Explore the published budget | 2026/27

Could you set Waverley's budget?

Five rounds of guessing: how Waverley splits each pound it spends on services, how the county council splits its own, who takes your Band D bill, where the money comes from, and what happens to reserves.

Each round can be skipped. Answers and sources follow each round; the full published tables remain below.

Council servicesSplit each pound Waverley spends on services.
County servicesSplit each pound the county council spends on services.
Your billGuess who takes each part of a Band D bill.
FundingGuess where the money comes from.
ReservesGuess what happens to reserves.

The published budget

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The figures as a table

Waverley's published split
	Amount	Share	Squares
Adult Social Care	£1,066,000	4.1%	4
Cultural and Related Services	£1,843,000	7.2%	7
Environmental and Regulatory Services	£8,656,000	33.6%	34
Planning and Development Services	£6,364,000	24.7%	25
Central Services	£6,771,000	26.3%	26
Other	£1,058,000	4.1%	4
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2026 to 2027 budget individual local authority data, RA_LA_Data_2026-27, 2026/27. Published 11 June 2026.

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2026 to 2027 budget individual local authority data, RA_LA_Data_2026-27, 2026/27. Published 11 June 2026.

The figures as a table

Surrey County Council's published split
	Amount	Share	Squares
Education Services	£930,346,000	44.0%	44
Highways and Transport	£101,690,000	4.8%	5
Children's Social Care	£271,262,000	12.8%	13
Adult Social Care	£576,118,000	27.2%	27
Public Health	£52,949,000	2.5%	3
Housing Services (General Fund Revenue Account [GFRA] only)	£2,958,000	0.1%	0
Cultural and Related Services	£15,545,000	0.7%	1
Environmental and Regulatory Services	£92,742,000	4.4%	4
Planning and Development Services	£6,054,000	0.3%	0
Fire	£50,855,000	2.4%	2
Central Services	£14,154,000	0.7%	1
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2026 to 2027 budget individual local authority data, RA_LA_Data_2026-27, 2026/27. Published 11 June 2026.

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2026 to 2027 budget individual local authority data, RA_LA_Data_2026-27, 2026/27. Published 11 June 2026.

The figures as a table

The published Band D bill split
	Amount	Share	Squares
Waverley, including average local precepts	£313.88	12.0%	12
County or GLA: Surrey	£1,938.42	74.4%	74
Police: Surrey PCC	£352.57	13.5%	14
Published Band D area average	£2,604.87	100%	100
Source: MHCLG, Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, Data Billing and Precepting Bodies, 2026/27. Published 25 March 2026.

Source: MHCLG, Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, Data Billing and Precepting Bodies, 2026/27. Published 25 March 2026.

The figures as a table

Funding by magnitude
	Funding magnitudes, with add or deduct direction
Council tax requirement	£18,831,000
Revenue Support Grant	£3,822,000
Other items	£1,418,000
Specific grants inside AEF	£1,191,000
Use of or addition to reserves	£50,000
Retained business rates	£0
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2026 to 2027 budget individual local authority data, RA_LA_Data_2026-27, 2026/27. Published 11 June 2026.

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2026 to 2027 budget individual local authority data, RA_LA_Data_2026-27, 2026/27. Published 11 June 2026.

The figures as a table

Reserves at the start and end of the year
	Non-ringfenced reserve balances
Start of year	£5,438,000
End of year	£5,388,000
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2026 to 2027 budget individual local authority data, RA_LA_Data_2026-27, 2026/27. Published 11 June 2026.

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2026 to 2027 budget individual local authority data, RA_LA_Data_2026-27, 2026/27. Published 11 June 2026.

Council budget | 2026/27

Waverley

Observed budget: net current expenditure by service. Figures are net of sales, fees and charges, and transfers between local authorities and from other delivery bodies. NHS-funded expenditure, such as through the Better Care Fund, is excluded.

Amounts are shown in pounds, converted from the printed whole thousands of pounds. Zero service headings are omitted; a negative service total is labelled net income.

