Yorkshire and The Humber · Unitary authority

North Lincolnshire

2026/27 view

North Lincolnshire · ONS E06000013

Financial position as at 2026/27 Q1 quarter end

COUNCIL AT A GLANCE

Who runs the council and its current position

64/ 100
COUNCILMETRICS FINANCIAL HEALTH SCORE

Mixed

Compared only with unitary authority councils using central government returns.

63 councils in peer group Rank 15 of 63 High confidence 2024/25 outturn · 2026/27 Q1 debt How this is calculated
Reserves cover43
Debt burden73
Liquidity71
Debt direction90
YEAR-ON-YEAR CONTEXT Change from the previous reported period Each measure uses its own official reporting timetable.
Net debt £118.31m 2026/27 Q1 vs 2025/26 Q4
−£29.79m 20.1%
Service expenditure £333.88m 2024/25 vs 2023/24
+£27.97m 9.1%
Unallocated reserves £10.20m 2024/25 vs 2023/24
+£200.0k 2.0%
FIVE-YEAR FINANCIAL TREND

How this council's finances have changed

Official annual outturn. Each line uses its own scale so direction remains easy to read.

Through 2024/25
Service expenditure £333.88m
33.8%
2020/21: £249.48m 2021/22: £264.62m 2022/23: £285.04m 2023/24: £305.92m 2024/25: £333.88m
Net revenue expenditure £169.95m
39.3%
2020/21: £122.04m 2021/22: £130.15m 2022/23: £141.86m 2023/24: £146.76m 2024/25: £169.95m
Council Tax requirement £90.89m
16.7%
2020/21: £77.85m 2021/22: £80.18m 2022/23: £84.34m 2023/24: £86.59m 2024/25: £90.89m
Unallocated reserves £10.20m
42.5%
2020/21: £7.16m 2021/22: £8.49m 2022/23: £8.99m 2023/24: £10.00m 2024/25: £10.20m
COUNCILMETRICS COMMUNITY SCORE Share your experience 0 of 25 responses collected before results are published
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ROADS & HIGHWAYS

How well are the roads being maintained?

Official DfT condition data, showing the share of each road class requiring maintenance investigation.

2024/25
Unclassified roads16.0%requiring maintenance investigation+1.0 pts vs 2023/24
Rank 67 / 130peer median 15.0%
A roads & motorways8.0%requiring maintenance investigation+5.0 pts vs 2023/24
Rank 121 / 149peer median 4.0%
B & C roads10.0%requiring maintenance investigation+5.0 pts vs 2023/24
Rank 103 / 133peer median 5.0%
A roads & motorways8.0% red
Good 78.0%Amber 14.0%Red 8.0%
B & C roads10.0% red
Good 56.0%Amber 34.0%Red 10.0%
ROAD CONDITION TREND

Red condition over time

Lower is better
2015/16: 3.0%2016/17: 3.0%2017/18: 4.0%2018/19: 3.0%2019/20: 4.0%2020/21: 3.0%2021/22: 2.0%2022/23: 3.0%2023/24: 3.0%2024/25: 8.0%2015/16: 7.0%2016/17: 6.0%2017/18: 7.0%2018/19: 8.0%2019/20: 9.0%2020/21: 8.0%2021/22: 6.0%2022/23: 5.0%2023/24: 5.0%2024/25: 10.0%2015/16: 41.0%2016/17: 34.0%2017/18: 32.0%2018/19: 28.0%2019/20: 29.0%2020/21: 21.0%2021/22: 21.0%2022/23: 19.0%2023/24: 15.0%2024/25: 16.0%
2015/162024/25
A roadsB & C roadsUnclassified
2024/25 MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY

Network treated during the year

A roads0.7%155 km network
B, C & unclassified2.6%1,223 km network
Strengthening0.0%Resurfacing0.7%Preservation0.0%
Official DfT road condition statistics · Lower red percentages indicate fewer roads requiring investigation.View source
WASTE & RECYCLING

What happens to household waste?

Official Defra measures for North Lincolnshire, with like-for-like comparison against unitary authorities.

