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Where the money goes

The published budget and council tax bill. Budgeted spending is a plan; audited accounts show the eventual outturn.

The budget

£285.2m

Net revenue budget

Planned expenditure, not actual outturn. General Fund; education excludes schools.

Southampton City Council · 2026/27 budget

Checked 3 October 2026

£691.2m

Gross General Fund expenditure

Planned expenditure, not actual outturn. General Fund; education excludes schools.

Southampton City Council · 2026/27 budget

Checked 3 October 2026

£2,381.48

Band D council tax: full bill

Full bill includes the council, police and fire precepts.

Southampton City Council · 2026/27

Checked 3 October 2026

Service spending

Selected net service budgets. These exclude central costs and are not the whole budget.

Planned net service spending2026/27 · £ million
Social care£162.54m
Community, transport, housing and environment£41.79m
Museums, libraries and culture£10.26m
Education and learning£16.22m
Planning, licensing, elections and regulation£12.07m

Source: Southampton City Council · 2026/27 budget

Checked 3 October 2026

Planned expenditure, not actual outturn. General Fund; education excludes schools.

Your Band D bill

The full bill includes city, policing and fire elements.

MeasureSouthampton / areaPeriodSource
Band D council tax: full bill£2,381.48
a year · Southampton
2026/27Southampton City Council
Band D council services element£1,998.18
a year · Southampton
2026/27Southampton City Council
Band D policing precept£290.46
a year · Southampton
2026/27Southampton City Council
Band D fire and rescue precept£92.84
a year · Southampton
2026/27Southampton City Council

Read the detail

MeasureSouthampton / areaPeriodSource
Social care net budget£162.54m
£ million · Southampton
2026/27 budgetSouthampton City Council
Community, transport, housing and environment net budget£41.79m
£ million · Southampton
2026/27 budgetSouthampton City Council
Museums, libraries and culture net budget£10.26m
£ million · Southampton
2026/27 budgetSouthampton City Council
Education and learning net budget£16.22m
£ million · Southampton
2026/27 budgetSouthampton City Council
Planning, licensing, elections and regulation net budget£12.07m
£ million · Southampton
2026/27 budgetSouthampton City Council

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More verified figures

£12.396m

Unallocated reserves at financial year end

GBP · 2025/26

MHCLG Revenue Outturn statutory definition, in cash terms. Original figures in £000 converted to GBP. Outturns are distinct from budget forecasts and the council’s own budget presentation; do not mix them in a trend. The 2025/26 release is an initial return and remains subject to revision.

MHCLG

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Darren Paffey

MP for Southampton Itchen

person · Checked 3 October 2026 · Southampton Itchen

Constituency representation; constituency boundaries do not equal the local authority boundary. Party: Labour.

UK Parliament

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Satvir Kaur

MP for Southampton Test

person · Checked 3 October 2026 · Southampton Test

Constituency representation; constituency boundaries do not equal the local authority boundary. Party: Labour.

UK Parliament

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Caroline Nokes

MP for Romsey and Southampton North

person · Checked 3 October 2026 · Romsey and Southampton North

Constituency representation; constituency boundaries do not equal the local authority boundary. Party: Conservative.

UK Parliament

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£61.922m

Other earmarked reserves at financial year end

GBP · 2025/26

MHCLG Revenue Outturn statutory definition, in cash terms. Original figures in £000 converted to GBP. Outturns are distinct from budget forecasts and the council’s own budget presentation; do not mix them in a trend. The 2025/26 release is an initial return and remains subject to revision.

MHCLG

Definition and evidence →

£538.043m

Revenue expenditure — statutory outturn definition

GBP · 2025/26

MHCLG Revenue Outturn statutory definition, in cash terms. Original figures in £000 converted to GBP. Outturns are distinct from budget forecasts and the council’s own budget presentation; do not mix them in a trend. The 2025/26 release is an initial return and remains subject to revision.

MHCLG

Definition and evidence →

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