The council tax attributable to Devon County Council includes a precept to fund adult social care. For adult social care authorities, Council Tax bills show two percentage changes: one for the part of the overall change attributable to the adult social care precept, and one for the part attributable to general expenditure.
There is a 3% increase in the overall Council Tax in 2021/22 for adult social care. The increases in Council Tax attributable to adult social care for 2016/17 to 2020/21 are added together to show the total amount of your council tax bill that relates to the adult social care component in 2021/22.
County Council Tax due for each property valuation band
Valuation band | Government multiplier | Adult social care precept | General expenditure (other) | Council Tax Devon CC | |
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Ratio | % of band D | £ | £ | £ | |
A | 6/9 | 66.7 | 112.56 | 894.96 | 1,007.52 |
B | 7/9 | 77.8 | 131.32 | 1,044.12 | 1,175.44 |
C | 8/9 | 88.9 | 150.08 | 1,193.28 | 1,343.36 |
D | 1 | 100.0 | 168.84 | 1,342.44 | 1,511.28 |
E | 11/9 | 122.2 | 206.36 | 1,640.76 | 1,847.12 |
F | 13/9 | 144.4 | 243.88 | 1,939.08 | 2,182.96 |
G | 15/9 | 166.7 | 281.40 | 2,237.40 | 2,518.80 |
H | 18/9 | 200.0 | 337.68 | 2,684.88 | 3,022.56 |
Band D illustration
Year | Council Tax – General | Council Tax – Adult Social Care |
Council Tax – Band D | |
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2016/17* | Council Tax £ | 1,184.39 | 23.23 | 1,207.62 |
Increase % | 1.99 | 2.00 | 3.99 | |
2017/18 | Council Tax £ | 1,208.46 | 59.46 | 1,267.92 |
Increase % | 1.99 | 3.00 | 4.99 | |
2018/19 | Council Tax £ | 1,246.41 | 84.78 | 1,331.19 |
Increase % | 2.99 | 2.00 | 4.99 | |
2019/20 | Council Tax £ | 1,286.19 | 98.10 | 1,384.29 |
Increase % | 2.99 | 1.00 | 3.99 | |
2020/21 | Council Tax £ |
1,313.73 | 125.73 | 1,439.46 |
Increase % |
1.99 | 2.00 | 3.99 | |
2021/22 | Council Tax £ | 1,342.44 | 168.84 | 1,511.28 |
Increase % | 1.99 | 3.00 | 4.99 |
* In 2015/16 there was no separate adult social care element (precept). The County Council part of the bill for a band D property was £1,161.27.
The settlement has set the Council Tax increase that will trigger the need for a referendum, excluding the social care precept, at 3% for 2021/22.
The adult social care precept regulations in 2016/17 capped the social care precept at 2% per annum for the period 2016/17 to 2019/20. Central government changed these regulations in 2017/18 and allowed authorities to increase the precept to a maximum of 3% per annum over the period 2017/18 to 2019/20 providing the total increase over the three years did not exceed 6%. The Council increased the adult social care precept by 3% in 2017/18, 2% in 2018/19, 1% 2019/20 and 2% in 2020/21.
The government assumes in its calculation of core spending power that all local authorities will increase Council Tax by the maximum amount in 2021/22 (i.e. 2% plus the increase in the adult social care precept). Councils with adult social care responsibilities will be able to increase their Council Tax by a further 3% in 2021/22, on top of the core principle, to be spent exclusively on adult social care.
In 2021/22 the adult social care Precept will increase by 3%, which is 3% of the total 2020/21 bill of £1,439.46 and not 3% of the adult social care element of £125.73. Likewise, the 1.99% increase shown against the ‘general’ line above is in fact 1.99% of the total 2020/21 bill and not just the ‘general’ element of the 2020/21 bill. This is how central government’s regulations require us to show it.
The adult social care figure shown above (Band D illustration) of £168.84 is calculated as £1,439.46 x 3% = £43.11 + £125.73 from 2020/21 to give the total adult social care precept of £168.84 in the Band D bill for 2021/22.
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