How we spend council tax
We spend 9% of the council tax we collect to provide good local services.
We pass the rest (91%) of the council tax you pay to partners, including the county council, police, fire and parish councils.
Services we deliver locally include waste, recycling and street cleansing, leisure centres, maintenance of parks and open spaces, planning and building control, maintenance and provision of car parks, maintenance and provision of public toilets, collection of council tax and provision of benefits, housing and homelessness support, tourism and business support, community safety, CCTV, food safety inspections, environmental health, licensing and more.
Download our guide to which council provides what services locally.
Our budgeted funding and expenditure is set out below in line with our strategic plan priorities.
| Council priorities, costs and income | Last year - 2023 - 2024 net spend was planned to be |
This year - |
This year - |
This year - |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Enabling people Leisure centres, community grants, environmental health, homelessness |
£1,480,000 |
£1,631,000 |
£15.33 |
£39.67 |
|
Shaping place Waste collection, recycling, pools, open spaces, street cleansing, planning policy, housing benefits, housing strategy & advice |
£4,004,000 |
£4,425,000 |
£41.59 |
£107.63 |
|
Developing prosperity Land charges, tourism, Lichfield Garrick, car parks, trade waste collection, development management & building control, economic development |
-£721,000 |
-£623,000 |
-£5.86 |
-£15.15 |
|
A good council Local tax collection, elections, corporate costs |
£7,849,000 |
£9,074,000 |
£85.29 |
£220.70 |
| MTFS savings and bids | -£650,000 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Windfall income allocated to strategic priorities | £2,433,000 | £1,889,000 | £17.75 | £45.94 |
|
Net cost of services |
£14,395,000 |
£16,396,000 |
£154.10 |
£398.78 |
|
Corporate and funding for capital expenditure |
-£580,000 |
-£1,066,000 |
-£10.02 |
-£25.93 |
|
Net expenditure |
£13,815,000 | £15,330,000 |
£144.08 |
£372.85 |
|
Business rates |
-£3,464,000 |
-£3,771,000 |
-£35.44 |
-£91.72 |
|
New homes bonus |
-£992,000 |
-£1,189,000 |
-£11.17 |
-£28.92 |
|
Other grants |
-£1,429,000 |
-£1,212,000 |
-£11.39 |
-£29.48 |
|
Surplus or deficit on the collection of council tax and business rates from the previous year |
-£316,000 |
-£1,229,000 |
-£11.59 |
-£29.89 |
|
Amount to be raised from council tax |
£7,614,000 |
£7,929,000 |
£74.52 |
£192.85 |