Your Council Tax 2020-21

Where our money comes from

Our total income is nearly £1,042m. This money comes from five sources, including your council tax. Around a third is handed directly to schools. We cannot influence how this money is spent. Of the remaining money, a large portion can only be used for specific services such as Public Health.

We have around £532m. available for day-to-day services for Staffordshire people over the coming year.

Living in Staffordshire

94% of Staffordshire residents surveyed are happy with their local area as a place to live.

The overall crime rate in Staffordshire is well below the average for England.

98% of residents surveyed feel safe in their local area during the day and around 85% feel safe when outside after dark, better than national averages.

Over the last 3 years £15m has been invested in road repairs, with more than 30,000 potholes fixed last year.

A great place to live

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79% of residents have a job, higher than regional and national averages.

Wages continue to rise and are above the West Midlands average.

High quality business sites across the county are currently contributing £5 million of business rates into funding local services every year.

Our Growth Programme is supporting construction of 15,000 new homes.

Jobs and growth

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Just 2% of 16 and 17-year-olds in Staffordshire are not in education, employment or training, better than the national average.

Adult skills levels have improved, with 56% of residents qualified to NVQ Level 3 and above. The proportion of working age residents with no qualifications is below the national average.

We have invested £37m. of EU funding to help more than 22,000 residents improve their skills and employability, with 9,200 securing a job, apprenticeship or further education.

Skills and education

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The percentage of people in Staffordshire who feel satisfied with their lives was 84% in 2018/19.

Teenage pregnancy rates in Staffordshire are falling.

Smoking-related deaths are reducing.

Health and wellbeing

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Supporting the Staffordshire family

Here are just some of the ways we are supporting Staffordshire residents...

• We support almost 2,000 vulnerable children either in our care, or through intensive support to their families.
• Creating up to 200 extra nursing home placements in areas of high demand.
• Funding 30 million hours of care each year for our growing, ageing population.
• Our fleet of 42 gritters and snow ploughs treat a road network 2,500km long. 
• Our amazing army of 426 foster carers is giving 497 local children a safe and happy home, and we are always working hard to recruit more carers.
• Extra investment at i54 South Staffordshire (part of a £480m Growth Programme) could see more than 15,000 new jobs on site, in addition to the 7,000 jobs already created there.
• Our school building programme will continue, with six new primary schools, a new first school, and the expansion of two secondary schools over the next year.
• Staffordshire Warmer Homes Fund is helping people warm their homes by installing fully funded central heating systems.
• An extra £8.1m will be spent on more frontline staff and work to keep children with their families rather than being taken into care.
• Our £32m partnership with Openreach and Government has enabled 80,000 properties so far to connect to superfast broadband.

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