Waverley: net current expenditure by service, 2026/27
MHCLG service heading	RA line	Pounds
Highways and Transport	290	-£4,305,000net income
Children's Social Care	330	-£15,000net income
Adult Social Care	360	£1,066,000
Housing Services (General Fund Revenue Account [GFRA] only)	490	-£6,801,000net income
Cultural and Related Services	509	£1,843,000
Environmental and Regulatory Services	590	£8,656,000
Planning and Development Services	599	£6,364,000
Central Services	690	£6,771,000
Other	698	£1,058,000
Total service expenditure	799	£14,637,000

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2026 to 2027 budget individual local authority data, RA_LA_Data_2026-27, published 11 June 2026.

The education service total and Dedicated Schools Grant are both reported as zero for this council in this return.

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2026 to 2027 budget individual local authority data, SG_LA_Data_2026-27, published 11 June 2026.

Special schools and alternative provision (RA line 140): £0. SEND spending also sits in other education and transport lines; this return does not total it.

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2026 to 2027 budget individual local authority data, RA_LA_Data_2026-27, published 11 June 2026.

Read the service sub-lines

Waverley: Highways and Transport, 2026/27 sub-lines
Printed label	RA line	Pounds
Transport planning, policy and strategy	210	£0
Structural maintenance	230	£0
Environmental, safety and routine maintenance	247	£0
Winter service	248	£0
Street lighting (including energy costs)	249	£0
Traffic management and road safety: congestion charging	251	£0
Traffic management and road safety: traffic management: bus lane enforcement	252	£0
Traffic management and road safety: road safety education and safe routes (including school crossing patrols)	254	£0
Traffic management and road safety: other	258	£0
Parking services	260	-£4,305,000net income
Public transport: statutory concessionary fares	271	£0
Public transport: discretionary concessionary fares	272	£0
Public transport: support to operators	275	£0
Public transport: co-ordination	276	£0
Airports, harbours and toll facilities	280	£0

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2026 to 2027 budget individual local authority data, RA_LA_Data_2026-27, published 11 June 2026.

Waverley: Children's Social Care, 2026/27 sub-lines
Printed label	RA line	Pounds
Children's social care: Sure start children's centres early years	310	£0
Children's social care: Children looked after	313	£0
Children's social care: Other children and family services	315	£0
Children's social care: Family support services	322	£0
Children's social care: Youth justice	323	£0
Children's social care: Safeguarding children and young people’s services	325	£0
Children's social care: Asylum seekers	326	£0
Children's social care: Services for young people	327	-£15,000net income

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2026 to 2027 budget individual local authority data, RA_LA_Data_2026-27, published 11 June 2026.

Waverley: Adult Social Care, 2026/27 sub-lines
Printed label	RA line	Pounds
Physical support: adults (18 to 64)	332	£0
Physical support: older people (65+)	333	£0
Sensory support: adults (18 to 64)	334	£0
Sensory support: older people (65+)	335	£0
Support with memory and cognition: adults (18 to 64)	336	£0
Support with memory and cognition: older people (65+)	337	£0
Learning disability support: adults (18 to 64)	340	£0
Learning disability support: older people (65+)	341	£0
Mental health support: adults (18 to 64)	344	£0
Mental health support: older people (65+)	345	£0
Social support: Substance misuse support	348	£0
Social support: Asylum seeker support	349	£0
Social support: Support for carer	350	£0
Social support: Social Isolation	351	£0
Assistive equipment and technology	353	£0
Care assessment and safeguarding	354	-£74,000net income
Information and early intervention (non-attributable costs)	355	£328,000
Commissioning, strategy and admin support	356	£812,000

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2026 to 2027 budget individual local authority data, RA_LA_Data_2026-27, published 11 June 2026.

Waverley: Housing Services (General Fund Revenue Account [GFRA] only), 2026/27 sub-lines
Printed label	RA line	Pounds
Housing strategy, advice, advances, enabling, renewals and licensing	409	£831,000
Homelessness	440	£201,000
Housing benefits: rent allowances and rent rebates: discretionary payments	456	-£8,434,000net income
Housing benefits administration	457	£630,000
Other council property: travellers' sites and non-HRA council property	460	£0
Housing welfare: Supporting People	475	£0
Other welfare services	478	-£29,000net income

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2026 to 2027 budget individual local authority data, RA_LA_Data_2026-27, published 11 June 2026.