2024/25
50.5%recycled
Household recycling rate

Recycling rate fell

1.5 percentage points vs 2023/24
14 of 96 peer authorities Peer median 39.0%
Residual waste535.0 kgper household+20.1 kg year on year
Waste collected491.6 kgper resident+2.9 kg year on year
Household waste84,498tonnes collected42,707 tonnes recycled
WHERE HOUSEHOLD WASTE WENT

Recycled versus residual waste

42,707 t recycled, composted or reused 41,791 t not recycled
RECYCLING RATE TREND

10 years of official data

50.5%
2015/16: 48.4%2016/17: 47.8%2017/18: 48.2%2018/19: 55.6%2019/20: 54.2%2020/21: 51.9%2021/22: 51.7%2022/23: 50.3%2023/24: 52.0%2024/25: 50.5%
2015/162024/25
Official Defra waste statistics · Annual local-authority return · Figures may not sum exactly because of published rounding.View source
EDUCATION

Schools and education

Schools, pupil numbers and latest education outcomes across North Lincolnshire.

2024/25
SCHOOLS & PUPILS

Education at a glance

Explore schools
94 Open schools
23,998 Pupils
27,973 School places
85.8% Capacity utilisation
ATTAINMENT & OUTCOMES

Key Stage 4

Published outcomes for pupils living in North Lincolnshire.

Attainment 8
44.2
Yorkshire and The Humber 44.5
England 46.1
1.9 points below England
English & maths grade 5+
44.0%
Yorkshire and The Humber 43.9%
England 45.4%
1.4 percentage points below England
EBacc entry
34.6%
Yorkshire and The Humber 38.2%
England 40.5%
5.9 percentage points below England
PROGRESS

Progress 8

-0.23

Latest published Progress 8 score, 2023/24.

A score of 0 represents the national average.
TREND

Attainment 8 over time

46.1 18/19
48.4 19/20
48.7 20/21
46.8 21/22
43.9 22/23
42.7 23/24
44.2 24/25
Education context

North Lincolnshire's latest Key Stage 4 outcomes show a mixed picture when compared with Yorkshire and The Humber and England.

Department for Education · Key Stage 4 performance · Pupil residency
HOUSING & AFFORDABILITY

Housing costs and local earnings

House prices and affordability for North Lincolnshire, based on the earnings of local residents.

2025
Median house price
£178,000
+ 22.8% over five years
Median resident earnings
£34,738
+ 18.9% over five years
PRIVATE RENTING

Average monthly private rent

Typical private rental cost across all property types in North Lincolnshire.

£653 / month
+ 6.4% in the last year
July 2026
North Lincolnshire
£653
+ 6.4%
Yorkshire and The Humber
£864
+ 5.0%
England
£1,451
+ 3.8%
Compared with Yorkshire and The Humber £211 less per month
Compared with England £798 less per month
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?

Housing affordability

Median house price as a multiple of median resident earnings. Lower is more affordable.

North Lincolnshire
5.12×
Yorkshire and The Humber
5.97×
England
7.64×
Compared with Yorkshire and The Humber More affordable
Compared with England More affordable
Source: Office for National Statistics · Housing affordability in England and Wales · House prices year ending September · Residence-based earnings
PLANNING & HOUSING DELIVERY

Is development moving through the system?

Quarterly planning decisions and the government's latest three-year Housing Delivery Test.

2026 Q1
Applications received221this quarter+1 vs 2025 Q4
Applications decided165this quarter+3 vs 2025 Q4
Outstanding applications—at quarter end
87.3%approved
Overall approval rate144 granted21 refused−1.0 pts vs previous quarter
DECISION TIMELINESS

Decisions made within time

92.1%
Rank 155 of 294 reporting authoritiesNational median 92.5%

3.2 percentage points higher than 2025 Q4

APPLICATION MIX

Performance by development type

TypeDecisionsApprovedIn time Major966.7%77.8% Minor5481.5%88.9% Other10292.2%95.1%
QUARTERLY FLOW

Applications through the system

Last 8 quarters
2024 Q2: 1822024 Q3: 1632024 Q4: 1582025 Q1: 2172025 Q2: 2152025 Q3: 2032025 Q4: 2202026 Q1: 2212024 Q2: 2482024 Q3: 1772024 Q4: 1862025 Q1: 1802025 Q2: 2082025 Q3: 1702025 Q4: 1622026 Q1: 165
HOUSING DELIVERY TEST

Homes delivered against requirement

137%
Required1,117homes over three years
Delivered1,533homes over three years
100% requirement
No consequenceHDT 2025 government assessment
CRIME & POLICING

Police-recorded crime

Latest police-recorded crime figures for North Lincolnshire, excluding fraud.

