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Data provenance — Amber Valley District Council
Every figure on the Amber Valley District Council page links back to an official source. Here is the full manifest — what each data point is, where it comes from, and when it was last verified.
How we source Amber Valley District Council data
The bar is: every number traceable to a .gov.uk URL.
Official UK government data only. No third-party aggregators. All figures come from GOV.UK bulk datasets (MHCLG Revenue Account, ONS, DEFRA, LGBCE) or from Amber Valley District Council's own .gov.uk website.
Multi-source triangulation. Budget and population figures are cross-checked against at least two sources (e.g. council's own budget report vs. MHCLG RA return). If two sources disagree, we flag it in our internal validator and hold off publishing until we can verify the correct figure.
Dated and auditable. Every data point records the date it was verified. Spotted a discrepancy? Contact us and we'll investigate transparently — corrections are published on our change log.
Detailed data last verified: 2026-06-10
Dataset version: e864aad (2026-06-17) — every figure on this page comes from this exact dataset snapshot.
National sources (every council)
Bulk datasets used for every council on CivAccount. Council tax, service budgets, and population all come from these.
- Open source (opens in new tab)
Council Tax 2025-26
GOV.UK (MHCLG)
- Band D council tax
- Precepts (parish, police, fire)
- Tax rise percentage vs prior year
- Open source (opens in new tab)
Revenue Account (RA) 2025-26
GOV.UK (MHCLG)
- Net service budget (all 10 categories)
- Gross expenditure
- Total service budget
- Open source (opens in new tab)
Revenue Outturn (RO) 2024-25
GOV.UK (MHCLG)
- Final out-turn spending
- Variance vs budget
- Open source (opens in new tab)
ONS Mid-2024 Population Estimates
Office for National Statistics
- Population
- Per-capita calculations
- Open source (opens in new tab)
Local Government Boundary Commission (LGBCE)
LGBCE
- Council type
- Ward structure
- Councillor numbers
- Open source (opens in new tab)
DEFRA Local Authority Waste Statistics 2022-23
DEFRA
- Waste sent to recycling
- Waste sent to energy from waste
- Waste sent to landfill
Field-level sources (6)
Council-specific fields with a direct source URL. Each links to the exact .gov.uk document CivAccount pulled the data from.
Chief executive
2023-24Amber Valley Statement of Accounts 2023-24
Page 148 — the source link opens at this page
“appointments and management of staff. Simon Gladwin took up the post of Executive Director (Operations) on 1 April 2022, and subseqently the role of Chief Executive on 13 December 2023.”
See the original page (screenshot) (opens in new tab)Accessed 2026-06-10
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Chief executive salary
2025-26Amber Valley Pay Policy Statement 2025-26
Page 5 — the source link opens at this page
“paid salary and the median salary of the whole of the workforce is 1: 3.9. The median salary being £31,586 and the highest salary being £124,122.”
See the original page (screenshot) (opens in new tab)Accessed 2026-06-10
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Councillor basic allowance
2024-25Amber Valley Members' Allowances Scheme 2024-25
Page 5 — the source link opens at this page
“All Members £5,870 42 £246,540”
See the original page (screenshot) (opens in new tab)Accessed 2026-06-10
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leader_allowance
2024-25Amber Valley Members' Allowances Scheme 2024-25
Page 5 — the source link opens at this page
“Leader of Council £5,870 3 x BA 1 £17,610 £23,480 £17,610”
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reserves
2023-24Amber Valley Statement of Accounts 2023-24
Page 20 — the source link opens at this page
“Balance at 31 March 2024 9,079 14,571 1,943 831 26,424 40,245 66,669”
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Total councillor allowances (annual cost)
2022-23Amber Valley Members' Allowances Scheme 2022-23
Page 2 — the source link opens at this page
“Grand Total £196,015.70 £63,656.13 £9,490.39 £269,162.22”
See the original page (screenshot) (opens in new tab)Accessed 2026-06-10
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