Pension and debt interest
Case reference FOI2025/02073
Received 16 October 2025
Published 31 October 2025
Request
Please advise:
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
Response
Please advise:
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.
Answer: Total payments to the pension fund in 2024/25 were £21.6m, this being 16.0% of the Council Tax revenue.
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.
Answer: Total payments to the pension fund in 2025/26 are forecast to be £21.2m, this being 14.5% of the Council Tax revenue.
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.
Answer: Total payments for debt interest on borrowing in 2024/25 were £4.7m, this being 3.5% of the Council Tax revenue.
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.
Answer: Total payments for the debt interest on borrowing in 2025/26 for the loans currently outstanding is forecast to be £5.8m, this being 4.0% of the Council Tax revenue.
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