Year ending Mar 2026
Recorded offences 13,312 Total police-recorded crime excluding fraud
Crime rate 77.7 offences per 1,000 residents
Annual change − 3.3% compared with the previous year
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?

Recorded crime rate

Offences per 1,000 residents
North Lincolnshire Your council
77.7 − 3.3%
Yorkshire and The Humber Region
96.1 − 3.3%
England National
83.4 − 1.5%

North Lincolnshire has a recorded crime rate 19.1% below Yorkshire and The Humber. It is 6.9% below the England rate.

OFFENCE PROFILE

Recorded crime by category

Humberside
Violence 5,392
31.5 per 1,000 − 1.6%
Theft 3,538
20.6 per 1,000 − 12.1%
Public order 1,286
7.5 per 1,000 + 1.3%
Criminal damage 1,287
7.5 per 1,000 − 8.3%
Shoplifting 1,215
7.1 per 1,000 − 2.4%
Vehicle offences 539
3.1 per 1,000 − 22.0%
Burglary 703
4.1 per 1,000 − 21.9%
Drug offences 442
2.6 per 1,000 + 17.2%
ONS / Home Office · Police-recorded crime · Community Safety Partnership data
SCHOOLS & OFSTED

Schools and inspection outcomes

Open schools, pupil numbers and the latest published Ofsted inspection position for North Lincolnshire.

94 schools
Open schools 94
Pupils 23,998
School places 27,973
Capacity used 85.8%
Primary 62 schools
12,977 pupils
Other / specialist 17 schools
891 pupils
Secondary 14 schools
10,130 pupils
16+ provision 1 school
0 pupils
CURRENT POSITION

Inspection coverage

Latest Ofsted management information
Renewed framework 3
3.2% of open schools
Previous full framework 47
50.0% of open schools
Ungraded inspection 29
30.9% of open schools
No Ofsted record 14
14.9% of open schools
No published outcome 1
1.1% of open schools
RENEWED FRAMEWORK

Latest inspection standards

3 schools assessed
Achievement 3 assessed
Expected standard 1
Needs attention 1
Urgent improvement 1
Attendance & behaviour 3 assessed
Expected standard 2
Needs attention 1
Curriculum & teaching 3 assessed
Expected standard 2
Urgent improvement 1
Inclusion 3 assessed
Expected standard 1
Strong standard 1
Urgent improvement 1
Leadership & governance 3 assessed
Expected standard 2
Urgent improvement 1
Personal development 3 assessed
Expected standard 1
Strong standard 1
Urgent improvement 1
Safeguarding 3 assessed
Met 3
PREVIOUS FRAMEWORK

Legacy Ofsted ratings

These ratings apply only to schools whose latest full inspection remains under the previous Ofsted framework. Schools assessed under the renewed framework are shown separately above.

Outstanding 1
Good 29
Requires improvement 7
Inadequate 1
Not judged 9
LOCAL SCHOOLS

School directory

View all schools
School Phase Pupils Capacity Latest Ofsted position
Alkborough Primary Academy URN 151798 · DN15 9JG Primary 57 90 Ungraded inspection
Althorpe and Keadby Primary School URN 117726 · DN17 3BN Primary 186 210 Good
Barton St Peter's CofE Primary School URN 118006 · DN18 5HB Primary 267 280 Good
Belton All Saints CofE Primary School URN 118007 · DN9 1LR Primary 205 224 Good
Berkeley Primary School URN 117781 · DN15 8AH Primary 583 669 Good
Bottesford Infant School URN 117780 · DN16 3PB Primary 210 210 Not judged
Bottesford Junior School URN 117727 · DN16 3PB Primary 263 258 Ungraded inspection
Bowmandale Primary School URN 117812 · DN18 5EE Primary 345 350 Not judged
School information: Get Information about Schools (GIAS). Inspection information: Ofsted monthly management information. Inspection frameworks differ over time, so renewed-framework standards and previous overall effectiveness grades are shown separately.
Published expenditure£0.00No spending file imported
Revenue budget£0.00Not imported
Reported overspend£0.00Not imported outturn
Contracts00 active
Identified suppliers0Normalised entities
PEOPLE AND PLACE

Population snapshot

View full People profile
Population 171,336 2024
Yorkshire and The Humber region 5,672,962
North Lincolnshire represents 3.02% of the region's population
Five-year population change
+1,053 residents ↑ 0.6%
2019: 170,283 residents2020: 170,034 residents2021: 169,929 residents2022: 170,125 residents2023: 170,477 residents2024: 171,336 residents
North Lincolnshire +0.6%
Yorkshire and The Humber +3.8%
England +4.3%
Growth context

North Lincolnshire's population grew over five years. Its change was 3.2 percentage points below the Yorkshire and The Humber and 3.6 percentage points below England.

