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Where your council tax goes in North Yorkshire

A Band D home pays £2,488.80 this year, up 2.9%. Council tax covers about 42% of what the council spends on day-to-day services; government grants pay 46%, including the money passed straight to schools, and business rates 8%.

Band D bill£2,489up 2.9% on last year
Council budget£1,285mday-to-day, including schools
Paid by council tax42%of the budget
Council controlNo overall controlno party has more than half the seats

Your bill

Pick your band. The council keeps 82% of it; the rest goes to the Mayor of York and North Yorkshire, for police, fire and rescue.

Band D, 2026/27
£2,488.80
£248.88 a month over 10 instalments, or £207.40 over 12
North Yorkshire Council£2,036.32Mayor of York and North Yorkshire£452.48
Police£335.86
The rest of the Mayor's share£116.62
At Band D the Mayor's share went up £24.60 this year: £15.00 more for police and £9.60 more for the rest of the Mayor's share.
sourcedBand D bill for 2026/27sourcedMayor of York and North Yorkshire by body (government council tax tables)

Your £2,036.32 to the council pays for

Care for older and disabled adults£797
Streets, waste and transport£282
Children's services£242
Schools and education£240
Debt costs and levies£133
Running the council£103
Parks, libraries and leisure£90
Housing and homelessness£67
Community safety and regulation£41
Planning and the local economy£40
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Band D, 2026/27: where your council tax goes
Your billShare
Care for older and disabled adults£797.4632.0%
Streets, waste and transport£282.0411.3%
Children's services£242.349.7%
Schools and education£239.859.6%
Debt costs and levies£132.885.3%
Running the council£103.034.1%
Parks, libraries and leisure£90.203.6%
Housing and homelessness£67.112.7%
Community safety and regulation£41.121.7%
Planning and the local economy£40.291.6%
North Yorkshire Council, all services£2,036.3281.8%
Police£335.8613.5%
The rest of the Mayor's share£116.624.7%
Mayor of York and North Yorkshire, all£452.4818.2%
Your bill£2,488.80100%

Homes in North Yorkshire’s 533 parishes also pay their parish or town council: on average £56.97 at Band D, on top of the bill above.

Split in proportion to the £865m the council pays for itself, after schools and public health, which have their own ring-fenced grants. Council tax pays about 62p of every £1 of that; government grants and business rates pay the rest.

sourcedSplit by service, 2026/27 budget return

The council’s budget

What the council spends on day-to-day services after fees and charges, and where the money comes from, including grants that can only be spent on schools or public health. It must balance by law.

FundingReserves (one-off)Services
Council tax to Net budgetRevenue Support Grant to Net budgetBusiness rates kept locally to Net budgetSchools grants (ring-fenced) to Net budgetPublic health grant (ring-fenced) to Net budgetOther government grants to Net budgetDrawn from council reserves to Net budgetNet budget to Schools and educationNet budget to Care for older and disabled adultsNet budget to Streets, waste and transportNet budget to Children's servicesNet budget to Debt costs and leviesNet budget to Running the councilNet budget to Parks, libraries and leisureNet budget to Public healthNet budget to Housing and homelessnessNet budget to Community safety and regulationNet budget to Planning and the local economySourced from a published documentCouncil tax£538.8m, 42%Sourced from a published documentRevenue Support Grant£103.8m, 8%Sourced from a published documentBusiness rates kept locally£108.5m, 8%Sourced from a published documentSchools grants (ring-fenced)£391.1m, 30%Sourced from a published documentPublic health grant (ring-fenced)£28.6mSourced from a published documentOther government grants£65.2mSourced from a published documentDrawn from council reserves£49.1mSourced from a published documentSchools and education£493.0m, 38%Sourced from a published documentCare for older and disabled adults£338.9m, 26%Sourced from a published documentStreets, waste and transport£119.9m, 9%Sourced from a published documentChildren's services£103.0m, 8%Sourced from a published documentDebt costs and levies£56.5mSourced from a published documentRunning the council£43.8mSourced from a published documentParks, libraries and leisure£38.3mSourced from a published documentPublic health£28.5mSourced from a published documentHousing and homelessness£28.5mSourced from a published documentCommunity safety and regulation£17.5mSourced from a published documentPlanning and the local economy£17.1m£1,285m

Not drawn in the flow, because they are below zero: Put into public health reserves (£0.1m). They are in the tables.

