Budget
Our Cabinet recommends a budget and Council Tax for the coming year each February. This is done after a public consultation period.
Budget 2026 to 2027
In this year’s budget there is additional investment in the revenue budgets for Children’s Social Care of £23.5 million Adult Social Care of £16.6 million to address the continued increase in demand, cost and complexity in these areas.
There is also investment of £14.4 million in Home to School Transport and £2.9m in Temporary accommodation, due to increased demand and cost.
These critical areas make up 76% of the Council’s expenditure areas.
| Portfolio |
Main services |
Net budget |
Percentage of total budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Resources |
Business Operations, Major Projects and Assurance, Customer Services, Finance, Revenues & Benefits, Human Resources, ICT, Property & Assets, Regeneration, Legal Services, Democratic Services. |
62,457 | 11% |
|
Environment, Climate Change & Waste |
Environment, Street Cleaning & Waste, Climate Change, Flooding |
27,929 | 5% |
| Communities |
Community Boards, Community Support and Community Safety, Car Parking. |
1,229 | 0.2% |
|
Culture & Leisure |
Culture, Sport & Leisure |
3,913 | 1% |
|
Education & Children's Services |
Children’s Social Care and Safeguarding, Education and Schools |
131,146 | 23% |
|
Health & Wellbeing |
Social Care for Adults & Public Health |
228,662 | 40% |
|
Homelessness & Regulatory Services |
Homelessness, Housing, Environmental Health, Crematoria & Cemeteries |
11,036 | 2% |
| Leader |
Policy & Communications, Economy & Investment, Strategic Infrastructure |
6,014 | 1% |
| Planning |
Building Control, Development Management, Planning Enforcement. Strategic Planning |
5,390 | 1% |
| Transport |
Highways, Transport Services including Home to School Transport, Transport Strategy, |
87,265 | 15% |
|
Portfolio Budgets total |
565,041 | 100% | |
|
Corporate costs |
Capital Financing, Treasury Management, Reserves |
41,620 | |
|
Net operating Expenditure |
606,661 |
| Portfolio | Expenditure |
Percentage of total expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| Leader | 51,874 | 25% |
|
Environment, Climate Change & Waste |
16,745 | 8% |
|
Culture & Leisure |
5,589 | 3% |
| Communities | 1.169 | 1% |
| Transport | 62,322 | 31% |
|
Homelessness & Regulatory Services |
16,703 | 8% |
|
Health & Wellbeing |
1,037 | 0.5% |
|
Education and Children’s Services |
31,410 | 15% |
| Resources | 16,729 | 8% |
| Planning | 7 | 0.2% |
| Corporate | 507 | 0.5% |
|
Capital expenditure |
204,093 | 100% |
Over the next 4 years, we'll be investing:
- £225 million on Transport investment including:
- £120m in Highways
- £22m on bridge maintenance
- £16 million on footways and rights of way
- £9m on highways drainage
- £19 million on road safety, streetlighting and other highways assets
- £19m on improvement projects and cycleway schemes
- £12m on bus infrastructure improvements
- £3m on EV charge points
- A further £21m on other Highways improvements
- £158 million on schools, and school improvement projects
- £101 million on strategic infrastructure, including Buckinghamshire’s significant Housing Infrastructure projects, including South East Aylesbury Link Road and astern Link Road Aylesbury.
- £47 million investment in waste, including a new Household Recycling Centre in Buckingham, organic pollutant equipment, and waste vehicle replacement.
- £32 million to support housing and homelessness, including delivery of affordable housing, temporary accommodation and disabled facilities grants
- £24 million to support economic growth and regeneration, particularly in our town centres
- £12 million on flood prevention and the climate change strategy
- £9 million investment in culture, sport and leisure projects
- £3 million in Children's Social Care to increase our own residential provision for looked after children
Budget 2025 to 2026
Buckinghamshire Council had a total budget of £577 million for 2025/26.
Read the Medium Term Financial Plan and Capital Programme document for 2025/26.
Budget 2024 to 2025
At its meeting on 21 February 2024, Full Council approved the Revenue Budget and Capital Programme for 2024/25.
Budget 2023 to 2024
At its meeting on 22 February 2023, Full Council approved the Revenue Budget and Capital Programme for 2023/24.
Budget 2022 to 2023
At its meeting on 23 February 2022, Full Council approved the Revenue Budget and Capital Programme for 2022/23.