Waverley: Cultural and Related Services, 2026/27 sub-lines
Printed label	RA line	Pounds
Archives	500	£0
Culture and heritage (excluding Archives)	501	£178,000
Recreation and sport	506	-£669,000net income
Open spaces	507	£2,334,000
Tourism	504	£0
Library service	505	£0

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2026 to 2027 budget individual local authority data, RA_LA_Data_2026-27, published 11 June 2026.

Waverley: Environmental and Regulatory Services, 2026/27 sub-lines
Printed label	RA line	Pounds
Cemetery, cremation and mortuary services	510	£23,000
Regulatory services: Trading standards	519	£0
Regulatory services: Water safety	520	£0
Regulatory services: Food safety	521	£2,000
Regulatory services: Environmental protection; noise and nuisance	522	£1,320,000
Regulatory services: Housing standards	523	-£11,000net income
Regulatory services: Health and safety	524	£159,000
Regulatory services: Port health (excluding levies)	525	£0
Regulatory services: Port health levies	526	£0
Regulatory services: Pest control	527	£102,000
Regulatory services: Public conveniences	528	£0
Regulatory services: Animal and public health; infectious disease	529	£7,000
Regulatory services: Licensing: Alcohol and entertainment licensing; taxi licensing	530	£178,000
Community safety (Crime reduction)	531	£0
Community safety (Safety services)	532	£225,000
Community safety (CCTV)	533	£0
Defences against flooding	541	£37,000
Land drainage and related work (excluding levy / Special levies)	543	£0
Land drainage and related work: Levy / Special levies	544	£0
Coast protection	547	£0
Agriculture and fisheries services	550	£0
Street cleansing (not chargeable to Highways)	570	£1,542,000
Waste collection	581	£2,440,000
Waste disposal	582	£0
Trade waste	583	£0
Recycling	584	£2,279,000
Waste minimisation	585	£0
Climate change costs	586	£353,000

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2026 to 2027 budget individual local authority data, RA_LA_Data_2026-27, published 11 June 2026.

Waverley: Planning and Development Services, 2026/27 sub-lines
Printed label	RA line	Pounds
Building control	591	£260,000
Development control	592	£3,392,000
Planning policy	593	£853,000
Environmental initiatives	594	£0
Economic development	595	£873,000
Community development	596	£320,000
Economic research	597	£0
Business Support (b)	598	£666,000

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2026 to 2027 budget individual local authority data, RA_LA_Data_2026-27, published 11 June 2026.

Waverley: Central Services, 2026/27 sub-lines
Printed label	RA line	Pounds
Coroners' court services	604	£0
Other court services	605	£0
Corporate and democratic core	610	£5,089,000
Local tax collection: council tax discounts: locally funded	623	£0
Local tax collection: council tax support administration	625	£0
Local tax collection: other	628	£1,075,000
Emergency planning	650	£0
Central services to the public: other	675	£507,000
Non-distributed costs: retirement benefits	681	£100,000
Non-distributed costs: costs of unused shares of IT facilities and other assets	682	£0
Non-distributed costs: revenue expenditure on surplus assets	684	£0

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2026 to 2027 budget individual local authority data, RA_LA_Data_2026-27, published 11 June 2026.

Where the money comes from

Revenue expenditure is a different measure from service expenditure. The funding view below rearranges MHCLG's financing identity: line 900 plus lines 904 to 985 equals line 990. Amounts are positive magnitudes; the direction shows which are added or deducted to reach revenue expenditure. An addition to reserves is deducted from available funding.

Waverley: calculated funding view of revenue expenditure, 2026/27
Funding item	RA lines	Direction	Pounds
Specific grants inside AEF	904	Add	£1,191,000
Revenue Support Grant	951	Add	£3,822,000
Retained business rates	970	No contribution	£0
Council tax requirement	990	Add	£18,831,000
Use of or addition to reserves	911, 913, 914, 915, 916	Add	£50,000
Other items	906, 956, 980, 985	Deduct	£1,418,000
Revenue expenditure	900		£22,476,000

Calculated by grouping financing lines and reversing their signs, except the council tax requirement. Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2026 to 2027 budget individual local authority data, RA_LA_Data_2026-27, published 11 June 2026.

