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Devon County Council

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Contracts running: 294
Ending in the next year: 95
Payments published: £4.1B
Paid in 2019-20 so far: £277.1M
Council tax collected: £491.8M
Borrowing: £544.8M
Debt interest: £23.0M a year
Schools: 426
Properties owned: 50

About

Devon County Council is a county council serving 845,541 people. Housing, planning and parking are run by the 8 district councils in its area. It has published 770,697 payments since 2010-11, worth £4.1B, and 294 of the 865 contracts on record are still running.

Paid most in 2019-20 so far

District councilsEast Devon Exeter Mid Devon North Devon South Hams Teignbridge Torridge West Devon

Spending

Payments over £500, published to August 2019

Paid in 2019-20 so far: £277.1M; April to August 2019
Same months of 2018: £258.9M; 2019-20 is 7% higher
Payments: 39,264; in 2019-20 so far
Latest month published: August 2019

Paid each month

Spending to note, 2019-20 so far

Taxis and passenger transport: £745K; 46 payments ·
Consultancy: £1.0M
Agency staff: £1.4M

Borrowing

End of December 2025

£544.8M borrowed and £54.6M invested.

Public Works Loan Board£514.8M · 94%

Other lenders£15.0M · 3%

Other councils£15.0M · 3%

Council details

Type: County council
Code: E10000008
Population: 845,541
Payments: 2010-11 to 2019-20
Contract notices: 865, latest 29 Oct 2026

Latest contract notices

B833/26 – Provision of Kitchen Canopy TR19 Inspections, Insectocutor Cleaning, Kitchen Canopy and Ductwork Cleaning & Maintenance29 Oct 2026 · Open Tender · £360K FWKORD006627 Oct 2026 · In Delivery · £128K · Cormac Contracting Ltd Public Bus Service (Lot 5) TR386 Petrockstowe to Barnstaple27 Oct 2026 · Awarded · £10K · Taw and Torridge Coaches LTD

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