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Council Tax - Where The Money Goes

Council Tax is your contribution to the many public services in your area. This includes all levels of local authority, plus police and fire services.

We are responsible for collecting Council Tax from residents within our district on behalf of all the organisations it funds.

Local Town & Parish Councils
Contributions are made to Town and Parish councils who provide local services across the district.

Lewes District Council
It covers the services we provide such as recycling and collecting rubbish, planning, council housing, town signage, parks and gardens and other services.

East Sussex County Council
A proportion goes to provide schools, libraries, highways, social care amongst other services.

Sussex Police Authority
Police services are funded including detecting crime and law enforcement.

East Sussex Fire Authority
The fire service receives funding to offer fire and rescue services.

 

Proportional Amounts

The amount each authority needs is shown separately on your Council Tax bill. The amount you pay depends on the Valuation Band for your home.

Each local authority decides how much it needs to spend after taking into account contributions from Government and business ratepayers. 

We detail how the money was spent from Council Tax collected and how we well performed using it.

Business Rates are collected locally and paid over to Government. The amount collected nationally is then shared between each local authority, based on a set formula.

Efficiency

We are committed to identifying efficiency savings of £50,000 a year for each of the next three years. Our detailed budget plans are published online and in print.

We are required by the Government to show on the Council Tax bill the value of the efficiency savings made. As well as a total, the amount this saving represents for the average taxpayer is also shown.

This saving has already been taken into account when calculating the tax bill and is not a refund that will be paid in the future.

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