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Norfolk County Council

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Contracts running: 364
Ending in the next year: 143
Payments published: £5.0B
Paid in 2025-26 so far: £1.1B
Council tax collected: £491.4M
Borrowing: £884.9M
Debt interest: £34.0M a year
Schools: 463

About

Norfolk County Council is a county council serving 945,427 people. Housing, planning and parking are run by the 7 district councils in its area. It has published 820,667 payments since 2021-22, worth £5.0B, and 364 of the 1,082 contracts on record are still running.

Paid most in 2025-26 so far

District councilsBreckland Broadland Great Yarmouth King's Lynn and West Norfolk North Norfolk Norwich South Norfolk

Spending

Payments over £500, published to February 2026

Paid in 2025-26 so far: £1.09B; April 2025 to February 2026
Same months of 2024-25: £1.18B; 2025-26 is 8% lower
Payments: 185,517; in 2025-26 so far
Latest month published: February 2026

Paid each month

Spending to note, 2025-26 so far

Taxis and passenger transport: £58.5M; 12,405 payments ·
Payments to individuals: £1.3M; Names withheld ·
Consultancy: £15.5M
Agency staff: £19.9M

Borrowing

End of December 2025

£884.9M borrowed and £50.0M invested.

Public Works Loan Board£838.9M · 95%

Banks£31.0M · 4%

Other lenders£15.0M · 2%

Council details

Type: County council
Code: E10000020
Population: 945,427
Payments: 2021-22 to 2025-26
Contract notices: 1,082, latest 29 Oct 2026

Latest contract notices

Norfolk Community Mental Health Outreach and Support Service29 Oct 2026 · Pipeline · £18.6M Crisis Fund Utilities Vouchers27 Oct 2026 · In Delivery · £1.5M · Evouchers Ltd Mains gas supply Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service26 Oct 2026 · Awarded · £400K · Totalenergies Gas & Power Limited

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