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Where your council tax goes in Amber Valley
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A Band D council tax bill in Amber Valley is £2,407.69 for 2026-27, split between Amber Valley £203.77, Derbyshire County Council £1,676.41, Derbyshire County Council: adult social care precept, this year's increase £32.58, Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable £308.60, Derbyshire Combined Fire and Rescue Authority £98.41, Parish and town councils (average for the area) £87.92. Shared out in proportion to what each body spends, the largest single line is adult social care at Derbyshire County Council: £734.22 of the bill. Council tax pays for 15% of the council's own spending; the rest is government grant, business rates and fees.
Figures for the 2026–27 financial year. Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
Key figures
- £2,407.69Band D bill, 2026-27
- £203.77Goes to Amber Valley itself (8%)
- £734.22Largest line: adult social care
- 14.9%Of the council's money that comes from council tax, 2025-26
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
Who gets your bill
Figures are for a Band D home. Bands A to H pay a fixed fraction of this, set in law.
Parish precepts differ from parish to parish; this is the average across the area, and a home outside any parish pays none.
And where does that bit go?
Choose any part of the bill to see how it divides, then keep going as far as the published returns allow. Every level has its own link you can share.
Your bill: £2,407.69
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Amber Valley £203.77
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Derbyshire County Council £1,676.41
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Parish and town councils (average for the area) £87.92
Amber Valley
£203.77 of your bill goes to Amber Valley. It is shared out below in proportion to how Amber Valley spent its money in 2025-26, its latest published return.
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Environment and regulation £64.54
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Running the council £50.63
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Housing (not council homes) £14.64
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Planning and development £12.72
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Roads and transport £4.96
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Other services £3.62
Which councils count as similar
Medians are across the 10 district councils in England closest in population: East Staffordshire, East Hampshire, Ashfield, Chichester, Newark and Sherwood, Test Valley, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Rushcliffe, Havant, Winchester. Per-resident figures use ONS mid-year population estimates.
Environment and regulation
£64.54 of your bill goes to environment and regulation at Amber Valley. Here is how its £6.3m of net spending on it divides in the return.
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Waste collection £19.60
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Environmental health, food safety, pest control and licensing £16.14
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Recycling and waste minimisation £14.12
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Street cleaning £6.79
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Cemeteries and crematoria £4.06
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Community safety and CCTV £2.78
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Public toilets £0.69
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Flood defence, land drainage and coast protection £0.36
Parks, leisure, libraries and culture
£52.66 of your bill goes to parks, leisure, libraries and culture at Amber Valley. Here is how its £5.1m of net spending on it divides in the return.
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Sport and leisure £37.71
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Parks and open spaces (including play areas) £13.71
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Tourism £1.24
Running the council
£50.63 of your bill goes to running the council at Amber Valley. Here is how its £4.9m of net spending on it divides in the return.
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Corporate and democratic core £13.73
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Other central services £12.12
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Collecting council tax and business rates £11.25
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Non-distributed costs (past pensions, unused assets) £8.53
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Elections and electoral registration £4.43
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Emergency planning £0.57
Housing (not council homes)
£14.64 of your bill goes to housing (not council homes) at Amber Valley. Here is how its £1.4m of net spending on it divides in the return.
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Homelessness and temporary accommodation £7.10
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Housing benefit administration and discretionary payments £6.82
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Housing strategy, advice and enabling £0.61
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Private sector housing renewal £0.11
Council homes are not in this. Council housing is paid for through the Housing Revenue Account, from tenants' rents, and the law keeps it separate from the General Fund that council tax goes into. Amber Valley reported no Housing Revenue Account for 2025-26: it has no council homes of its own, or they were transferred to a housing association. What council tax does and doesn't pay for.
Planning and development
£12.72 of your bill goes to planning and development at Amber Valley. Here is how its £1.2m of net spending on it divides in the return.
