What percentage of my bill goes to Dacorum?

All of your council tax (£2,294.00) goes to Dacorum.

What does most of my money go towards?

Running the council takes the biggest share at 39% of the budget.

Is this council expensive compared to others?

This council charges £51.46 less than the average district council.

How much has my bill gone up this year?

Your bill went up by £106.00 (4.8%) from last year.

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Transparency

Data provenance — Dacorum District Council

Every figure on the Dacorum 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 Dacorum 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 Dacorum 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: 2026-06-17

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.

Council Tax 2025-26
GOV.UK (MHCLG)
Open source (opens in new tab)
- Band D council tax
- Precepts (parish, police, fire)
- Tax rise percentage vs prior year
Revenue Account (RA) 2025-26
GOV.UK (MHCLG)
Open source (opens in new tab)
- Net service budget (all 10 categories)
- Gross expenditure
- Total service budget
Revenue Outturn (RO) 2024-25
GOV.UK (MHCLG)
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- Final out-turn spending
- Variance vs budget
ONS Mid-2024 Population Estimates
Office for National Statistics
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- Population
- Per-capita calculations
Local Government Boundary Commission (LGBCE)
LGBCE
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- Council type
- Ward structure
- Councillor numbers
DEFRA Local Authority Waste Statistics 2022-23
DEFRA
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- Waste sent to recycling
- Waste sent to energy from waste
- Waste sent to landfill

Field-level sources (7)

Council-specific fields with a direct source URL. Each links to the exact .gov.uk document CivAccount pulled the data from.

Chief executive
2024-25
Statement of Accounts 2024-25 — Note 30 Officers' Remuneration (Chief Executive, interim from 01/01/2025)
Page 54 — the source link opens at this page
“Chief Executive- Darren Welsh - from 01/01/2025”
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Accessed 2026-06-17
sha256 404021f9d4e7…
Council leader
2024-25
Statement of Accounts 2024-25 — Introduction by the Leader of the Council
Page 3 — the source link opens at this page
“Councillor Sally Symington Leader of the Council”
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Accessed 2026-06-17
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Councillor basic allowance
2023-24
Members' Allowances Scheme (Constitution Part 6, 2023) — Basic Allowance
Page 2 — the source link opens at this page
“For each year a basic allowance of £6,120 shall be paid to each”
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Accessed 2026-06-17
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leader_allowance
2023-24
Members' Allowances Scheme (Constitution Part 6, 2023) — Special Responsibility Allowance, Leader
Page 15 — the source link opens at this page
“Leader 3 18,360 1 18,360”
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Accessed 2026-06-17
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reserves
2024-25
Statement of Accounts 2024-25 — Balance Sheet, Usable Reserves: General Fund (pure GF working balance, £'000)
Page 31 — the source link opens at this page
“2,500 General Fund 11 2,500”
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Accessed 2026-06-17
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Senior officer salary bands
2024-25
Statement of Accounts 2024-25 — Remuneration of Employees (number of employees >£50k by band, 2024/25)
Page 53 — the source link opens at this page
“85 Total 108”
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Accessed 2026-06-17
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Total councillor allowances (annual cost)
2024-25
Statement of Accounts 2024-25 — Members' Allowances note, 2024/25 Total (£'000)
Page 53 — the source link opens at this page
“489 Total 471”
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Accessed 2026-06-17
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