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County councilE10000016Population 1,652,769South East

Kent County Council

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Contracts running: 218
Ending in the next year: 101
Payments published: £6.8B
Paid in 2025-26 so far: £1.5B
Council tax collected: £876.8M
Borrowing: £651.9M
Debt interest: £33.5M a year
Schools: 712
Properties owned: 8,510

About

Kent County Council is a county council serving 1,652,769 people. Housing, planning and parking are run by the 12 district councils in its area. It has published 1,669,895 payments since 2022-23, worth £6.8B, and 218 of the 1,405 contracts on record are still running.

Paid most in 2025-26 so far

District councilsAshford Canterbury Dartford Dover Folkestone and Hythe Gravesham Maidstone Sevenoaks Swale Thanet Tonbridge and Malling Tunbridge Wells

Spending

Payments over £500, published to December 2025

Paid in 2025-26 so far: £1.54B; April to December 2025
Same months of 2024: £1.47B; 2025-26 is 5% higher
Payments: 358,382; in 2025-26 so far
Latest month published: December 2025

Paid each month

Spending to note, 2025-26 so far

Taxis and passenger transport: £53.2M; 16,568 payments ·
Payments to individuals: £64.9M; Names withheld ·
Consultancy: £25.2M
Agency staff: £1.4M

Borrowing

End of December 2025

£651.9M borrowed and £360.8M invested.

Public Works Loan Board£398.2M · 61%

Banks£226.1M · 35%

Other lenders£27.7M · 4%

Council details

Type: County council
Code: E10000016
Population: 1,652,769
Region: South East
Payments: 2022-23 to 2025-26
Contract notices: 1,405, latest 29 Oct 2026

Latest contract notices

Hollingbourne Primary School - Heating System Replacement29 Oct 2026 · Ended · £93K · H.O.B. Mechanical Services Limited Marsh Academy- Fees for Air conditioning works29 Oct 2026 · Ended · £36K · Skanska Construction UK Limited Marsh academy- air conditioning29 Oct 2026 · Ended · £36K · Skanska Construction UK Limited

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