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Planning applications (development management) £5.04
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Planning policy £3.29
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Economic development and business support £1.79
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Community development £1.28
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Building control £0.77
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Environmental initiatives £0.54
Roads and transport
£4.96 of your bill goes to roads and transport at Amber Valley. Here is how its £481k of net spending on it divides in the return.
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Road and bridge maintenance £4.85
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Transport planning and policy £0.12
Derbyshire County Council
£1,676.41 of your bill goes to Derbyshire County Council. It is shared out below in proportion to how Derbyshire County Council spent its money in 2025-26, its latest published return.
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Adult social care £734.22
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Children's social care £338.13
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Education £294.11
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Environment and regulation £114.46
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Roads and transport £104.23
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Running the council £34.78
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Other services £11.42
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Planning and development £9.51
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Public health £6.77
Before sharing out your bill, the part of education paid for by the Dedicated Schools Grant (£482.3m) and public health paid for by the public health grant (£50.3m) is taken off, because council tax does not pay for it.
Which councils count as similar
Medians are across the 10 county councils closest in population: Devon County Council, Lincolnshire County Council, Nottinghamshire County Council, Suffolk County Council, Oxfordshire County Council, Leicestershire County Council, Staffordshire County Council, West Sussex County Council, Norfolk County Council, Cambridgeshire County Council. Per-resident figures use ONS mid-year population estimates.
Adult social care
£734.22 of your bill goes to adult social care at Derbyshire County Council. Here is how its £414.8m of net spending on it divides in the return.
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Learning disability support £258.59
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Physical support £240.40
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Mental health support £50.19
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Care assessment and safeguarding £48.68
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Commissioning, strategy and administration £32.12
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Assistive equipment and technology £20.01
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Social support (carers, substance misuse, isolation, asylum) £14.20
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Sensory support £7.54
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Information and early intervention £4.67
Learning disability support
£258.59 of your bill goes to learning disability support at Derbyshire County Council. Here is how its £146.1m of net spending on it divides in the return.
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Aged 18 to 64 £229.71
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Aged 65 and over £28.88
Physical support
£240.40 of your bill goes to physical support at Derbyshire County Council. Here is how its £135.8m of net spending on it divides in the return.
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Aged 65 and over £192.00
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Aged 18 to 64 £48.41
Support with memory and cognition
£57.82 of your bill goes to support with memory and cognition at Derbyshire County Council. Here is how its £32.7m of net spending on it divides in the return.
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Aged 65 and over £52.54
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Aged 18 to 64 £5.28
Mental health support
£50.19 of your bill goes to mental health support at Derbyshire County Council. Here is how its £28.4m of net spending on it divides in the return.
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Aged 18 to 64 £31.47
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Aged 65 and over £18.72
Sensory support
£7.54 of your bill goes to sensory support at Derbyshire County Council. Here is how its £4.3m of net spending on it divides in the return.
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Aged 18 to 64 £3.84
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Aged 65 and over £3.69
Children's social care
£338.13 of your bill goes to children's social care at Derbyshire County Council. Here is how its £191.0m of net spending on it divides in the return.
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Children looked after £255.17
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Safeguarding and social work £53.32
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Family support £14.75
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Services for young people £4.70
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Youth justice £4.48
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Other children's and families' services £2.20
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Children's centres and early years £1.77
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Asylum-seeking children £1.74
Education
£294.11 of your bill goes to education at Derbyshire County Council. Here is how its £648.5m of net spending on it divides in the return.
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Primary schools £149.39
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Early years and nursery £52.41
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Secondary schools £37.76
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Other education £33.09
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Special schools and alternative provision £17.56
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Post-16 £3.91
Environment and regulation
£114.46 of your bill goes to environment and regulation at Derbyshire County Council. Here is how its £64.7m of net spending on it divides in the return.
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Waste disposal £68.68
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Recycling and waste minimisation £26.16
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Flood defence, land drainage and coast protection £8.83
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Community safety and CCTV £5.83
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Trading standards £3.09
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Trade waste £1.53
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Other environmental services £0.34
Roads and transport
£104.23 of your bill goes to roads and transport at Derbyshire County Council. Here is how its £58.9m of net spending on it divides in the return.