Council tax requirement includes parish precepts. This RA budget figure and the Table 10 bill figures are separate returns; neither has been adjusted to force agreement. The funding reserves group includes the financing lines for schools, DSG and public health as well as other earmarked and unallocated reserves. The non-ringfenced balances below use only other earmarked and unallocated reserves.

Read the financing lines as printed

Waverley: observed RA financing lines, 2026/27, with printed signs
Printed label	RA line	Pounds
REVENUE EXPENDITURE	900	£22,476,000
Specific and special grants inside AEF [SG line 699 as income]	904	-£1,191,000
Inter-authority transfers in respect of reorganisation	906	£0
Appropriations to(+)/ from(-) schools' reserves	911	£0
Appropriations to(+)/ from(-) dedicated schools grant reserves	913	£0
Appropriations to(+)/ from(-) public health financial reserves	914	£0
Appropriations to(+)/ from(-) other earmarked financial reserves	915	-£50,000
Appropriations to(+)/ from(-) unallocated financial reserves	916	£0
Revenue Support Grant	951	-£3,822,000
Police grant	956	£0
Retained income from Rate Retention Scheme **	970	£0
Collection fund surpluses and deficits for Council Tax	980	£1,418,000
Other Items	985	£0
COUNCIL TAX REQUIREMENT (total of lines 900 to 985)	990	£18,831,000

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2026 to 2027 budget individual local authority data, RA_LA_Data_2026-27, published 11 June 2026.

Non-ringfenced reserves

Other earmarked reserves and unallocated reserves only. These are the council's planned start and end balances in the budget return.

Waverley: non-ringfenced reserve balances, 2026/27, in pounds
Reserve	RA line	Start of year	End of year
Other earmarked reserves	1015	£1,500,000	£1,450,000
Unallocated reserves	1016	£3,938,000	£3,938,000
Calculated total	1015 + 1016	£5,438,000	£5,388,000

Total calculated as other earmarked reserves plus unallocated reserves. Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2026 to 2027 budget individual local authority data, RA_LA_Data_2026-27, published 11 June 2026.

MHCLG cautions: “It is not possible to identify usable revenue reserves in the current release.” Local authority revenue expenditure and financing: 2026/27 budget, England, published 11 June 2026, reserves section.

County budget | 2026/27

Surrey County Council

Observed budget: net current expenditure by service. Figures are net of sales, fees and charges, and transfers between local authorities and from other delivery bodies. NHS-funded expenditure, such as through the Better Care Fund, is excluded.

Amounts are shown in pounds, converted from the printed whole thousands of pounds. Zero service headings are omitted; a negative service total is labelled net income.

Surrey: net current expenditure by service, 2026/27
MHCLG service heading	RA line	Pounds
Education Services Most schools spending is paid for by the Dedicated Schools Grant, a ring-fenced government grant: £666,556,000 in 2026/27. Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2026 to 2027 budget individual local authority data, SG_LA_Data_2026-27, published 11 June 2026.	190	£930,346,000
Highways and Transport	290	£101,690,000
Children's Social Care	330	£271,262,000
Adult Social Care	360	£576,118,000
Public Health	390	£52,949,000
Housing Services (General Fund Revenue Account [GFRA] only)	490	£2,958,000
Cultural and Related Services	509	£15,545,000
Environmental and Regulatory Services	590	£92,742,000
Planning and Development Services	599	£6,054,000
Fire	602	£50,855,000
Central Services	690	£14,154,000
Total service expenditure	799	£2,114,673,000

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2026 to 2027 budget individual local authority data, RA_LA_Data_2026-27, published 11 June 2026.

Special schools and alternative provision (RA line 140): £211,007,000. SEND spending also sits in other education and transport lines; this return does not total it.

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2026 to 2027 budget individual local authority data, RA_LA_Data_2026-27, published 11 June 2026.