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Where the money comes from, 2026/27
£mShare of the net budget
Council tax£538.8m41.9%
Revenue Support Grant£103.8m8.1%
Business rates kept locally£108.5m8.4%
Schools grants (ring-fenced)£391.1m30.4%
Public health grant (ring-fenced)£28.6m2.2%
Other government grants£65.2m5.1%
Drawn from public health reserves (one-off)−£0.1m0.0%
Drawn from council reserves (one-off)£49.1m3.8%
Net budget£1,285.0m100%
What it pays for, 2026/27
£mShare of the net budget
Schools and education£493.0m38.4%
Care for older and disabled adults£338.9m26.4%
Streets, waste and transport£119.9m9.3%
Children's services£103.0m8.0%
Debt costs and levies£56.5m4.4%
Running the council£43.8m3.4%
Parks, libraries and leisure£38.3m3.0%
Public health£28.5m2.2%
Housing and homelessness£28.5m2.2%
Community safety and regulation£17.5m1.4%
Planning and the local economy£17.1m1.3%
Net budget£1,285.0m100%

Where the money comes from

Council tax£538.8m
Revenue Support Grant£103.8m
Business rates kept locally£108.5m
Schools grants (ring-fenced)£391.1m
Public health grant (ring-fenced)£28.6m
Other government grants£65.2m
Drawn from public health reserves−£0.1m
Drawn from council reserves£49.1m
Net budget£1,285.0m

What it pays for

Schools and education£493.0m
Care for older and disabled adults£338.9m
Streets, waste and transport£119.9m
Children's services£103.0m
Debt costs and levies£56.5m
Running the council£43.8m
Parks, libraries and leisure£38.3m
Public health£28.5m
Housing and homelessness£28.5m
Community safety and regulation£17.5m
Planning and the local economy£17.1m
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Council tax over the years

The council’s own share of a Band D bill went from £1,759.96 in 2023/24 to £2,036.32 in 2026/27, up 16%.

Band D council tax in North Yorkshire each year
YearThe council’s shareWhole bill, with the Mayor of York and North Yorkshire
2023/24£1,759.96£2,135.66
2024/25£1,847.62£2,237.50
2025/26£1,939.54£2,367.42
2026/27£2,036.32£2,488.80

Councillors

Conservative 41, Liberal Democrats 13, Independent 12, Labour 10, Reform UK 5, Green 4, Independent Unaffiliated 2, NY Independent 2 and Liberal Party 1 of the 90 councillors on the council’s list. No party has more than half the seats. North Yorkshire’s councillors were elected in May 2022; the next election is in May 2027. How each ward voted is not shown: Democracy Club has only some of the counts. The list is the council’s own, so it includes everyone elected at by-elections since.

Aire Valley

Aiskew & Leeming

Amotherby & Ampleforth

Appleton Roebuck & Church Fenton

Barlby & Riccall

Bedale

Bentham & Ingleton

Bilton & Nidd Gorge

Bilton Grange & New Park

Boroughbridge & Claro

Brayton & Barlow

Camblesforth & Carlton

Castle

Catterick Village & Brompton-on-Swale

Cawood & Escrick

Cayton

Cliffe & North Duffield

Coppice Valley & Duchy

Danby & Mulgrave

Derwent Valley & Moor

Easingwold

Eastfield

Esk Valley & Coast

Fairfax & Starbeck

Falsgrave & Stepney

Filey

Glusburn, Cross Hills & Sutton-in-Craven

Great Ayton

Harlow & St. Georges

Helmsley & Sinnington

High Harrogate & Kingsley

Hillside & Raskelf

Hipswell & Colburn

Huby & Tollerton

Hunmanby & Sherburn

Hutton Rudby & Osmotherley

Killinghall, Hampsthwaite & Saltergate

Kirkbymoorside & Dales

Knaresborough East

Knaresborough West

Leyburn & Middleham

Malton

Masham & Fountains

Mid Craven

Monk Fryston & South Milford

Morton-on-Swale & Appleton Wiske

Newby

North Richmondshire

Northallerton North & Brompton

Northallerton South

Northstead

Norton

Oatlands & Pannal

Osgoldcross

Ouseburn

Pateley Bridge & Nidderdale

Pickering

Richmond

Ripon Minster & Moorside

Ripon Ure Bank & Spa

Romanby

Scalby & the Coast

Scotton & Lower Wensleydale

Seamer

Selby East

Selby West

Settle & Penyghent

Sherburn in Elmet

Sheriff Hutton & Derwent

Skipton East & South

Skipton North & Embsay-with-Eastby

Skipton West & West Craven

Sowerby & Topcliffe

Spofforth with Lower Wharfedale & Tockwith

Stokesley

Stray, Woodlands & Hookstone

Tadcaster

Thirsk

Thornton Dale & Wolds

Thorpe Willoughby & Hambleton

Upper Dales

Valley Gardens & Central Harrogate

Washburn & Birstwith

Wathvale & Bishop Monkton

Weaponness & Ramshill

Wharfedale

Whitby Streonshalh

Whitby West

Woodlands

Still to come for North Yorkshire

For Hammersmith & Fulham, Borough Book also tracks every party’s manifesto pledges, every council payment over £500, Cabinet and Full Council decisions, how this year’s budget gap was closed and a tool to balance next year. Those need the council’s own papers, read by hand, and come here next. See Hammersmith & Fulham.

sourcedBill, budget and history: government returns, checked against their own totals (11 Jun 2026)
Where every figure on this page comes from