Council tax bands and rates 2024-25

How your council tax bill is made up

Your council tax bill is made up of several different amounts of money that go to different organisations.

The table below shows how your council tax is split between authorities based on a Band D property.

Authority	2023-24	2024-25	Increase	Share
Peterborough City Council	£1,378.64	£1,426.09	2.99%	67.38%
Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner	£272.52	£285.48	4.76%	13.49%
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authority	£79.92	£82.26	2.93%	3.89%
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority	£12.00	£36.00	200.00%	1.70%
Parish Councils and Special Expenses	£43.17	£46.37	7.41%	2.19%
Adult Social Care Precept	£208.44	£240.18	2.00%	11.35%
Total income	£1,994.69	£2,116.38	6.10%	100%

The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA) precept is new for 2023/24. For more information, please visit the council tax page on the CPCA website.

Council tax valuation bands

Band	Value
A	Up to £40,000
B	£40,000.01 to £52,000
C	£52,000.01 to £68,000
D	£68,000.01 to £88,000
E	£88,000.01 to £120,000
F	£120,000.01 to £160,000
G	£160,000.01 to £320,000
H	More than £320,000

Peterborough City Council element

At the Full Council meeting on 22 February 2023, in accordance with Section 30(2) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, the council set the amount of council tax for the year 2023/24 for homes across the city.

The council element of your bill is made up of two parts:

General council tax used for all council services, including highway maintenance, children and adult social care, housing, waste management and recycling, libraries and many other services
The adult social care ‘precept’, which specifically goes towards the rising cost of adult social care services (ASC)

Our council tax increase in council tax for this year is 4.99% (due to rounding this appears as 5% on your bill).

How your money is spent

The council has set an overall gross budget of £509.5m for 2024/25. The figures below show broadly how we plan to spend our gross budget on services, and where the money comes from:

Service	Expenditure
Schools	£130.6m
Housing benefit	£38.9m
Adults social care	£105.9m
Children's Social Care	£72m
Communities, Parking and Regulatory Services	£10.7m
Public Health	£12.2m
Highways maintenance	£7.5m
Waste disposal and street cleaning	£19.8m
Parks and open spaces	£2.3m
Recreation, culture, leisure and libraries	£3.4m
Capital financing	£35.8m
Support charges including pensions, property, legal and democratic, finance, HR, customer services and other	£54.5m
Regeneration, planning and environmental services	£7.9m
Housing	£6m
Cemeteries, Crematorium and registrars	£2m
Total expenditure	£509.5m

Where the money comes from

Service	Income
Council tax	£104.3m
Business rates	£77m
Revenue support grant	£12.9m
Other grants	£57.7m
Housing benefit grant	£38.9m
Dedicated schools grant	£117.7m
Fees and charges	£46.5m
Other income	£54.5m
Total income	£509.5m

Council tax increase limit

The government limits the amount that councils can increase council tax by without holding a local referendum.

The limit is currently 3%. That is why many councils, including Peterborough City Council, have increased general council tax by 2.99% to be under the referendum limit
The government also allows councils to raise a 2% adult social care precept to help relieve funding pressures

The council tax rate per valuation band

	Band A	Band B	Band C	Band D	Band E	Band F	Band G	H
General council tax - 2.99%	£950.73	£1,109.18	£1,267.64	£1,426.09	£1,743.00	£2,059.91	£2,376.82	£2,852.18
Adult social care precept - 2%	£160.12	£186.81	£213.49	£240.18	£293.55	£346.93	£400.30	£480.36
Total council tax charge	£1,110.85	£1,295.99	£1,481.13	£1,666.27	£2,036.55	£2,406.84	£2,777.12	£3,332.54

The table above shows only the council portion of your bill. The appropriate parish, Fire Authority, Police and Crime Commissioner and Combined Authority council tax elements will need to be added to give the total council tax charge.

The Secretary of State made an offer to adult social care authorities to be able to charge an additional precept on council tax, without holding a referendum, to assist the authority in meeting its expenditure on adult social care from the financial year 2016-17.