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Surrey: Education Services, 2026/27 sub-lines
Printed label	RA line	Pounds
Early years	110	£246,177,000
Primary schools	120	£258,979,000
Secondary schools	130	£77,703,000
Special schools and alternative provision	140	£211,007,000
Post-16 provision	145	£10,737,000
Other education and community budget	165	£125,743,000

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2026 to 2027 budget individual local authority data, RA_LA_Data_2026-27, published 11 June 2026.

Surrey: Highways and Transport, 2026/27 sub-lines
Printed label	RA line	Pounds
Transport planning, policy and strategy	210	£4,855,000
Structural maintenance	230	£5,959,000
Environmental, safety and routine maintenance	247	£34,063,000
Winter service	248	£2,490,000
Street lighting (including energy costs)	249	£17,004,000
Traffic management and road safety: congestion charging	251	£0
Traffic management and road safety: traffic management: bus lane enforcement	252	£0
Traffic management and road safety: road safety education and safe routes (including school crossing patrols)	254	£2,396,000
Traffic management and road safety: other	258	£1,932,000
Parking services	260	£37,000
Public transport: statutory concessionary fares	271	£9,061,000
Public transport: discretionary concessionary fares	272	£1,114,000
Public transport: support to operators	275	£22,225,000
Public transport: co-ordination	276	£554,000
Airports, harbours and toll facilities	280	£0

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2026 to 2027 budget individual local authority data, RA_LA_Data_2026-27, published 11 June 2026.

Surrey: Children's Social Care, 2026/27 sub-lines
Printed label	RA line	Pounds
Children's social care: Sure start children's centres early years	310	£7,686,000
Children's social care: Children looked after	313	£117,345,000
Children's social care: Other children and family services	315	£0
Children's social care: Family support services	322	£47,513,000
Children's social care: Youth justice	323	£2,983,000
Children's social care: Safeguarding children and young people’s services	325	£72,097,000
Children's social care: Asylum seekers	326	£9,345,000
Children's social care: Services for young people	327	£14,293,000

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2026 to 2027 budget individual local authority data, RA_LA_Data_2026-27, published 11 June 2026.

Surrey: Adult Social Care, 2026/27 sub-lines
Printed label	RA line	Pounds
Physical support: adults (18 to 64)	332	£42,844,000
Physical support: older people (65+)	333	£139,932,000
Sensory support: adults (18 to 64)	334	£2,550,000
Sensory support: older people (65+)	335	£751,000
Support with memory and cognition: adults (18 to 64)	336	£2,510,000
Support with memory and cognition: older people (65+)	337	£22,010,000
Learning disability support: adults (18 to 64)	340	£190,280,000
Learning disability support: older people (65+)	341	£33,458,000
Mental health support: adults (18 to 64)	344	£17,797,000
Mental health support: older people (65+)	345	£12,437,000
Social support: Substance misuse support	348	£660,000
Social support: Asylum seeker support	349	£0
Social support: Support for carer	350	£727,000
Social support: Social Isolation	351	£1,245,000
Assistive equipment and technology	353	£219,000
Care assessment and safeguarding	354	£37,814,000
Information and early intervention (non-attributable costs)	355	£0
Commissioning, strategy and admin support	356	£70,884,000

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2026 to 2027 budget individual local authority data, RA_LA_Data_2026-27, published 11 June 2026.

Surrey: Public Health, 2026/27 sub-lines
Printed label	RA line	Pounds
Sexual health services: STI testing and treatment (prescribed functions)	361	£5,672,000
Sexual health services: Contraception (prescribed functions)	362	£2,179,000
Sexual health services: Advice, prevention and promotion (non-prescribed functions)	363	£506,000
NHS health check programme (prescribed functions)	365	£836,000
Health protection: Local authority role in health protection (prescribed functions)	366	£691,000
National child measurement programme (prescribed functions)	368	£193,000
Public health advice (prescribed functions)	370	£301,000
Obesity: adults	371	£367,000
Obesity: children	372	£453,000
Physical activity: adults	373	£61,000
Physical activity: children	374	£99,000
Substance misuse: Adult drug and alcohol treatment and recovery services and commissioning	376	£9,751,000
Substance misuse: Adult drug and alcohol prevention	378	£2,238,000
Substance misuse: Children and young people specialist substance use services and prevention	380	£862,000
Smoking and tobacco: Stop smoking services and interventions	381	£1,862,000
Smoking and tobacco: Wider tobacco control	382	£166,000
Children 5 to 19 public health programmes	383	£5,215,000
Miscellaneous public health services: Mandated 0-5 children’s services (prescribed functions)	384	£11,480,000
Miscellaneous public health services: All Other 0-5 children’s services (non-prescribed functions)	385	£1,740,000
Health at work	386	£115,000
Public mental health	387	£2,268,000
Miscellaneous public health services: other	389	£5,894,000

