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Great Yarmouth — Council Spending, Contracts & Finances | UKGovscan
Part of Norfolk County Council — education, social care, highways and fire services are managed at county level.
Headline figures
Contracts
£159.7M
169 contracts · 37 active
Payments tracked
39,348
£866.4M published
Council tax collected
£65.8M
2024-25 · inc. police & fire precepts
Total borrowing
£191.0M
2025-2026 Q3
Debt servicing
£2.7M/yr
17% of service budget
Schools
43
13,206 pupils
Parking surplus
£1.0M
2023-24
Properties
952
923 freehold · 29 leasehold
Exit payments
£87K
10 packages · 2024-25
Contracts
Contracts Finder & Find a Tender
Active
37
Ended
113
Active value
£159.7M
Suppliers
118
Largest contract: £55.0M — Procurement of Strategic Partner for Housing Development
Spending
2025-26 · council transparency publications
Biggest payment
£6,000,000.00
Cambridge City Council
Taxi & SEN transport
£997
3 payments
Personal payments
£33K
25 redacted payments
Consultancy
£905K
Agency & temp staff
£508K
Spending by department — 2025-26
Executive and Resources
£63.0M
Contractual Payments
£42.5M
Capital Stock Adv Payments
£32.1M
Summary Codes
£10.6M
Environmental Services
£7.7M
Housing Revenue Account
£7.1M
Inward Investment
£2.9M
Communications and Marketing
£1.7M
Customer Services
£1.5M
Property and Asset Management
£1.3M
Departments are derived from the council's own service-area labels by keyword matching, so a payment can sit under a label that differs from how the council budgets it. Redacted personal payments count towards the totals but carry no supplier.
Schools
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Primary30
Secondary6
Pupils13,206
Academies27
Free School Meals35.4%
Occupancy86%
Pupil Demographics
Boys6,815 (52%)
Girls6,391 (48%)
SEN Pupils2,915922 EHCP · 1,993 SEN Support
Faith Schools9
Single-Sex Schools11 boys · 0 girls
Boys 52%Girls 48%
Pupil Ethnicity
White British 78.2%Other White 8.9%African 2.2%Indian 2%Other Mixed 1.7%Unclassified 1.1%White & Asian 1.1%White & Black African 0.9%Other Asian 0.9%Other 0.7%