568 Directorate Budgets: Locality Boards 2.568 2.568 2.568 2.568 2.568
36.060 Directorate Budgets: Resources (including Treasury Management) 41.816 48.085 498.300 48.798 49.091
0.000 Directorate Budgets: Transformation, Integration and Improvement 16.500 5.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
219.609 Total Directorate Budgets (Service Expenditure) 248.107 248.194 693.695 244.513 244.806
0.457 Corporate Budgets: Precepts Paid 0.457 0.457 0.457 0.457 0.457
0.163 Corporate Budgets: Pay and Inflation 19.642 27.432 35.004 41.313 49.877
0.620 Total Corporate Budgets 20.099 27.889 35.461 41.770 50.334
3.158 Savings to identify 0.000 (9.911) (0.136) (0.138) (0.151)
0.643 Transfers to and (from) Earmarked Reserves 0.272 (3.352) 2.071 2.096 0.643
224.03 Net Budget 268.478 262.820 268.642 274.601 280.697

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Last updated: Wednesday, 24 April, 2024.