Adult social care authorities are local authorities which have functions under Part 1 of the Care Act 2014, namely county councils in England, district councils for an area in England for which there is no county council, London borough councils, the Common Council of the City of London and the Council of the Isles of Scilly.

The offer was originally made in respect of the financial years up to and including 2019-20. If the Secretary of State chooses to renew this offer in respect of a particular financial year, this is subject to the approval of the House of Commons.

As part of the Local Government Financial Settlement 2024-25, the government announced that councils could charge up to an additional precept of 2% for 2024-25.

The council has increased the adult social care precept by the maximum allowed from 2016-17 to 2023-24 and has increased it in 2024-25 by the maximum amount of 2%.

Police and Crime Commissioner, Fire Authority and Combined Authority

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authority, at its meeting on 15 February 2024, in accordance with Section 40 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, set its precepts for 2024-25.

The Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Panel, at its meeting on 31 January 2024, in accordance with Section 40 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, set its precepts for 2024-25.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, at its meeting on 31 January 2024, in accordance with Section 40 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, set its precept for 2024-25.

Police and Crime Commissioner, Fire Authority and Combined Authority amounts by valuation band

Organisation	Band A	Band B	Band C	Band D	Band E	Band F	Band G	Band H
Police and Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire	£190.32	£222.04	£253.76	£285.48	£348.92	£412.36	£475.80	£570.96
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authority	£54.84	£63.98	£73.12	£82.26	£100.54	£118.82	£137.10	£164.52
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority	£24.00	£28.00	£32.00	£36.00	£44.00	£52.00	£60.00	£72.00
Total	£269.16	£314.02	£358.88	£403.74	£493.46	£583.18	£672.90	£807.48

Budgets

Parish precepts

Your individual parish council will set a precept based on local decisions, therefore this element of your council tax bill will be different depending on your area.

Parish precepts by valuation band

Parish	Band A	Band B	Band C	Band D	Band E	Band F	Band G	Band H
Ailsworth	£23.45	£27.35	£31.26	£35.17	£42.99	£50.80	£58.62	£70.34
Bainton and Ashton	£54.72	£63.84	£72.96	£82.08	£100.32	£118.56	£136.80	£164.16
Barnack	£24.00	£28.00	£32.00	£36.00	£44.00	£52.00	£60.00	£72.00
Bretton	£38.67	£45.11	£51.56	£58.00	£70.89	£83.78	£96.67	£116.00
Castor	£54.00	£63.00	£72.00	£81.00	£99.00	£117.00	£135.00	£162.00
Deeping Gate	£19.00	£22.17	£25.33	£28.50	£34.83	£41.17	£47.50	£57.00
Etton	£30.35	£35.41	£40.47	£45.53	£55.65	£65.77	£75.88	£91.06
Eye	£23.87	£27.84	£31.82	£35.80	£43.76	£51.71	£59.67	£71.60
Glinton	£29.00	£33.83	£38.67	£43.50	£53.17	£62.83	£72.50	£87.00
Hampton	£16.07	£18.75	£21.43	£24.11	£29.47	£34.83	£40.18	£48.22
Helpston	£17.67	£20.62	£23.56	£26.51	£32.40	£38.29	£44.18	£53.02
Marholm	£11.77	£13.73	£15.69	£17.65	£21.57	£25.49	£29.42	£35.30
Maxey	£23.49	£27.40	£31.32	£35.23	£43.06	£50.89	£58.72	£70.46
Newborough and Borough Fen	£41.24	£48.11	£54.99	£61.86	£75.61	£89.35	£103.10	£123.72
Northborough	£28.37	£33.09	£37.82	£42.55	£52.01	£61.46	£70.92	£85.10
Orton Longueville	£7.28	£8.49	£9.71	£10.92	£13.35	£15.77	£18.20	£21.84
Orton Waterville	£13.41	£15.65	£17.88	£20.12	£24.59	£29.06	£33.53	£40.24
Peakirk	£33.39	£38.96	£44.52	£50.09	£61.22	£72.35	£83.48	£100.18
Southorpe	£26.70	£31.15	£35.60	£40.05	£48.95	£57.85	£66.75	£80.10
Sutton	£66.18	£77.21	£88.24	£99.27	£121.33	£143.39	£165.45	£198.54
St Martin's Without	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00
Thorney	£24.94	£29.10	£33.25	£37.41	£45.72	£54.04	£62.35	£74.82
Thornhaugh	£41.75	£48.71	£55.67	£62.63	£76.55	£90.47	£104.38	£125.26
Ufford	£44.27	£51.65	£59.03	£66.41	£81.17	£95.93	£110.68	£132.82
Upton	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00
Wansford	£34.44	£40.18	£45.92	£51.66	£63.14	£74.62	£86.10	£103.32
Wittering	£44.88	£52.36	£59.84	£67.32	£82.28	£97.24	£112.20	£134.64
Wothorpe	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00
Total non-parished areas	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00

