Response 3831444

Response to request for information

Reference

3831444

Response date

4 November 2025

Request

1. The total payments from your General Fund to your Pension Fund in the financial year 2024/25 and the burden of this cost measured as a proportion of the Council Tax revenue this consumed.
2. Any estimate for the total payments from your General Fund to your Pension Fund in the current financial year and the burden of this cost measured as a proportion of the Council Tax revenue this is expected to consume.
3. The total payments from your General Fund for debt interest in the financial year 2024/25 and the burden of this cost measured as a proportion of the Council Tax revenue this consumed.
4. Any estimate for the total payments from your General Fund for debt interest in the current financial year and the burden of this cost measured as a proportion of the Council Tax revenue this is expected to consume.

Response

1. The total payments from your General Fund to your Pension Fund in the financial year 2024/25 and the burden of this cost measured as a proportion of the Council Tax revenue this consumed.
   • see answer two.
2. Any estimate for the total payments from your General Fund to your Pension Fund in the current financial year and the burden of this cost measured as a proportion of the Council Tax revenue this is expected to consume.
   • 2024/25
     • Pension cost - £2,686,000
     • National allocation of pension costs - £479,000
     • Percentage allocation of pension costs to Council Tax - 5.7%
   • 2025/26 (estimate)
     • Pension cost - £2,735,000
     • National allocation of pension costs - £530,000
     • Percentage allocation of pension costs to Council Tax - 6.1%
3. The total payments from your General Fund for debt interest in the financial year 2024/25 and the burden of this cost measured as a proportion of the Council Tax revenue this consumed.
   • Nil
4. Any estimate for the total payments from your General Fund for debt interest in the current financial year and the burden of this cost measured as a proportion of the Council Tax revenue this is expected to consume.
   • Nil