⌘ K
Overview

South West · County council

Devon County Council

2026/27 view

Devon County Council · ONS E10000008

Financial position as at 2026/27 Q1 quarter end

View sources
COUNCIL AT A GLANCE

Who runs the council and its current position

29/ 100
COUNCILMETRICS FINANCIAL HEALTH SCORE

Significant pressure

Compared only with county council councils using central government returns.

21 councils in peer group Rank 17 of 21 Medium confidence 2024/25 outturn · 2026/27 Q1 debt How this is calculated
Reserves cover5
Liquidity40
Debt direction70
YEAR-ON-YEAR CONTEXT Change from the previous reported period Each measure uses its own official reporting timetable.
Net debt £391.12m 2026/27 Q1 vs 2025/26 Q4
−£42.20m 9.7%
Service expenditure £1,278.85m 2024/25 vs 2023/24
+£46.99m 3.8%
Unallocated reserves £16.04m 2024/25 vs 2023/24
£0.00 0.0%
FIVE-YEAR FINANCIAL TREND

How this council's finances have changed

Official annual outturn. Each line uses its own scale so direction remains easy to read.

Through 2024/25
Service expenditure £1,278.85m
30.0%
2020/21: £983.69m 2021/22: £1,038.83m 2022/23: £1,171.50m 2023/24: £1,231.87m 2024/25: £1,278.85m
Net revenue expenditure £660.97m
33.0%
2020/21: £496.88m 2021/22: £560.31m 2022/23: £642.01m 2023/24: £682.23m 2024/25: £660.97m
Council Tax requirement £523.97m
23.8%
2020/21: £423.10m 2021/22: £440.44m 2022/23: £462.19m 2023/24: £491.81m 2024/25: £523.97m
Unallocated reserves £16.04m
8.2%
2020/21: £14.83m 2021/22: £14.83m 2022/23: £15.98m 2023/24: £16.04m 2024/25: £16.04m
COUNCILMETRICS COMMUNITY SCORE Share your experience 0 of 25 responses collected before results are published
Score this council
Political controlNot yet recordedAdministration not identified
Council leaderNot identifiedParty not identified
Resident populationAwaiting dataNo population series imported
Latest net debt£391.12m2026/27 Q1 quarter end
ROADS & HIGHWAYS

How well are the roads being maintained?

Official DfT condition data, showing the share of each road class requiring maintenance investigation.

2024/25
Unclassified roads24.0%requiring maintenance investigation+1.0 pts vs 2023/24
Rank 104 / 130peer median 15.0%
A roads & motorways3.0%requiring maintenance investigation+1.0 pts vs 2023/24
Rank 38 / 149peer median 4.0%
B & C roads11.0%requiring maintenance investigation+1.0 pts vs 2023/24
Rank 108 / 133peer median 5.0%
A roads & motorways3.0% red
Good 70.0%Amber 27.0%Red 3.0%
B & C roads11.0% red
Good 52.0%Amber 36.0%Red 11.0%
ROAD CONDITION TREND

Red condition over time

Lower is better
2015/16: 2.0%2016/17: 3.0%2017/18: 3.0%2018/19: 3.0%2019/20: 3.0%2020/21: 3.0%2021/22: 3.0%2022/23: 2.0%2023/24: 2.0%2024/25: 3.0%2015/16: 12.0%2016/17: 13.0%2017/18: 15.0%2018/19: 16.0%2019/20: 15.0%2020/21: 15.0%2021/22: 11.0%2022/23: 12.0%2023/24: 10.0%2024/25: 11.0%2015/16: 23.0%2016/17: 23.0%2017/18: 23.0%2018/19: 23.0%2019/20: 22.0%2020/21: 18.0%2021/22: 16.0%2022/23: 16.0%2023/24: 23.0%2024/25: 24.0%
2015/162024/25
A roadsB & C roadsUnclassified
2024/25 MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY

Network treated during the year

A roads6.0%955 km network
B, C & unclassified9.1%11,867 km network
Strengthening0.0%Resurfacing0.8%Preservation5.2%
Official DfT road condition statistics · Lower red percentages indicate fewer roads requiring investigation.View source
WASTE & RECYCLING

What happens to household waste?