Parishes all set the precept that they charge, which forms part of the total council tax for that area. If a parish council requires a precept in excess of £140,000 to fund its spending plans, it has a statutory duty to publish details of its expenditure.

Bretton Parish Council has exceeded this threshold and the detailed spending plan is published below.

Total council tax amounts summary

Total council tax amounts summary including:

Peterborough City Council
Police and Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authority
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority
Parish precept

In accordance with Section 38(2) of the act, the amounts of council tax set for the year 2023/24 for each of the categories of dwellings are shown below:

Total council tax amounts by valuation band

Area	Band A	Band B	Band C	Band D	Band E	Band F	Band G	Band H
Ailsworth	£1,403.46	£1,637.36	£1,871.27	£2,105.18	£2,573.00	£3,040.82	£3,508.64	£4,210.36
Bainton and Ashton	£1,434.73	£1,673.85	£1,912.97	£2,152.09	£2,630.33	£3,108.58	£3,586.82	£4,304.18
Barnack	£1,404.01	£1,638.01	£1,872.01	£2,106.01	£2,574.01	£3,042.02	£3,510.02	£4,212.02
Bretton	£1,418.68	£1,655.12	£1,891.57	£2,128.01	£2,600.90	£3,073.80	£3,546.69	£4,256.02
Castor	£1,434.01	£1,673.01	£1,912.01	£2,151.01	£2,629.01	£3,107.02	£3,585.02	£4,302.03
Deeping Gate	£1,399.01	£1,632.18	£1,865.34	£2,098.51	£2,564.84	£3,031.19	£3,497.52	£4,197.02
Etton	£1,410.36	£1,645.42	£1,880.48	£2,115.54	£2,585.66	£3,055.79	£3,525.90	£4,231.08
Eye	£1,403.88	£1,637.85	£1,871.83	£2,105.81	£2,573.77	£3,041.73	£3,509.69	£4,211.62
Glinton	£1,409.01	£1,643.84	£1,878.68	£2,113.51	£2,583.18	£3,052.85	£3,522.52	£4,227.02
Hampton	£1,396.08	£1,628.76	£1,861.44	£2,094.12	£2,559.48	£3,024.85	£3,490.20	£4,188.24
Helpston	£1,397.68	£1,630.63	£1,863.57	£2,096.52	£2,562.41	£3,028.31	£3,494.20	£4,193.04
Marholm	£1,391.78	£1,623.74	£1,855.70	£2,087.66	£2,551.58	£3,015.51	£3,479.44	£4,175.32
Maxey	£1,403.50	£1,637.41	£1,871.33	£2,105.24	£2,573.07	£3,040.91	£3,508.74	£4,210.48
Newborough and Borough Fen	£1,421.25	£1,658.12	£1,895.00	£2,131.87	£2,605.62	£3,079.37	£3,553.12	£4,263.74
Northborough	£1,408.38	£1,643.10	£1,877.83	£2,112.56	£2,582.02	£3,051.48	£3,520.94	£4,225.12
Orton Longueville	£1,387.29	£1,618.50	£1,849.72	£2,080.93	£2,543.36	£3,005.79	£3,468.22	£4,161.86
Orton Waterville	£1,393.42	£1,625.66	£1,857.89	£2,090.13	£2,554.60	£3,019.08	£3,483.55	£4,180.26
Peakirk	£1,413.40	£1,648.97	£1,884.53	£2,120.10	£2,591.23	£3,062.37	£3,533.50	£4,240.20
Southorpe	£1,406.71	£1,641.16	£1,875.61	£2,110.06	£2,578.96	£3,047.87	£3,516.77	£4,220.12
Sutton	£1,446.19	£1,687.22	£1,928.25	£2,169.28	£2,651.34	£3,133.41	£3,615.47	£4,338.56
St Martin's Without	£1,380.01	£1,610.01	£1,840.01	£2,070.01	£2,530.01	£2,990.02	£3,450.02	£4,410.02
Thorney	£1,404.95	£1,639.11	£1,873.26	£2,107.42	£2,575.73	£3,044.06	£3,512.37	£4,214.84
Thornhaugh	£1,421.76	£1,658.72	£1,895.68	£2,132.64	£2,606.56	£3,080.49	£3,554.40	£4,265.28
Ufford	£1,424.28	£1,661.66	£1,899.04	£2,136.42	£2,611.18	£3,085.95	£3,560.70	£4,272.84
Upton	£1,380.01	£1,610.01	£1,840.01	£2,070.01	£2,530.01	£2,990.02	£3,450.02	£4,140.02
Wansford	£1,414.45	£1,650.19	£1,885.93	£2,121.67	£2,593.15	£3,064.64	£3,536.12	£4,243.34
Wittering	£1,424.89	£1,662.37	£1,899.85	£2,137.33	£2,612.29	£3,087.26	£3,562.22	£4,274.66
Wothorpe	£1,380.01	£1,610.01	£1,840.01	£2,070.01	£2,530.01	£2,990.02	£3,450.02	£4,140.02
Total non-parished areas	£1,380.01	£1,610.01	£1,840.01	£2,070.01	£2,530.01	£2,990.02	£3,450.02	£4,140.02