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2026 to 2027 budget individual local authority data, RA_LA_Data_2026-27, published 11 June 2026.

Surrey: Housing Services (General Fund Revenue Account [GFRA] only), 2026/27 sub-lines
Printed label	RA line	Pounds
Housing strategy, advice, advances, enabling, renewals and licensing	409	£0
Homelessness	440	£0
Housing benefits: rent allowances and rent rebates: discretionary payments	456	£0
Housing benefits administration	457	£0
Other council property: travellers' sites and non-HRA council property	460	£0
Housing welfare: Supporting People	475	£2,921,000
Other welfare services	478	£37,000

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2026 to 2027 budget individual local authority data, RA_LA_Data_2026-27, published 11 June 2026.

Surrey: Cultural and Related Services, 2026/27 sub-lines
Printed label	RA line	Pounds
Archives	500	£1,010,000
Culture and heritage (excluding Archives)	501	£1,516,000
Recreation and sport	506	£0
Open spaces	507	£3,865,000
Tourism	504	£0
Library service	505	£9,154,000

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2026 to 2027 budget individual local authority data, RA_LA_Data_2026-27, published 11 June 2026.

Surrey: Environmental and Regulatory Services, 2026/27 sub-lines
Printed label	RA line	Pounds
Cemetery, cremation and mortuary services	510	£0
Regulatory services: Trading standards	519	£2,090,000
Regulatory services: Water safety	520	£0
Regulatory services: Food safety	521	£0
Regulatory services: Environmental protection; noise and nuisance	522	£0
Regulatory services: Housing standards	523	£0
Regulatory services: Health and safety	524	£0
Regulatory services: Port health (excluding levies)	525	£0
Regulatory services: Port health levies	526	£0
Regulatory services: Pest control	527	£0
Regulatory services: Public conveniences	528	£0
Regulatory services: Animal and public health; infectious disease	529	£0
Regulatory services: Licensing: Alcohol and entertainment licensing; taxi licensing	530	£0
Community safety (Crime reduction)	531	£0
Community safety (Safety services)	532	£0
Community safety (CCTV)	533	£0
Defences against flooding	541	£0
Land drainage and related work (excluding levy / Special levies)	543	£64,000
Land drainage and related work: Levy / Special levies	544	£0
Coast protection	547	£0
Agriculture and fisheries services	550	£0
Street cleansing (not chargeable to Highways)	570	£0
Waste collection	581	£0
Waste disposal	582	£78,520,000
Trade waste	583	£0
Recycling	584	£9,154,000
Waste minimisation	585	£1,024,000
Climate change costs	586	£1,890,000

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2026 to 2027 budget individual local authority data, RA_LA_Data_2026-27, published 11 June 2026.

Surrey: Planning and Development Services, 2026/27 sub-lines
Printed label	RA line	Pounds
Building control	591	£0
Development control	592	£1,537,000
Planning policy	593	£1,147,000
Environmental initiatives	594	£0
Economic development	595	£1,178,000
Community development	596	£2,192,000
Economic research	597	£0
Business Support (b)	598	£0

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2026 to 2027 budget individual local authority data, RA_LA_Data_2026-27, published 11 June 2026.

