Council funding · South Tyneside · metropolitan borough · 2017–18 to 2025–26

South Tyneside: where the money comes from and where it goes

From the council’s own returns to government. Figures are revenue only, in cash and in 2025–26 prices, and cover 2017–18 to 2025–26.

Evidence last reviewed 3 November 2026

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Money for running services, 2025–26: £389.7m; £2,576 a person
Change a person since 2017–18, real terms: +6%; Median for metropolitan boroughs: +9%
Share of income from government grants: 69%; £264.5m in grants
Share of income from council tax: 21%; £79.9m

Where the money comes from

Where does South Tyneside's money for services come from?

South Tyneside's money for running services rose 6% a person in real terms from 2017–18 to 2025–26

Revenue funding by source, £ million in 2025–26 prices. Excludes housing benefit passed on to claimants, capital spending and council homes.

South Tyneside (metropolitan borough, E08000023) · 2017–18 to 2025–26

These are the council’s own returns. A rise in real terms does not by itself mean more money for the same services: the GDP deflator is a whole-economy price measure, care and other costs can rise faster, and new grants can come with new duties. The years before 2017–18 are not in this data set; England-wide figures for 2010–11 onwards are on the main council funding page.

South Tyneside (metropolitan borough, E08000023) · 2017–18 to 2025–26 · Outturn; 2025–26 is the first release and may be revised

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Geography:: South Tyneside (metropolitan borough, E08000023)
Measure:: £ million, 2025–26 prices (GDP deflator)
Period:: 2017–18 to 2025–26
Status:: Outturn; 2025–26 is the first release and may be revised
Calculation:: Rebuilt from the council’s Revenue Outturn financing lines; real terms = cash × 100 ÷ GDP deflator (2025–26 = 100). Central government grants = Revenue Support Grant, grants inside Aggregate External Finance (including schools, social care and public health grants) and one-off Covid support.
Compare with:: £2,576 a person in 2025–26, against a median of £2,183 for 37 metropolitan boroughs.
Not included / breaks:: Revenue only. Councils of different types have different duties, so compare like with like. Education funding falls as schools become academies.

Source: MHCLG, Local authority revenue expenditure and financing: Revenue Outturn multi-year data set (September 2026 edition, v4), RS financing lines 800 to 890; service lines 190 to 698 (released September 2026).

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Source (£ thousand, cash)	2017–18	2018–19	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23	2023–24	2024–25	2025–26
Council tax	54,206	57,734	60,521	63,464	65,545	68,017	72,275	75,380	79,919
Business rates kept locally	46,605	47,303	48,138	49,407	42,921	45,241	50,120	53,059	38,555
Revenue Support Grant	24,677	19,696	14,666	14,905	14,988	15,449	17,312	18,459	18,867
Other government grants (including schools, social care and public health)	140,992	144,187	150,997	174,724	181,372	187,401	203,089	225,725	245,606
Grants passed on (mainly housing benefit)	73,312	67,386	57,996	52,477	48,735	47,137	50,784	46,581	37,942
One-off Covid support	-0	-0	6,172	19,000	7,217	-0	-0	-0	-0
Reserves used (+) or added to (−)	-338	-6,594	-871	-23,612	-4,352	11,034	18,628	23,958	5,337
Other items	1,000	1,000	1,000	-127	4,269	997	500	1,421	1,420
Money for running services (total less money passed on)	267,142	263,326	280,623	297,761	311,960	328,139	361,924	398,002	389,704
Population (mid-year)	147,796	148,076	148,368	147,919	147,919	148,802	149,706	150,736	151,255

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Not included above: £37.9m of grants passed on in 2025–26, mainly housing benefit paid to claimants. It has been falling as claimants move to Universal Credit, which the Department for Work and Pensions pays directly. That is a change in who pays, not a cut to council services.

Where the money goes, 2025–26

Spending on each service after income from fees, charges and grants for that service, £ million, cash. Total £378.1m.

Adult social care£93.6m
Children’s social care£60.9m
Education (council-run schools and support)£154.5m
Environment and waste£17.4m
Highways and transport£7.7m
Public health£18.3m
Housing (not council homes)£2.0m
Planning and development£4.8m
Culture and leisure£10.2m
Central services£9.9m
Other services£-1.1m

What changed, service by service

Net spending in 2017–18 and 2025–26, with the change in 2025–26 prices. Biggest falls first. A fall in net spending can mean a cut, or more income from charges or service grants; a rise can mean more demand or higher costs, not a better service.

South Tyneside: change in net service spending, 2017–18 to 2025–26
Service	2017–18 (cash)	2025–26 (cash)	Real change
Central services	£12.2m	£9.9m	−£6.4m (−39%)
Highways and transport	£7.2m	£7.7m	−£2.0m (−21%)
Public health	£15.1m	£18.3m	−£1.9m (−10%)
Education (council-run schools and support)	£116.0m	£154.5m	−£1.0m (−1%)
Environment and waste	£13.7m	£17.4m	−£1.0m (−5%)
Culture and leisure	£8.0m	£10.2m	−£0.5m (−5%)
Housing (not council homes)	£0.7m	£2.0m	+£1.0m (+106%)
Other services	£-2.2m	£-1.1m	+£1.8m
Planning and development	£0.9m	£4.8m	+£3.6m (+304%)
Children’s social care	£29.2m	£60.9m	+£21.8m (+56%)
Adult social care	£47.3m	£93.6m	+£30.3m (+48%)

What each funding source means

Council tax: Council tax requirement (RS line 890): what the council raised from council tax for its own budget, including any parish precepts it collects.
Business rates kept locally: Business rates kept by the council under the rates retention scheme (RS line 870), after tariffs, top-ups and the central share.
Revenue Support Grant: Revenue Support Grant (RS line 851): the general grant from central government. Some councils received none in some years.
Other government grants (including schools, social care and public health): Specific and special grants inside Aggregate External Finance, Local Services Support Grant and police grant (RS lines 803, 804, 856). Includes the Dedicated Schools Grant for maintained schools, social care grants and public health grant.
Grants passed on (mainly housing benefit): Specific and special grants outside Aggregate External Finance (RS line 791), mainly housing benefit subsidy paid through councils.
One-off Covid support: Covid-19 emergency funding, income compensation and related one-off grants (RS lines 852 to 874), 2019-20 to 2021-22 only.
Reserves used (+) or added to (−): Money drawn from (+) or added to (−) reserves (RS lines 811 to 816).
Other items: Remaining financing lines (transfers on reorganisation, investment income, collection-fund adjustments and other items), so the parts add up to the total.

Source: MHCLG, Local authority revenue expenditure and financing: Revenue Outturn multi-year data set (September 2026 edition, v4), retrieved 2026-11-03. Method and limits.