2019–2024 ONS mid-year estimates
Population estimates and labour-market measures from ONS/Nomis.Official profile
PUBLIC HEALTH

How healthy are people in North Lincolnshire?

Life expectancy, early mortality, lifestyle and prevention measures from the Public Health Outcomes Framework.

OHID · latest available
LIFE EXPECTANCY

How does North Lincolnshire compare with England?

Latest published life expectancy at birth, shown against the matching England figure.

2025
Male 77.4 years
2.6 years lower than England
England 80.0
Female 82.1 years
1.7 years lower than England
England 83.8
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY

Years expected in good health

Healthy life expectancy is considerably different from total life expectancy: it estimates how many years are expected to be lived in good health.

Male
58.7
2.2 year s below England
England 60.9
Female
59.6
1.7 year s below England
England 61.3
2022 - 24
EARLY MORTALITY

Deaths and premature mortality

Age-standardised mortality rates and the latest published suicide rate.

Preventable mortality 2024
190.6 per 100,000
England 145.8
Worse
Cardiovascular disease 2025
80.1 per 100,000
England 71.5
Similar
Cancer 2025
139.2 per 100,000
England 114.6
Worse
Liver disease 2025
17.7 per 100,000
England 19.4
Similar
Respiratory disease 2025
38.7 per 100,000
England 31.5
Similar
Suicide rate 2022 - 24
13.1 per 100,000
England 10.9
Similar
HEALTH & LIFESTYLE

Behaviours and health risks

Smoking, excess weight, physical activity and alcohol-related harm.

Adult smoking 2024
North Lincolnshire 13.7% England 10.4%
Similar
Adults overweight or obese 2024/25
North Lincolnshire 74.2% England 68.0%
Worse
Physically active adults 2024/25
North Lincolnshire 61.0% England 64.6%
Worse
Alcohol-related admissions 2023/24
North Lincolnshire 524.6 England 504.1
Rate per 100,000 Similar
CHILDREN & PREVENTION

Prevention and healthy development

Child health, physical activity, vaccination and screening coverage.

Reception overweight or obese 2024/25
27.0%
North Lincolnshire 27.0% England 23.5%
Council compared with England Worse
Year 6 overweight or obese 2024/25
39.5%
North Lincolnshire 39.5% England 36.2%
Council compared with England Worse
Physically active children 2024/25
49.9%
North Lincolnshire 49.9% England 49.1%
Council compared with England Similar
MMR two-dose coverage 2024/25
83.6%
North Lincolnshire 83.6% England 83.7%
Council compared with England Similar
Bowel cancer screening 2025
74.0%
North Lincolnshire 74.0% England 72.9%
Council compared with England Better
WIDER HEALTH

Other measures affecting population health

Selected wider indicators that help describe health and wellbeing across the area.

Dementia diagnosis rate 2026
65.5 per 100
England 66.3 per 100 Similar
Air pollution mortality 2024
5.4%
England 5.3% Not compared
Latest available measures can cover different reporting periods. England comparison is the classification published with the OHID measure. Public Health Outcomes Framework
BENEFITS & FINANCIAL PRESSURE

How is Universal Credit changing in North Lincolnshire?

People receiving Universal Credit and how the caseload has changed over the latest 24 months.

DWP · May 2026
PEOPLE ON UNIVERSAL CREDIT 21,524 12.6% of the 2024 resident population May 2026
CHANGE IN 12 MONTHS +6.1% +1,245 people
LATEST MONTHLY CHANGE +0.6% +118 since April 2026
LOCAL CONTEXT

Universal Credit recipients as a share of population

Comparison using 2024 resident population estimates.

May 2026
North Lincolnshire LOCAL AUTHORITY
12.6%
Yorkshire and The Humber REGION
13.6%
England COUNTRY
12.3%
Percentage of the resident population receiving Universal Credit. This is not an unemployment rate.
24-MONTH TREND

People receiving Universal Credit

Monthly caseload recorded on the DWP Universal Credit system.