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Road and bridge maintenance £32.29
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Support for bus, rail and other public transport £30.06
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Concessionary bus fares £17.39
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Winter service (gritting) £10.44
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Street lighting (including energy) £6.72
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Transport planning and policy £4.79
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Traffic management and road safety £1.95
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Parking £0.58
Road and bridge maintenance
£32.29 of your bill goes to road and bridge maintenance at Derbyshire County Council. Here is how its £18.2m of net spending on it divides in the return.
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Environmental, safety and routine maintenance £29.87
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Structural maintenance (resurfacing, bridges) £2.42
Running the council
£34.78 of your bill goes to running the council at Derbyshire County Council. Here is how its £19.7m of net spending on it divides in the return.
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Local welfare assistance £17.38
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Corporate and democratic core £10.26
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Elections and electoral registration £3.31
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Coroners' and other courts £2.83
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Emergency planning £0.97
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Non-distributed costs (past pensions, unused assets) £0.04
Parks, leisure, libraries and culture
£25.50 of your bill goes to parks, leisure, libraries and culture at Derbyshire County Council. Here is how its £14.4m of net spending on it divides in the return.
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Parks and open spaces (including play areas) £11.56
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Libraries £10.38
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Museums, arts, heritage and archives £2.60
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Tourism £0.96
Planning and development
£9.51 of your bill goes to planning and development at Derbyshire County Council. Here is how its £5.4m of net spending on it divides in the return.
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Economic development and business support £5.54
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Planning applications (development management) £2.88
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Planning policy £1.08
Public health
£6.77 of your bill goes to public health at Derbyshire County Council. Here is how its £54.1m of net spending on it divides in the return.
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Health visiting and children's 0-5 services £1.66
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Drug and alcohol services £1.35
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Sexual health £0.88
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Obesity and physical activity £0.72
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Other public health £0.57
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Children's 5-19 programmes £0.48
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Stop smoking and tobacco control £0.45
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Public mental health £0.41
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NHS health checks and health protection £0.26
Housing (not council homes)
£3.28 of your bill goes to housing (not council homes) at Derbyshire County Council. Here is how its £1.9m of net spending on it divides in the return.
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Supporting People and welfare services £3.24
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Other General Fund housing £0.03
Council homes are not in this. Council housing is paid for through the Housing Revenue Account, from tenants' rents, and the law keeps it separate from the General Fund that council tax goes into. Derbyshire County Council reported no Housing Revenue Account for 2025-26: it has no council homes of its own, or they were transferred to a housing association. What council tax does and doesn't pay for.
Derbyshire County Council: adult social care precept, this year's increase
£32.58 of your bill is this year's adult social care precept, which councils may raise on top of the usual limit for adult social care. It is shown against how Derbyshire County Council's adult social care spending of £414.8m divided in 2025-26. MHCLG publishes only this year's increase; the running total since 2016-17 printed on your bill is in the council part above.
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Learning disability support £11.47
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Physical support £10.67
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Mental health support £2.23
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Care assessment and safeguarding £2.16
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Commissioning, strategy and administration £1.43
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Assistive equipment and technology £0.89
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Social support (carers, substance misuse, isolation, asylum) £0.63
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Sensory support £0.33
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Information and early intervention £0.21
Learning disability support
£11.47 of your bill goes to learning disability support at Derbyshire County Council. Here is how its £146.1m of net spending on it divides in the return.
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Aged 18 to 64 £10.19
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Aged 65 and over £1.28
Physical support
£10.67 of your bill goes to physical support at Derbyshire County Council. Here is how its £135.8m of net spending on it divides in the return.
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Aged 65 and over £8.52
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Aged 18 to 64 £2.15
Support with memory and cognition
£2.57 of your bill goes to support with memory and cognition at Derbyshire County Council. Here is how its £32.7m of net spending on it divides in the return.