Surrey: Central Services, 2026/27 sub-lines
Printed label	RA line	Pounds
Coroners' court services	604	£4,933,000
Other court services	605	£0
Corporate and democratic core	610	£2,174,000
Local tax collection: council tax discounts: locally funded	623	£0
Local tax collection: council tax support administration	625	£0
Local tax collection: other	628	£0
Emergency planning	650	£723,000
Central services to the public: other	675	£6,324,000
Non-distributed costs: retirement benefits	681	£0
Non-distributed costs: costs of unused shares of IT facilities and other assets	682	£0
Non-distributed costs: revenue expenditure on surplus assets	684	£0

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2026 to 2027 budget individual local authority data, RA_LA_Data_2026-27, published 11 June 2026.

Where the money comes from

Revenue expenditure is a different measure from service expenditure. The funding view below rearranges MHCLG's financing identity: line 900 plus lines 904 to 985 equals line 990. Amounts are positive magnitudes; the direction shows which are added or deducted to reach revenue expenditure. An addition to reserves is deducted from available funding.

Surrey: calculated funding view of revenue expenditure, 2026/27
Funding item	RA lines	Direction	Pounds
Specific grants inside AEF	904	Add	£794,324,000
Revenue Support Grant	951	Add	£171,170,000
Retained business rates	970	Add	£38,100,000
Council tax requirement	990	Add	£1,032,988,000
Use of or addition to reserves	911, 913, 914, 915, 916	Add	£40,211,000
Other items	906, 956, 980, 985	Add	£11,000,000
Revenue expenditure	900		£2,087,793,000

Calculated by grouping financing lines and reversing their signs, except the council tax requirement. Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2026 to 2027 budget individual local authority data, RA_LA_Data_2026-27, published 11 June 2026.

Council tax requirement includes parish precepts. This RA budget figure and the Table 10 bill figures are separate returns; neither has been adjusted to force agreement. The funding reserves group includes the financing lines for schools, DSG and public health as well as other earmarked and unallocated reserves. The non-ringfenced balances below use only other earmarked and unallocated reserves.

Read the financing lines as printed

Surrey: observed RA financing lines, 2026/27, with printed signs
Printed label	RA line	Pounds
REVENUE EXPENDITURE	900	£2,087,793,000
Specific and special grants inside AEF [SG line 699 as income]	904	-£794,324,000
Inter-authority transfers in respect of reorganisation	906	£0
Appropriations to(+)/ from(-) schools' reserves	911	£0
Appropriations to(+)/ from(-) dedicated schools grant reserves	913	£0
Appropriations to(+)/ from(-) public health financial reserves	914	£0
Appropriations to(+)/ from(-) other earmarked financial reserves	915	-£40,211,000
Appropriations to(+)/ from(-) unallocated financial reserves	916	£0
Revenue Support Grant	951	-£171,170,000
Police grant	956	£0
Retained income from Rate Retention Scheme **	970	-£38,100,000
Collection fund surpluses and deficits for Council Tax	980	-£11,000,000
Other Items	985	£0
COUNCIL TAX REQUIREMENT (total of lines 900 to 985)	990	£1,032,988,000

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2026 to 2027 budget individual local authority data, RA_LA_Data_2026-27, published 11 June 2026.

Non-ringfenced reserves

Other earmarked reserves and unallocated reserves only. These are the council's planned start and end balances in the budget return.

Surrey: non-ringfenced reserve balances, 2026/27, in pounds
Reserve	RA line	Start of year	End of year
Other earmarked reserves	1015	£290,427,000	£250,216,000
Unallocated reserves	1016	£0	£0
Calculated total	1015 + 1016	£290,427,000	£250,216,000

Total calculated as other earmarked reserves plus unallocated reserves. Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2026 to 2027 budget individual local authority data, RA_LA_Data_2026-27, published 11 June 2026.

MHCLG cautions: “It is not possible to identify usable revenue reserves in the current release.” Local authority revenue expenditure and financing: 2026/27 budget, England, published 11 June 2026, reserves section.

County budget | Social care

Surrey County Council: per resident

These figures use the county’s budget and the ONS county population. No social care ratio is calculated for Waverley district.

A ratio is a budget divided by a head count. It does not measure need, efficiency, value or spending on an individual recipient.

Adult social care per adult

£582

Calculated from £576,118,000 divided by 989,683 residents aged 18 and over. Shown to the nearest pound.