June 2024 May 2026
21,564 20,157 18,749
June 2024 May 2026
What does this measure?

Universal Credit provides financial support to people who are on a low income or out of work. These figures count people receiving Universal Credit, not households and not the number of people who are unemployed.

DWP Stat-Xplore
AIR QUALITY

How clean is the air?

Long-term particulate pollution across the council area, alongside measurements from local UK-AIR monitoring stations.

Defra 2,024
POPULATION-WEIGHTED ANNUAL MEAN

Fine particulate matter

7.2 µg/m³

PM2.5 · 2,024

Human-related sources 6.7 µg/m³
Other sources 0.5 µg/m³
Modelled population-weighted annual concentration across the local authority area. This is not a live sensor reading.
LONG-TERM TREND

PM2.5 over time

38.4%
12.1 5.7
2011: 11.74 µg/m³ 2012: 11.46 µg/m³ 2013: 12.14 µg/m³ 2014: 12.12 µg/m³ 2015: 9.52 µg/m³ 2016: 8.75 µg/m³ 2017: 8.00 µg/m³ 2018: 9.01 µg/m³ 2019: 9.02 µg/m³ 2020: 5.98 µg/m³ 2021: 6.42 µg/m³ 2022: 5.74 µg/m³ 2023: 6.97 µg/m³ 2024: 7.23 µg/m³
2011 2024
Since 2011 ↓ 38.4%
5 years ↓ 19.8%
10 years ↓ 40.4%
CURRENT MONITORING

Latest station measurement

UK-AIR
PM2.5 7.0 µg/m³
Provisional
Last 24 hours 1.0 – 14.0 µg/m³
2026-09-22 02:00:00+01: 6.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 03:00:00+01: 6.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 04:00:00+01: 5.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 05:00:00+01: 10.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 06:00:00+01: 7.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 07:00:00+01: 7.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 08:00:00+01: 13.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 09:00:00+01: 9.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 10:00:00+01: 8.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 11:00:00+01: 6.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 12:00:00+01: 5.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 13:00:00+01: 5.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 14:00:00+01: 3.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 15:00:00+01: 2.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 16:00:00+01: 2.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 17:00:00+01: 1.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 18:00:00+01: 4.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 19:00:00+01: 4.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 20:00:00+01: 9.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 21:00:00+01: 11.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 22:00:00+01: 11.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 23:00:00+01: 8.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-23 00:00:00+01: 14.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-23 01:00:00+01: 7.0 µg/m³
Scunthorpe Town Automatic Urban and Rural Monitoring Network (AURN); Heavy Metals; Non-Automatic Hydrocarbon Network; PAH Digitel (solid phase) · Urban Industrial Latest measurement: 2026-09-23 01:00:00+01

This is a measurement from an individual monitoring station and should not be interpreted as the current concentration across the whole council area.

HEALTH IMPACT

Particulate air pollution

5.4% of mortality attributable to particulate air pollution
2024 Not compared

This OHID measure estimates the mortality burden associated with particulate air pollution. It is a health-impact measure, not a pollution concentration.

Annual PM2.5 is Defra Pollution Climate Mapping data. Monitoring readings are station-specific UK-AIR measurements and may be provisional. Defra source
HOUSING LICENSING

HMOs and property licensing

Coverage not assessedNational HMO explorer
Licensed HMOsAwaiting registerOnly licensed properties will be counted
Register accessNot assessedNo register record available
Identifiable HMO expenditureNot identifiableNot separately described in published transactions
Inspection and enforcement dataAwaiting dataNo activity source imported yet
Coverage note

A licensed HMO register has not yet been located for this council. CouncilMetrics does not estimate HMO expenditure from broad housing or social-care descriptions.

FINANCE

How this council raises and spends money

Comparable official outturn for 2024/25, reported to central government.

MHCLG official outturn
Total service expenditure
£333.88m 2024/25 actual outturn
Net revenue expenditure
£169.95m 2024/25 actual outturn
Council Tax requirement
£90.89m 2024/25 actual outturn
Unallocated reserves
£10.20m 2024/25 actual outturn
Service expenditure per resident £1,949
Median for councils of the same type £1,777 9.7% above peer median
2024/25 SERVICE SPENDING

Where the money was spent

Net current expenditure after service income.

