Norfolk County Council Budget Consultation 2024-25

Overview

Norfolk County Council will set a new budget on 20 February 2024. In this consultation we are asking for your views on our proposed council tax level for
2024-25, including a proposal for the adult social care precept.

Watch: Deputy Leader of Norfolk County Council, Councillor Andrew Jamieson, explains this year's budget consultation.

Why your views matter

We want to find out what people think about our proposed increase in council tax.

We are consulting through:

- This online consultation, which is also available as a paper copy
- Letter to key partners and stakeholders
- Letter to members of the Norfolk Residents’ Panel

We are consulting from 20 October to 1 December 2023.  Please note that if we receive any consultation responses after this date we cannot guarantee that we will be able to take them into account.

We will feed back the findings from our consultation to our county councillors as part of the evidence they will use to help them come to a decision about our budget proposals.

If you need a copy of this consultation document in a different format please email haveyoursay@norfolk.gov.uk, call 0344 800 8020 or Text Relay on 18001 0344 800 8020 (textphone) and we will do our best to help.

The consultation should take about 10-15 minutes to complete.

What happens next

How we will make our decision and report back to you

We will take a report about the findings of this consultation to the Council Cabinet in January 2024.  We will set a new budget on 20 February 2024.

Our county councillors will consider the consultation responses we receive very carefully. In particular, they will take into account:

• The impact of any proposal on individuals, groups or communities and in particular on people identified as having 'protected characteristics' under the Equality Act 2010. The protected characteristics are: age; disability; gender reassignment; pregnancy and maternity; race; religion or belief; sex; and sexual orientation.  As well as this equality impact assessment, councillors will consider the impact of proposals on rural areas
• The views of people and stakeholders consulted
• The evidence of need and what is proven to work effectively and well
• The financial and legal positions and any constraints at the time
• Any potential alternative options, models or ideas for making the savings.