FOI request (FOIR-708618163)

Council Tax and Local Government Pension Contributions

Requested Thu 24 April 2025
Responded Wed 14 May 2025

I would like to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act.

Please can you tell me, during the 2024/25 tax year:

How much did you receive in council tax payments?

How much did you spend on employer contributions to the Local Government Pension Scheme?

Please can you send me the same figures for the four preceding tax years, so 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, and 2023/24.

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Response

Council Tax collection overall for the year:

2024/25 - £65,389,861.61

2023/24 - £61,332,653.36

2022/23 - £58,376,909.68

2021/22 - £55,399,115.43

2020/22 - £51,774,734.30

Employers pension contributions:

2024/25 - £2,281,818.99

2023/24 - £2,101,907.04

2022/23 - £1,632,251.37

2021/22 - £1,631,870.90

2020/21 - £1,622,614.05