The government has allowed councils that provide social care to adults to increase their share of council tax.
This additional council tax charge is called the adult social care precept.
This started in 2016 and it is a government requirement that this precept is shown as a separate line on the bill with an amount that is the total for this additional precept, rather than the total spend on adult social care.
The 3% increase shown on the bill is an increase on the whole Kent County Council (KCC) amount which results in a total KCC increase of 2.998% (or 3.0% when rounded to one decimal place).
The percentage increase is calculated by the total for KCC and the adult social care precept.
Adult social care precept amounts
2024/2025
The total precept is £1,610.82 (£1,377.81 plus £233.01)
2023/2024
The total precept is £1,534.23 (£1,331.82 plus £202.41)
2022/2023
The total precept was £1,461.24 (£1,287.99 plus £173.25)
2021/2022
The total precept was £1,418.76 (£1,259.64 plus £159.12)
2020/2021
The total precept was £1,351.26 (£1,232.64 plus £118.62)
2019/2020
The total precept was £1,299.42 (£1,206.72 plus £92.70)
2018/2019
The total precept was £1,237.68 (£1,169.64 plus £68.04)
2017/2018
The total precept was £1,178.82 (£1,134.36 plus £44.46)
2016/2017
The total precept was £1,135.55 (£1,111.77 plus £21.78)
The income generated is ring fenced, meaning it can only be used for adult social care services.
KCC is the local authority that provides adult social services, and we collect this charge on their behalf.