How Council Tax is calculated and spent

Full Council Tax amount required

The table on this page show the Council Tax requirement of Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council and the amount of council tax required by the different precepting authorities (apart from parish councils).

The resident population upon which this is based is 123,300 (as per the 2021 Census). The Council Tax base for the borough has increased from 37,668 in 2022/23 to 38,099 in 2023/24.

  Total (£'000s) Band D Council Tax (£ p) Per head (£ p)
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council budget requirement 16,857 442.45 136.71
Less government support/collection fund -8,688 -228.03 -70.46
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council tax requirement 8,169 214.42 66.25
Staffordshire County Council 56,052 1,471.23 454.60
Office of the Staffordshire Police and Crime Commissioner 3,210 84.25 26.03
Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service 9,927 260.57 80.51
Total 77,359 2,030.47 627.40