Where the money comes from
Our income to fund the Council’s net expenditure in 2010/11 was
£19.593 million. Around 45% of our income is collected from council
tax with the remainder coming from central government through
grants and the redistribution of business rates.
Keeping Council Tax low
In our drive to deliver value for money, we were
determined to keep the year’s council tax increase low - and
achieved this at just 2.5%. This meant raising the average band D
tax by just 8p a week.
The chart demonstrates how the average council tax of
£1,479.70, collected by us on behalf of Essex County Council, Essex
Police, Essex Fire Authority and the town and parish councils, is
allocated.
We are pleased to report that we collected over 98% of our
council tax and business rates in 2010/11 - an excellent
performance against a background of
recession.