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Aged 65 and over £2.33
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Aged 18 to 64 £0.23
Mental health support
£2.23 of your bill goes to mental health support at Derbyshire County Council. Here is how its £28.4m of net spending on it divides in the return.
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Aged 18 to 64 £1.40
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Aged 65 and over £0.83
Sensory support
£0.33 of your bill goes to sensory support at Derbyshire County Council. Here is how its £4.3m of net spending on it divides in the return.
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Aged 18 to 64 £0.17
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Aged 65 and over £0.16
Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable
£308.60 of your bill is this year's adult social care precept, which councils may raise on top of the usual limit for adult social care. It is shown against how Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable's adult social care spending of £251.7m divided in 2024-25. MHCLG publishes only this year's increase; the running total since 2016-17 printed on your bill is in the council part above.
Derbyshire Combined Fire and Rescue Authority
£98.41 of your bill goes to Derbyshire Combined Fire and Rescue Authority. It is shared out below in proportion to how Derbyshire Combined Fire and Rescue Authority spent its money in 2025-26, its latest published return.
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Fire and rescue £97.22
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Running the council £1.19
Which councils count as similar
Medians are across the 10 fire and rescue authorities closest in population: Cheshire Combined Fire and Rescue Authority, Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Authority, Leicestershire Combined Fire and Rescue Authority, Staffordshire Combined Fire and Rescue Authority, Nottinghamshire Combined Fire and Rescue Authority, Berkshire Combined Fire and Rescue Authority, Avon Combined Fire and Rescue Authority, Humberside Combined Fire and Rescue Authority, Cambridgeshire Combined Fire and Rescue Authority, Mid and West Wales Fire Authority. Per-resident figures use ONS mid-year population estimates.
Fire and rescue
£97.22 of your bill goes to fire and rescue at Derbyshire Combined Fire and Rescue Authority. Here is how its £51.1m of net spending on it divides in the return.
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Firefighting and rescue £81.71
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Community fire safety £15.18
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Fire emergency planning £0.33
Parks, street cleaning and roads here
What Amber Valley and Derbyshire County Council spent, net of income, on the lines readers ask about most. Roads and street cleaning are also shown per mile of road the council looks after, where it is the highway authority. Gully cleaning and verge cutting are inside routine maintenance; no return splits them out.
| Line | Net spending | Per resident | Similar councils, per resident | Per mile of road | Change |
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Parks and open spaces (including play areas)Details for Parks and open spaces (including play areas) | £1.3m | £10 | £8.62 | — | up 25.4% on 2024-25 |
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Street cleaningDetails for Street cleaning | £670k | £5.08 | £12 | — | up 4.9% on 2024-25 |
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Road and bridge maintenanceDetails for Road and bridge maintenance | £499k | £3.78 | £0.55 | — | up 16.3% on 2024-25 |
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Environmental, safety and routine maintenanceDetails for Environmental, safety and routine maintenance | £499k | £3.78 | £0.55 | — | up 16.3% on 2024-25 |
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| Line | Net spending | Per resident | Similar councils, per resident | Per mile of road | Change |
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Parks and open spaces (including play areas)Details for Parks and open spaces (including play areas) | £6.5m | £7.90 | £2.33 | — | up 46.0% on 2024-25 |
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Road and bridge maintenanceDetails for Road and bridge maintenance | £18.2m | £22 | £27 | £5,251 (similar: £5,563) | up 20.8% on 2024-25 |
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Environmental, safety and routine maintenanceDetails for Environmental, safety and routine maintenance | £16.9m | £20 | £17 | £4,857 (similar: £3,818) | up 21.3% on 2024-25 |
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Structural maintenance (resurfacing, bridges)Details for Structural maintenance (resurfacing, bridges) | £1.4m | £1.65 | £3.54 | £394 (similar: £946) | up 15.0% on 2024-25 |
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Winter service (gritting)Details for Winter service (gritting) | £5.9m | £7.13 | £4.08 | £1,698 (similar: £921) | up 45.2% on 2024-25 |
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Street lighting (including energy)Details for Street lighting (including energy) | £3.8m | £4.59 | £7.64 | £1,092 (similar: £1,704) | up 23.4% on 2024-25 |
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Miles of road: Department for Transport road lengths, 2025; locally managed major roads and all minor roads. More on what council tax does and doesn't pay for.
