Council Tax 2017-18

The amount you pay for policing and public safety services in Northamptonshire depends on which of the eight council tax bands your property falls into, based on the capital value in 1991. This should be clearly stated, along with your district or borough rate, in your council tax bill.

Council tax payers in Northamptonshire will pay an average of less than 8p a week more for improved policing from April 1st. This is a 1.99 per cent rise in the policing precept – the amount of the council tax bill paid directly to fund policing.

Below is a detailed breakdown of the policing precept for both the last financial year and the new financial year:

Total policing precept 2016/17: £122,000,000

Total policing precept 2017/18: £123,100,000

Operational Policing 

• 2016/17 budget: £72,900,000
• 2017/18 budget: £75,100,000

Collaborations with other Forces

• 2016/17 budget: £7,600,000
• 2017/18 budget: £8,200,000

Other Departments and functions: e.g. Finance, Training, HR, ICT and Corporate Development

• 2016/17 budget: £19,800,000
• 2017/18 budget: £21,000,000

Pensions

• 2016/17 budget: £11,100,000
• 2017/18 budget: £11,300,000

Office of the PCC

• 2016/17 budget: £1,800,000
• 2017/18 budget: £1,800,000

Commissioning services

• 2016/17 budget: £2,100,000
• 2017/18 budget: £2,100,000 

Capital Financing 

• 2016/17 budget: £900,000
• 2017/18 budget: £1,700,000

Contributions to Reserves

• 2016/17 budget: £5,800,000
• 2017/18 budget: £1,900,000

Totals

Policing precept 2016/17: £122,000,000

Policing precept 2017/18: £123,100,000

A copy of the Council Tax Precept leaflet can be found here