Council tax financial information for 2017 to 2018

Joint council tax breakdown

 

Council
tax Band

Folkestone & Hythe
District
Council
£

Total
Council
Tax +
£

Kent
County
Council *
£

Kent Police
and Crime
Commissioner
£

Kent and
Medway
Fire and
Rescue
Authority
£

A 158.01 1097.56 785.88 104.77 48.90
B 184.34 1280.48 916.86 122.23 57.05
C 210.68 1463.41 1047.84 139.69 65.20
D 237.01 1646.33 1178.82 157.15 73.35
E 289.68 2012.18 1440.78 192.07 89.65
F 342.35 2378.03 1702.74 226.99 105.95
G 395.02 2743.89 1964.70 261.92 122.25
H 474.02 3,292.66 2357.64 314.30 146.70

* includes Adult Social Care precept
+ excludes parish precepts and special expense

Council tax charges by band by parish

 

Parish

A
£

B
£

C
£

D
£

E
£

F
£

G
£

H
£

Folkestone 1,156.77 1,349.56 1,542.35 1,735.15 2,120.73 2,506.32 2,891.92 3,470.30
Sandgate 1,145.65 1,336.59 1,527.53 1,718.47 2,100.35 2,482.23 2,864.12 3,436.94
Hythe 1,135.97 1,325.30 1,514.63 1,703.96 2,082.61 2,461.27 2,839.93 3,407.92
Lydd 1,153.66 1,345.93 1,538.20 1,730.48 2,115.03 2,499.57 2,884.13 3,460.96
New Romney 1,154.04 1,346.38 1,538.71 1,731.05 2,115.73 2,500.40 2,885.09 3,462.10
Acrise 1,099.08 1,282.25 1,465.43 1,648.61 2,014.96 2,381.32 2,747.68 3,297.22
Elham   1,113.24 1,298.77 1,484.31 1,669.85 2,040.92 2,412.00 2,783.09 3,339.70
Elmsted 1,104.08 1,288.09 1,472.10 1,656.11 2,024.13 2,392.15 2,760.19 3,312.22
Hawkinge 1,145.85 1,336.82 1,527.80 1,718.77 2,100.72 2,482.66 2,864.62 3,437.54
Lyminge 1,118.86 1,305.34 1,491.81 1,678.29 2,051.24 2,424.19 2,797.15 3,356.58
Lympne 1,117.28 1,303.49 1,489.70 1,675.91 2,048.33 2,420.75 2,793.18 3,351.82
Monks Horton 1,103.83 1,287.80 1,471.77 1,655.74 2,023.68 2,391.62 2,759.57 3,311.48
Newington 1,119.86 1,306.51 1,493.15 1,679.79 2,053.08 2,426.36 2,799.66 3,359.58
Paddlesworth 1,104.70 1,288.82 1,472.93 1,657.05 2,025.28 2,393.51 2,761.75 3,314.10
Postling 1,109.32 1,294.21 1,479.09 1,663.98 2,033.75 2,403.52 2,773.30 3,327.96
Saltwood 1,113.82 1,299.46 1,485.09 1,670.73 2,042.00 2,413.27 2,784.55 3,341.46
Sellindge 1,137.10 1,326.62 1,516.13 1,705.65 2,084.68 2,463.71 2,842.75 3,411.30
Stanford 1,119.61 1,306.21 1,492.81 1,679.41 2,052.61 2,425.81 2,799.02 3,358.82
Stelling Minnis 1,110.56 1,295.65 1,480.74 1,665.83 2,036.01 2,406.20 2,776.39 3,331.66
Stowting 1,106.99 1,291.49 1,475.99 1,660.48 2,029.48 2,398.47 2,767.48 3,320.96
Swingfield 1,127.60 1,315.53 1,503.46 1,691.39 2,067.25 2,443.11 2,818.99 3,382.78
Brenzett 1,123.27 1,310.48 1,497.69 1,684.90 2,059.33 2,433.75 2,808.18 3,369.80
Brookland 1,138.30 1,328.01 1,517.73 1,707.44 2,086.87 2,466.30 2,845.74 3,414.88
Burmarsh 1,120.49 1,307.23 1,493.98 1,680.73 2,054.22 2,427.71 2,801.21 3,361.46
Dymchurch 1,121.47 1,308.38 1,495.29 1,682.21 2,056.03 2,429.85 2,803.68 3,364.42
Ivychurch 1,131.58 1,320.17 1,508.77 1,697.36 2,074.55 2,451.74 2,828.94 3,394.72
Newchurch 1,119.38 1,305.94 1,492.50 1,679.06 2,052.18 2,425.31 2,798.44 3,358.12
Old Romney 1,097.56 1,280.48 1,463.41 1,646.33 2,012.18 2,378.03 2,743.89 3,292.66
St Mary in the Marsh 1,115.06 1,300.90 1,486.74 1,672.58 2,044.26 2,415.94 2,787.63 3,345.16
Snargate 1,097.56 1,280.48 1,463.41 1,646.33 2,012.18 2,378.03 2,743.89 3,292.66

