How your bill is made up

HERE is how our precepting authorities handled their council tax decisions this year:

DERBYSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

DERBYSHIRE County Council increased its share of council tax by 2.5%, which is £33.33 more for band D taxpayers, to a precept of £1,387.07 – 1% of this will be spent specifically on adult social care services. Overall, this is half of the maximum level which central government allowed. The authority has the option to use an additional 2% increase next year to fund adult social care, which the council intends to do. The past year’s increase was 2%, which was also aimed at funding adult social care services.

DERBY CITY COUNCIL

DERBY City Council has increased its share of council tax by 4.99%, which is £73.53 more for band D taxpayers, to a precept of £1,547.14. Out of this, 2% is to be spent exclusively on children’s social care services. Last year, the city council raised its precept by 3.99% and 2% was for children’s social services.

DERBYSHIRE POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER

THE county and city’s police and crime commissioner, Hardyal Dhindsa, who, in partnership with the chief constable, oversees the police force, raised the precept for policing and support services by 6.62%, which is £15 more for band D taxpayers, to a precept of £241.60. This is much less than the 12%/£24 increase last year.

DERBYSHIRE FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE

THE county and city’s fire service has agreed to raise its precept by 1.98%, an increase of £1.54 for band D taxpayers, to a precept of £79.27, the same increase as it levied last year.