Actual outturn
Education Gross £158.42m · Income £18.84m
£139.58m
Adult social care Gross £100.87m · Income £27.26m
£73.61m
Children's social care Gross £38.39m · Income £3.13m
£35.26m
Environmental and regulatory services Gross £27.98m · Income £5.19m
£22.80m
Culture and related services Gross £24.37m · Income £9.26m
£15.11m
Central services Gross £38.07m · Income £24.49m
£13.58m
Highways and transport Gross £15.59m · Income £3.60m
£11.99m
Public health Gross £12.61m · Income £747.4k
£11.87m
Housing Gross £8.82m · Income £3.49m
£5.33m
Planning and development Gross £11.87m · Income £7.45m
£4.41m
Other services Gross £341.2k · Income £0.00
£341.2k
CORE FUNDING

Selected funding sources

Major financing lines in the central return.

Council Tax requirement£90.89m
Retained business rates£64.06m
Revenue Support Grant£7.76m
UNALLOCATED RESERVES

Financial buffer

General unallocated reserves during the year.

Opening £10.00m
Closing £10.20m
£200.0k increase during 2024/25
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Revenue Outturn RS and RSX · values shown in pounds Official dataset
BORROWING AND INVESTMENTS

Balance-sheet position

A point-in-time view of debt and liquid investments at the end of 2026/27 Q1.

MHCLG quarterly return
Outstanding borrowing
£163.82m 2026/27 Q1 quarter end
Investments and cash
£45.52m 2026/27 Q1 quarter end
Net debt
£118.31m 2026/27 Q1 quarter end
Net debt per resident
£690 Per resident using latest population
This council's net debt per resident £690
Median for unitary authority councils £1,104 37.4% lower than the peer median
QUARTERLY TREND

Borrowing, investments and net debt

2020/21 Q1 to 2026/27 Q1.

£29.79m quarterly reduction
2020/21 Q12021/22 Q32023/24 Q12024/25 Q32026/27 Q1
Latest quarterly movement −£29.79m −20.1%
Change across the series −£24.22m Net debt since 2020/21 Q1
What changed?

Net debt reduced during the latest quarter as the balance between borrowing and investments improved.

BORROWING COMPOSITION

Where the borrowing sits

PWLB, other longer-term borrowing and short-term borrowing.

2026/27 Q1
Public Works Loan Board£138.82m
Other longer-term borrowing£10.00m
Short-term borrowing£15.00m
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment live table · 2026/27 Q1 · values shown in pounds Official dataset
COUNCIL TAX & COLLECTION

How much council tax remains unpaid?

Council tax collection, outstanding arrears and write-offs reported to central government.

MHCLG 2025/26
Outstanding arrears
£24.14m Total outstanding at financial year-end
Collection rate
94.95% Collected against the in-year debit
Council tax written off
£583,000 Written off during the financial year
Council tax collected
£112.42m Receipts relating to the financial year
FIVE-YEAR TREND

How has unpaid council tax changed?

Outstanding arrears at each financial year-end.

2021/22–2025/26
OUTSTANDING ARREARS 2025/26
£24.14m
CHANGE SINCE 2021/22
+ 46.2%
+ £7.63m
ENGLAND CHANGE
+49.5%
£16.52m 2021/22 £18.90m 2022/23 £20.88m 2023/24 £22.25m 2024/25 £24.14m 2025/26

Figures represent total outstanding council tax balances, including arrears carried forward from earlier years. Changes in council boundaries can affect historical comparisons.

OUTSTANDING ARREARS

Where does the unpaid council tax come from?

Breakdown of outstanding balances at the end of 2025/26.

£24.14m outstanding
CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR £6.31m

26.1% of outstanding arrears

EARLIER FINANCIAL YEARS £17.84m

73.9% of outstanding arrears

Current-year arrears Earlier-years arrears

Earlier-years arrears represent unpaid council tax carried forward from previous financial years. These figures do not identify individual households or establish whether balances are recoverable.

COLLECTION PERFORMANCE

How does this council compare?

