Levies And Precepts
| Enviroment Agency | Yorkshire Reginal Flood and Costal Committee | Trent Regional Flood and Costal Committee | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 (£'000) | 2024/25 (£'000) | 2023/24 (£'000) | 2024/25 (£'000) | |
| Gross Expenditure | 118,709 | 133,559 | 78,822 | 82,164 |
| Levies Requirement | 2,833 | 2,946 | 2,268 | 2,313 |
| Total increase in levy | 3.0% | 4.0% | 2.0% | 2.0% |
| Council Tax Base (Band D Properties) | 1,560 | 1,581 | 1,904 | 1,930 |
| Levy paid by Rotherham Council | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| 102,309 | 106,035 | 18,838 | 19,148 | |
NOTE: The Environment Agency has powers in respect of flood defence. The flood defence levy is spent on the construction of new flood defence schemes, the maintenance of the river system and existing flood defences together with the operation of a flood warning system and management of the risk of costal erosion.
The majority of funding for flood defence comes directly from the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). However, under the new Partnership Funding rule not all schemes will attract full central funding. To provide local funding for local priorities and contributions for partnership funding, the Regional Flood and Coastal Committees recommend a local levy through the Environment Agency. A change in the gross budgeted expenditure between years reflects the programme of works for both capital and revenue needed by the Regional Flood and Coastal Committees to which the Council contributes.
Rotherham also pays a Special Levy to the Danum Drainage Commissioners of £4,413 in 2024/25 (£4,204 in 2023/24).
Transport Levy
Details of the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (MCA) Levy for transport which was set at the authority’s meeting in January 2023 can be found at the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority website:
South Yorkshire MCA (southyorkshire-ca.gov.uk)
Pensions Levy
Responsibility for early retirement compensation payments awarded by the former South Yorkshire County Council and South Yorkshire Residuary Body passed to the Pensions Authority when it was created in 1988. However, the same statutory instrument that created the Pensions Authority made provision for the four District Councils to reimburse the cost of those payments on a proportional basis according to Council Tax Base. The Levy is the mechanism by which that reimbursement is achieved. Details of the budget can be found at Governance (sypensions.org.uk)
The share for Rotherham Council was £68,349 in 2023/24 and is estimated to be £55,000 in 2024/25.
South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commisioner Precept
Details of the South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner’s precept for 2024/25 which was considered at the meeting of the Public Accountability Board on 26th February are available at the South Yorkshire PCC website or via the link below.
South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority Precept
Details of the South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority precept for 2024/25 can be found at the South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue website:
What we spend and how we spend it - South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue (syfire.gov.uk)