How your Council Tax is calculated?

The Council Tax you pay funds a wide range of public services across the district and county area.

For Adult Social Care authorities, your bill shows two percentage changes: one for the part of the overall change attributable to Adult Social Care precept, and one for the part attributable to the general expenditure.

To find out more about how the money you pay is spent, please visit the following websites:

Your total bill is made up of the following (for an average band D property):

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Authority

£
Cambridgeshire County Council £1,217.13
Cambridgeshire County Council - Adult Social Care Precept £94.98
South Cambridgeshire District Council £145.31
Cambridgeshire Police & Crime Commissioner £222.66
Cambridgeshire Fire Authority £70.74
Parish Council Precept See Parish list below

 

The table below shows how the South Cambridgeshire District Council element of your Council Tax is calculated (for an average band D property):

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Category

(£million)
Gross spending £32.61m
Income -£12.64m
Net expenditure £19.96m
   
Government funding  
       Business rates -£5.47m
       Non-ring fenced grants -£0.09m
       Ring fenced grant 0
       Police grant 0
   
Internal funding  
       Use of / addition to Reserves -£5.79m
   
Council tax Requirement £8.62m
Council Tax at Band D £140.31

 

The table below shows the amount each Parish Council in South Cambridgeshire has agreed to charge for their proportion of Council Tax (for an average band D property):

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PARISH

2019/20

COUNCIL TAX
  £  £      p
Great Abington 12,000 29.98
Little Abington 17,500 68.57
Abington Pigotts 0.00 0.00
Arrington 12,230 71.56
Babraham 12,255 98.43
Balsham 44,000 63.20
Bar Hill 139,000 95.45
Barrington 60,940 129.96
Bartlow 0.00 0.00
Barton 25,000 64.38
Bassingbourn 85,000 73.29
Bourn 33,414 78.68
Boxworth 2,500 23.92
Caldecote 77,150 102.99
Cambourne 514,120 134.07
Carlton 3,500 34.79
Castle Camps 19,500 72.38
Caxton 19,593.80 82.78
Childerley 0.00 0.00
Chishill 23,000 70.94
Comberton 59,400 64.81
Conington 0.00 0.00
Coton 26,000 70.88
Cottenham 288,656 121.98
Croxton 4,500 60.57
Croydon 3,300 30.81
Dry Drayton 11,304 38.90
Duxford 93,338 120.69
Elsworth 22,000 70.67
Eltisley 12,311 68.02
Great & Little Eversden 28,000 75.72
Fen Ditton 26,000 77.47
Fen Drayton 23,700 65.54
Fowlmere 38,810 68.69
Foxton 35,000 64.55
Fulbourn 176,000 91.06
Gamlingay 199,202 135.94
Girton 123,439 67.47
Little Gransden 8,400 59.49
Grantchester 21,108 83.07
Graveley 6,073 64.13
Hardwick 60,366 62.02
Harlton 8,500 58.54
Harston 60,950 74.90
Haslingfield 94,719 136.54
Hatley 6,900 74.03
Hauxton 37,362 70.56
Heydon 7,000 55.64
Hildersham 13,000 124.64
Hinxton 13,812 85.47
Histon 194,504 109.50
Horningsea 16,705 102.05
Horseheath 15,000 71.39
Ickleton 25,000 73.34
Impington 165,476 109.50
Kingston 10,089 79.50
Knapwell 2,500 53.19
Landbeach 25,000 65.09
Linton 175,477 101.43
Litlington 22,000 63.68
Lolworth 3,750 51.65
Longstanton 98,869 57.76
Longstowe 5,250 58.20
Madingley 8,692 81.01
Melbourn 255,820 131.40
Meldreth 62,000 80.30
Milton 132,000 74.60
Guilden Morden 36,385 85.85
Steeple Morden 30,600 58.22
Newton 7,000 38.67
Oakington/Westwick 38,885 65.95
Orchard Park 78,500 94.49
Orwell 43,918 91.73
Over 60,000 53.94
Pampisford 12,000 74.49
Papworth Everard 115,000 85.76
Papworth St Agnes 0.00 0.00
Rampton 14,500 73.05
Sawston 321,021 128.25
Great Shelford 243,629 122.47
Little Shelford 29,000 76.36
Shepreth 26,607 77.55
Shingay-cum-Wendy 1,500 26.83
Shudy Camps 6,250 43.16
Stapleford 70,000 76.10
Stow-cum-Quy 10,650 49.98
Swavesey 69,000 71.88
Tadlow 2,629 32.90
Teversham 78,000 78.76
Thriplow 18,936 38.61
Toft 15,000 60.27
South Trumpington  19,923 74.06
Waterbeach 162,884 84.00
Weston Colville 8,495 43.36
West Wickham 12,000 64.14
West Wratting 11,715 51.25
Whaddon 17,478 79.30
Whittlesford 60,000 75.89
Great Wilbraham 26,460 91.94
Little Wilbraham 13,062 69.07
Willingham 123,275 79.67
Wimpole 5,500 39.34

 

Contact Details

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