MHCLG RA budget 2026/27, Part 1, lines 360; ONS population estimates, mid-2025, MYE2 Persons.

The population estimate is for mid-2025; the budget is for 2026/27.

Lines used in this calculation

Line 360: TOTAL ADULT SOCIAL CARE.

Adult social care attributed to working-age adults, per resident aged 18 to 64

£344

Calculated from £255,981,000 divided by 744,661 residents aged 18 to 64. Shown to the nearest pound.

MHCLG RA budget 2026/27, Part 1, lines 332, 334, 336, 340, 344; ONS population estimates, mid-2025, MYE2 Persons.

The population estimate is for mid-2025; the budget is for 2026/27.

Lines used in this calculation

Line 332: Physical support: adults (18 to 64).
Line 334: Sensory support: adults (18 to 64).
Line 336: Support with memory and cognition: adults (18 to 64).
Line 340: Learning disability support: adults (18 to 64).
Line 344: Mental health support: adults (18 to 64).

Adult social care attributed to older people, per resident aged 65 and over

£851

Calculated from £208,588,000 divided by 245,022 residents aged 65 and over. Shown to the nearest pound.

MHCLG RA budget 2026/27, Part 1, lines 333, 335, 337, 341, 345; ONS population estimates, mid-2025, MYE2 Persons.

The population estimate is for mid-2025; the budget is for 2026/27.

Lines used in this calculation

Line 333: Physical support: older people (65+).
Line 335: Sensory support: older people (65+).
Line 337: Support with memory and cognition: older people (65+).
Line 341: Learning disability support: older people (65+).
Line 345: Mental health support: older people (65+).

Children’s social care per child

£1,021

Calculated from £271,262,000 divided by 265,572 residents under 18. Shown to the nearest pound.

MHCLG RA budget 2026/27, Part 1, lines 330; ONS population estimates, mid-2025, MYE2 Persons.

The population estimate is for mid-2025; the budget is for 2026/27.

Lines used in this calculation

Line 330: TOTAL CHILDREN'S SOCIAL CARE.

Adult social care not attributed by age

£111,549,000 (19.4% of adult social care line 360).

Calculated as adult social care line 360 (£576,118,000) less the ten age lines above. The share is this amount divided by line 360, multiplied by 100 and shown to one decimal place. This covers social support, assistive equipment, assessment and safeguarding, information and early intervention, and commissioning.

The two age ratios use different populations and exclude this amount. They do not add up to the adult ratio.

Line 360 less lines 332, 334, 336, 340, 344, 333, 335, 337, 341 and 345. Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2026 to 2027 budget individual local authority data, RA_LA_Data_2026-27, published 11 June 2026.

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2026 to 2027 budget individual local authority data, RA_LA_Data_2026-27, published 11 June 2026.

Single years grouped as under 18, 18 to 64, 65 and over, and 18 and over. Source: Office for National Statistics, Population estimates for the UK, England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland: mid-2025, MYE2 Persons, published 1 October 2026.

How per resident figures are calculated

Your bill

Published Band D area averages for 2026/27. Parish charges are averaged into the council line and already included in the total. Do not add them again. An area average is not an exact bill for an address.

Waverley: published Band D bill components, 2026/27
Part of the bill	Charging body	Annual Band D
Council, including average local precepts	Waverley	£313.88
County or GLA	Surrey	£1,938.42
Police	Surrey PCC	£352.57
Fire	No separate precept reported	£0.00
Combined authority	No separate precept reported	£0.00
Published area average, including all precepts		£2,604.87

Source: MHCLG, Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027: Table 10, Table 10, Data Billing and Precepting Bodies, published 25 March 2026.

The council's own Band D, excluding local precepts, is £220.25. This is a separate measure, not an additional charge.

Adult social care is included in council charges. Police and fire may be funded within another line. A zero separate precept does not mean the service is absent.

Published whole-bill charges by band

Choose a band to read its published area average. The component breakdown above is available for Band D only; other bands' component charges are not inferred.

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Band A, 2026/27, for the year£1,736.58£173.66 a month over ten instalments, rounded

Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9, published 25 March 2026.