Levies paid to other organisations by the council

Levies are statutory payments made to other organisations which are funded by local taxpayers.

The Environment Agency has powers in respect of flood and coastal erosion risk management for 2,292 kilometres of main river, and along tidal and sea defences in the area of the Anglian Northern Regional Flood and Coastal Committee. Money is spent on the construction of new flood defence schemes, the maintenance of the river system and existing flood defences together with the operation of a flood warning system and management of the risk of coastal erosion.

The majority of the funding for flood defences comes from the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). However, under the new Partnership Funding rule not all schemes will attract full central funding. To provide local funding for local priorities and contributions for partnership funding the Regional Flood and Coastal Committees recommend through the Environment Agency a local levy.

A change in the gross budgeted expenditure between years reflects the programme of works for both capital and revenue needed by the Regional Flood and Coastal Committee to which you contribute. The total Local Levy raised by this committee has stayed the same.

Internal drainage boards manage an extensive network of watercourses, embankments, pumping stations and other water control assets within the local area in order to maintain water levels and mitigate the risk of flooding. Under the Land Drainage Act 1991 the boards can raise income from the areas for which they provide water level management to maintain and improve their assets, and this is partly achieved by a levy on local authorities.

The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority is the area's statutory Transport Authority. The authority's focus is on leading the delivery of strategic transport schemes, transport planning and engaging with national and regional bodies, whilst delegating the passenger transport powers to Peterborough City Council and Cambridgeshire County Council.

Levies paid to other organisations

Levying body	Gross Expenditure 23-24	Total levy raised 23-24	PCC share of levy raised 23-24	Gross Expenditure 24-25	Total levy raised 24-25	PCC share of levy raised 24-25	Change in PCC Levy
Environment Agency Anglian Region	£68.909m	£1.784m	£0.175m	£75.806m	£1.804m	£0.180m	3%
Welland and Deepings Drainage Board	£3.032m	£2.066m	£0.214m	£3.310m	£2.264m	£0.226m	6%
North Level District Drainage board	£2.387m	£1.087m	£0.423m	£3.791m	£1.154m	£0.449m	6%
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority - Integrated Transport Levy	£46.842m	£13.494m	£3.616m	£73.530m	£13.764m	£3.688m	2%

Council Tax Booklet 2024-25

This booklet was delivered to all households in Peterborough (March 2024).