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Somerset Council (UA)

E06000066 · 32 variables · history 2023-24 to 2025-26-Q4 · markdown view
Service spend per resident
£1,717
2024-25
Debt servicing / core spend
5.2%
2024-25
Recycling rate
55.5%
2024-25
Reserves cover
11.7%
2024-25
Social-care share of spend
43.1%
2024-25

Revenue Outturn

VariableTrendLatestUnitPeriod
Central services ratio2.88% of total service expenditure2024-25
Corporate overhead ratio0.91% of total service expenditure2024-25
Fees and charges recovery11.58% of gross service expenditure2024-25
Reserves cover11.71% of net revenue expenditure2024-25
Reserves drawdown rate-16.55% per year2024-25
Social care squeeze43.14% of total service expenditure2024-25
Spend per resident1,717£ per resident per year2024-25
Staff cost share per service · adult social care6.09% of gross service expenditure2024-25
Staff cost share per service · central services61.55% of gross service expenditure2024-25
Staff cost share per service · childrens social care21.71% of gross service expenditure2024-25
Staff cost share per service · cultural36.18% of gross service expenditure2024-25
Staff cost share per service · education38.92% of gross service expenditure2024-25
Staff cost share per service · environmental10.49% of gross service expenditure2024-25
Staff cost share per service · highways transport20.89% of gross service expenditure2024-25
Staff cost share per service · housing gf32.1% of gross service expenditure2024-25
Staff cost share per service · planning34.96% of gross service expenditure2024-25
Staff cost share per service · public health41.72% of gross service expenditure2024-25
Tax collection cost per pound collected10.53£ per £000 collected2024-25
Waste cost per tonne193.35£ per tonne2024-25

Capital & debt

VariableTrendLatestUnitPeriod
Asset sale reliance0.3ratio2024-25
Debt growth rate1.99%/yr2024-25
Debt servicing share0.05ratio2024-25
Debt to core spend0.97ratio (£/£)2024-25
Internal borrowing gap0.34ratio2024-25
MRP adequacy0.02ratio (yr⁻¹)2024-25
PWLB dependence2023-24-Q1 to 2025-26-Q40.72ratio2025-26-Q4

Temporary accommodation

VariableTrendLatestUnitPeriod
B&B share of TA0.56ratio (0–1)2025-26-Q4
Nightly paid share of TA0.13ratio (0–1)2025-26-Q4
Own stock share of TA0.2ratio (0–1)2025-26-Q4
TA 5 years plus2households2025-26-Q4
TA B&B children over 6 weeks2households2025-26-Q4
TA B&B mean stay days41days2025-26-Q4
TA la ha stock total66households2025-26-Q4
TA out of area rate0.04households per 1,000 households2025-26-Q4
TA spend per household in TA16,755£ per household per year2024-25

WasteDataFlow

VariableTrendLatestUnitPeriod
Cost per tonne (£)193.35GBP/tonne2024-25
Household recycling rate (%)55.5percent2024-25
Household waste per person (kg)441.1kg/person/year2024-25
Landfill share (%)1.3percent2024-25
Recycling cost per recycled tonne (£)43.43GBP/tonne recycled2024-25
Residual waste per household (kg)428kg/household/year2024-25