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Data provenance — Kent County Council
Every figure on the Kent County 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 Kent County 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 Kent County 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: 2026-04-22
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 (13)
Council-specific fields with a direct source URL. Each links to the exact .gov.uk document CivAccount pulled the data from.
band_d_2025
2025-26Draft Revenue Budget 2025-26 — §6.4 Table 6.1 Proposed Council Tax Increases by Band (p20)
Page 20 — the source link opens at this page
“D 9/9 1,610.82 1,691.19 80.37”
See the original page (screenshot) (opens in new tab)Accessed 2026-04-22
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Budget gap
2025-26Draft Revenue Budget 2025-26 — §1.4 Executive Summary (p2)
Page 2 — the source link opens at this page
“The £48.9m difference between spending and available funding”
See the original page (screenshot) (opens in new tab)Accessed 2026-04-22
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Cabinet members & portfolios
2025-26Members' Allowances Scheme 2025-26 — Leader identified in §1 (full cabinet via kent.gov.uk live page)
Page 1 — the source link opens at this page
“By: Linden Kemkaran, Leader of the Council”
Accessed 2026-04-22
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Chief executive
Live pageSenior staff salaries — Kent County Council
“Chief Executive — Amanda Beer (appointed 1 Aug 2023, per Statement of Accounts 2023-24 Note 33)”
Accessed 2026-04-22
Council leader
2025-26Members' Allowances Scheme 2025-26 — §1 Introduction (p1)
Page 1 — the source link opens at this page
“By: Linden Kemkaran, Leader of the Council”
Accessed 2026-04-22
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council_tax_base
2025-26Draft Revenue Budget 2025-26 — §6.6 Table 6.2 (Total tax base 587,921.91)
Page 21 — the source link opens at this page
“Total 580,864.03 587,921.91”
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council_tax_increase_percent
2025-26Draft Revenue Budget 2025-26 — §1.11 Executive Summary (p3)
Page 3 — the source link opens at this page
“1.11 The administration's draft budget includes a 4.99% proposed increase in Council Tax. This would increase the County Council share of the bill for a typical band D household by £1.54 per week (£80.37 per year).”
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council_tax_requirement
2025-26Draft Revenue Budget 2025-26 — §6.6 Table 6.2 Tax base changes and 2025-26 Precept (p21)
Page 21 — the source link opens at this page
“Total 580,864.03 587,921.91 994,287.65 +1.22%”
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Councillor basic allowance
2025-26Councillor allowances — Kent County Council (basic allowance 2025-26)
“All councillors receive a basic allowance (£16,266.91 for 2025/26) to perform their duties.”
Accessed 2026-04-22
reserves
2023-24Draft Revenue Budget 2025-26 — §1.12 Executive Summary (p4)
Page 4 — the source link opens at this page
“The total usable revenue reserves at the end of 2023-24 were £357.6m”
See the original page (screenshot) (opens in new tab)Accessed 2026-04-22
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revenue_budget
2025-26Draft Revenue Budget 2025-26 + MTFP 2025-28 + Capital Programme 2025-35 — §9 Revenue Strategy and Revised Draft Budget, Key Numbers (p34)
Page 34 — the source link opens at this page
“£1,530.9m Assumed net revenue budget for 2025-26. This represents a £101.4m increase on the final approved budget for 2024-25 of £1,429.5m.”
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Savings target
2025-26Draft Revenue Budget 2025-26 — §1.4 Executive Summary (p2), restated §9.2 p36
Page 2 — the source link opens at this page
“-£61.5m net from savings/income (including a separate presentation for full year effect of current plans/new proposals and removal of one-offs/unachieved savings in 2024-25)”
See the original page (screenshot) (opens in new tab)Accessed 2026-04-22
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total_councillors
Live pageCounty Councillors — Kent County Council
“81 county councillors across 72 electoral divisions (LGBCE final scheme 2024)”
Accessed 2026-04-22
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