England 2025/26
In-year collection rate 94.95%

England average: 95.60%  ·  0.65 percentage points below England

Outstanding arrears include unpaid balances from earlier financial years and are not the same as council tax uncollected during 2025/26. Monetary values are rounded for display. Official MHCLG source

SPENDING

Published directorate expenditure

Explore all 0 records
CONTRACTS

Largest contracts

Explore all 0 contracts
ContractSupplierStatusEnd dateOriginal value
SUPPLIERS

Largest supplier exposure

Dated transactions
SupplierPaymentsPublished expenditure
PROVENANCE

Source documents

40 imported
DocumentDatasetPeriodStatusOfficial source
Housing Delivery Test 2025 results — North Lincolnshiremhclg housing delivery testHDT 2025–HDT 2025importedOpen
MHCLG district planning application decisions (PS2) — North Lincolnshiremhclg planning ps21996 Q2–2026 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG district planning application statistics (PS1) — North Lincolnshiremhclg planning ps11996 Q2–2026 Q1importedOpen
DfT road condition statistics — North Lincolnshire UA [note 7] [r]dft local road condition2007/08–2024/25importedOpen
Defra local authority waste statistics — North Lincolnshire Councildefra local authority waste2010/11–2024/25importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2023/24 — North Lincolnshire UAmhclg revenue outturn rsx2023/24importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2023/24 — North Lincolnshire UAmhclg revenue outturn rs2023/24importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2022/23 — North Lincolnshiremhclg revenue outturn rsx2022/23importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2022/23 — North Lincolnshiremhclg revenue outturn rs2022/23importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2021/22 — North Lincolnshiremhclg revenue outturn rsx2021/22importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2021/22 — North Lincolnshiremhclg revenue outturn rs2021/22importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2020/21 — North Lincolnshire UAmhclg revenue outturn rsx2020/21importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2020/21 — North Lincolnshire UAmhclg revenue outturn rs2020/21importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q4 — North Lincolnshiremhclg borrowing investment2025/26 Q4importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q3 — North Lincolnshiremhclg borrowing investment2025/26 Q3importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q2 — North Lincolnshiremhclg borrowing investment2025/26 Q2importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q1 — North Lincolnshiremhclg borrowing investment2025/26 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q4 — North Lincolnshiremhclg borrowing investment2024/25 Q4importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q3 — North Lincolnshiremhclg borrowing investment2024/25 Q3importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q2 — North Lincolnshiremhclg borrowing investment2024/25 Q2importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q1 — North Lincolnshiremhclg borrowing investment2024/25 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q4 — North Lincolnshiremhclg borrowing investment2023/24 Q4importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q3 — North Lincolnshiremhclg borrowing investment2023/24 Q3importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q2 — North Lincolnshiremhclg borrowing investment2023/24 Q2importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q1 — North Lincolnshiremhclg borrowing investment2023/24 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q4 — North Lincolnshiremhclg borrowing investment2022/23 Q4importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q3 — North Lincolnshiremhclg borrowing investment2022/23 Q3importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q2 — North Lincolnshiremhclg borrowing investment2022/23 Q2importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q1 — North Lincolnshiremhclg borrowing investment2022/23 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q4 — North Lincolnshiremhclg borrowing investment2021/22 Q4importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q3 — North Lincolnshiremhclg borrowing investment2021/22 Q3importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q2 — North Lincolnshiremhclg borrowing investment2021/22 Q2importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q1 — North Lincolnshiremhclg borrowing investment2021/22 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q4 — North Lincolnshiremhclg borrowing investment2020/21 Q4importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q3 — North Lincolnshiremhclg borrowing investment2020/21 Q3importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q2 — North Lincolnshiremhclg borrowing investment2020/21 Q2importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q1 — North Lincolnshiremhclg borrowing investment2020/21 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2026/27 Q1 — North Lincolnshiremhclg borrowing investment2026/27 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2024/25 — North Lincolnshire UAmhclg revenue outturn rsx2024/25importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2024/25 — North Lincolnshire UAmhclg revenue outturn rs2024/25importedOpen
How to read these figures and the Financial Health Score

Budget summaries and financial positions retain the reporting year and assurance status of their original source. Draft or unaudited values are labelled separately from audited outturn figures. The Financial Health Score uses reserves cover, net debt per resident, liquidity and quarterly debt direction from central MHCLG returns. Each component is converted to a percentile among councils of the same authority type; available components are weighted 35%, 30%, 20% and 15% respectively. A score is published only when at least three components covering 65% of the weighting are available. It is a comparative financial indicator, not an assessment of service quality or political performance.