What it adds up to
| Service | Per resident | Median |
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Environment and regulationDetails for Environment and regulation | £47 | £56 |
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Parks, leisure, libraries and cultureDetails for Parks, leisure, libraries and culture | £39 | £23 |
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Running the councilDetails for Running the council | £37 | £41 |
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Housing (not council homes)Details for Housing (not council homes) | £11 | £24 |
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Planning and developmentDetails for Planning and development | £9.35 | £22 |
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Roads and transportDetails for Roads and transport | £3.65 | £-4.53 |
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Other servicesDetails for Other services | £2.66 | £1.96 |
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- Amber Valley spent 30.0% of its gross service spending on its own staff in 2025-26 (median for district councils in England: 39.3%); the rest went on suppliers, contractors, grants, benefits and other running costs.
| Service | Per resident | Median |
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EducationDetails for Education | £784 | £714 |
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Adult social careDetails for Adult social care | £501 | £447 |
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Children's social careDetails for Children's social care | £231 | £242 |
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Environment and regulationDetails for Environment and regulation | £78 | £57 |
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Roads and transportDetails for Roads and transport | £71 | £65 |
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Public healthDetails for Public health | £65 | £52 |
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Running the councilDetails for Running the council | £24 | £21 |
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Parks, leisure, libraries and cultureDetails for Parks, leisure, libraries and culture | £17 | £16 |
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Other servicesDetails for Other services | £7.80 | £0.42 |
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Planning and developmentDetails for Planning and development | £6.49 | £4.63 |
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Housing (not council homes)Details for Housing (not council homes) | £2.24 | £3.07 |
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- Derbyshire County Council spent 32.0% of its gross service spending on its own staff in 2025-26 (median for county councils: 28.1%); the rest went on suppliers, contractors, grants, benefits and other running costs.
What this data does and doesn't show
- These are each body's own figures, as reported to government in its revenue outturn return. Net spending is after the fees, charges and grants a service brings in.
- Your bill is for 2026-27; it is shared out using the latest published return, which covers an earlier year. The mix of spending changes little from one year to the next, but it does change.
- Council tax is not ring-fenced: this shows your bill in proportion to spending, not what your money bought. Where a precept is set aside for adult social care, it is shown against adult social care.
- No council publishes spending at street or property level, so nothing here says what was spent near you.
- Sub-service lines are the ones the national returns itemise. Councils describe their own budgets differently; their budget books and statements of accounts have more detail.
Sources
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England: Table 10, local authority level data, published 25 March 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local authority revenue expenditure and financing: Revenue Outturn multi-year data set, published 28 September 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0.
How the split is worked out, and how the three nations' returns are matched to one list of services, is on the methodology page. The dataset is on the data page. See also council tax in Amber Valley and everything else about Amber Valley.
Common questions
- What does council tax pay for in Amber Valley?
- A Band D bill of £2,407.69 is split between Amber Valley, Derbyshire County Council, Derbyshire County Council: adult social care precept, this year's increase, Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable, Derbyshire Combined Fire and Rescue Authority, Parish and town councils (average for the area). In proportion to spending, the largest line is adult social care, £734.22.
- Is council tax ring-fenced for particular services?
- No. Council tax is pooled with grants, business rates and fees. The adult social care precept is the exception: councils raise it for adult social care.
Sources for this page
| Source | Publisher | Figures as of | Updated | Licence |
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| Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | the 2026–27 financial year | annual | Open Government Licence v3.0 |
| Local authority revenue expenditure and financing: Revenue Outturn multi-year data set | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 28 September 2026 | annual | Open Government Licence v3.0 |
Each source's figures are used under the licence shown. Our own words, analysis, charts and derived calculations are ours, under CC BY 4.0.