Folkestone & Hythe District Council's Expenditure and Income £'000

 

2017/18

Type of expenditure 

Expenditure £'000

Income £'000

Net Expenditure £'000

General Fund Services* 67,981 -52,588 15,393
Housing - HRA* 16,919 -16,140       779
Other Operating Expenditure and Income + 10,678 -15,239 -4,561
Use of Reserves and Balances 1,775 -3,994 -2,218
Parish Precepts 2,053 0 2,053
COUNCIL TAX REQUIREMENT 99,406 -87,961 11,445

* For detailed budget breakdown of the General fund and HRA budgets:
Agenda and draft minutes - 22.02.17

+ includes £444,272 Internal Drainage Board Levies (£435,830 in 2016/17)

 
 

2016/17

Type of expenditure

Expenditure £'000

Income £'000

Net Expenditure £'000

General Fund Services* 68,544 -52,458 16,086
Housing - HRA** 17,536 -16,253 1,283
Other Operating Expenditure and Income + 14,215 -16,865 -2,650
Use of Reserves and Balances 1,591 -7,298 -5,707
Parish Precepts 1,827 0 1,827
COUNCIL TAX REQUIREMENT 103,713 -92,874 10,839

Council tax requirement 2017/18

 
Type of expenditure 

   £'000

Council tax requirement 2016/17 10,839
Decrease in Folkestone & Hythe's gross expenditure      -4,533
Increase in town/parish expenditure       266
Decrease in Folkestone & Hythe's gross income    - 4,131
Council Tax Requirement 2017/18   11,445
Folkestone & Hythe District council tax base 37,431.37
Average District council tax base
(basic amount of council Tax base)
£305.75

Value for money

For every £1 of Council Tax collected by the council the money is distributed as follows:

 

Amount

Authority

£0.69 Kent County Council
£0.15 Folkestone & Hythe District Council
£0.09 Kent Police and Crime Commissioner
£0.04 Kent and Medway Fire and Rescue Authority
£0.03 Town and Parish Councils

Major Town Council budgets

 

Folkestone Town Council

2017/18
£

2016/17
£

Gross Expenditure 1,223,500 2,396,725
Income   (525,200) (1,729,990)
Net Expenditure   698,300  666,735
Addition to Reserves      66,450             -
Council tax requirement    764,750  666,735
 

Hythe Town Council

2017/18
£

2016/17
£

Gross Expenditure 472,605 415,287
Income (107,200) (104,960)
Net Expenditure 365,405  310,327
Addition to Reserves   (24,356)             -
Council tax requirement 341,049  310,327
 

Hawkinge Town Council

2017/18
£

2016/17
£

Gross Expenditure 208,582 200,413
Income             -      (4,320)
Net Expenditure 208,582  196,093
Addition to Reserves              -   (10,000)
Council tax requirement 208,582  186,093
 

New Romney Town Council

2017/18
£

2016/17
£

Gross Expenditure 208,497 167,570
Income  (19,250)  (24,200)
Net Expenditure 189,247   143,370
Addition to Reserves   33,350     14,800
Council tax requirement 222,797  158,170
 

Lydd Town Council

2017/18
£

2016/17
£

Council tax requirement (precept) 176,980  181,385

Folkestone Parks and Pleasure Grounds Charity (special expense)

The following figures show the share of council tax collected for the Folkestone Parks and Pleasure Grounds Charity.

 

Special expenses

2017/18
£

2016/17
£

Budgeted Expenditure 616,430 623,030
Budgeted Income  -96,000 -93,570
Expenditure after income 520,430 529,460
Previous years' underspends             0 -36,389
Council tax requirement 520,430 493,071
Council tax base (properties) 15,652.72 15,232,43
Average Band D Council Tax       33.25

     32.37

About Folkestone Parks and Pleasure Grounds Charity

Folkestone & Hythe District Council is Trustee for a number of areas of land in and around the town, looked after by the Folkestone Parks and Pleasure Grounds Charity. The Council took over the role as Trustee from the Borough of Folkestone in 1974 following local government re-organisation.

The land looked after by the Charity specifically provides park, pleasure ground or recreation ground for the "use and enjoyment of the inhabitants of the town and its neighbourhood." The Charity's expenditure (the difference between what it costs to maintain the parks and pleasure grounds and the income from fees, charges and rents) is met by the Council, as Trustee. This is treated as a special expense and is levied through council tax on areas covered by the former Borough of Folkestone (Folkestone and Sandgate).

Information regarding precepting authorities

For Kent County Council

For Kent Police