Official Defra measures for Devon County Council, with like-for-like comparison against disposal authorities.

2024/25
54.2%recycled
Household recycling rate

Recycling rate fell

0.3 percentage points vs 2023/24
2 of 21 peer authorities Peer median 44.8%
Residual waste406.5 kgper household+4.8 kg year on year
Waste collected417.4 kgper resident+2.5 kg year on year
Household waste355,255tonnes collected192,694 tonnes recycled
WHERE HOUSEHOLD WASTE WENT

Recycled versus residual waste

192,694 t recycled, composted or reused 162,562 t not recycled
RECYCLING RATE TREND

10 years of official data

54.2%
2015/16: 55.1%2016/17: 55.7%2017/18: 54.0%2018/19: 56.0%2019/20: 56.6%2020/21: 55.3%2021/22: 55.1%2022/23: 54.0%2023/24: 54.5%2024/25: 54.2%
2015/162024/25
Official Defra waste statistics · Annual local-authority return · Figures may not sum exactly because of published rounding.View source
Published expenditure£0.00No spending file imported
Revenue budget£0.00Not imported
Reported overspend£0.00Not imported outturn
Contracts00 active
Identified suppliers0Normalised entities
PUBLIC HEALTH

How healthy are people in Devon County Council?

Life expectancy, early mortality, lifestyle and prevention measures from the Public Health Outcomes Framework.

OHID · latest available
LIFE EXPECTANCY

How does Devon County Council compare with England?

Latest published life expectancy at birth, shown against the matching England figure.

2025
Male 81.6 years
1.6 years higher than England
England 80.0
Female 85.1 years
1.3 years higher than England
England 83.8
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY

Years expected in good health

Healthy life expectancy is considerably different from total life expectancy: it estimates how many years are expected to be lived in good health.

Male
63.7
2.8 year s above England
England 60.9
Female
64.0
2.7 year s above England
England 61.3
2022 - 24
EARLY MORTALITY

Deaths and premature mortality

Age-standardised mortality rates and the latest published suicide rate.

Preventable mortality 2024
121.8 per 100,000
England 145.8
Better
Cardiovascular disease 2025
52.9 per 100,000
England 71.5
Better
Cancer 2025
103.1 per 100,000
England 114.6
Better
Liver disease 2025
13.6 per 100,000
England 19.4
Better
Respiratory disease 2025
21.0 per 100,000
England 31.5
Better
Suicide rate 2022 - 24
13.5 per 100,000
England 10.9
Worse
HEALTH & LIFESTYLE

Behaviours and health risks

Smoking, excess weight, physical activity and alcohol-related harm.

Adult smoking 2024
Devon County Council 11.8% England 10.4%
Similar
Adults overweight or obese 2024/25
Devon County Council 61.3% England 68.0%
Better
Physically active adults 2024/25
Devon County Council 73.7% England 64.6%
Better
Alcohol-related admissions 2023/24
Devon County Council 520.8 England 504.1
Rate per 100,000 Worse
CHILDREN & PREVENTION

Prevention and healthy development

Child health, physical activity, vaccination and screening coverage.

Reception overweight or obese 2024/25
24.5%
Devon County Council 24.5% England 23.5%
Council compared with England Similar
Year 6 overweight or obese 2024/25
31.4%
Devon County Council 31.4% England 36.2%
Council compared with England Better
Physically active children 2024/25
51.5%
Devon County Council 51.5% England 49.1%
Council compared with England Better
MMR two-dose coverage 2024/25
91.2%
Devon County Council 91.2% England 83.7%
Council compared with England Better
Bowel cancer screening 2025
78.7%
Devon County Council 78.7% England 72.9%
Council compared with England Better
WIDER HEALTH

Other measures affecting population health

Selected wider indicators that help describe health and wellbeing across the area.

Dementia diagnosis rate 2026
57.4 per 100
England 66.3 per 100 Worse
Air pollution mortality 2024
3.9%
England 5.3% Not compared
Latest available measures can cover different reporting periods. England comparison is the classification published with the OHID measure. Public Health Outcomes Framework
AIR QUALITY

How clean is the air?

Long-term particulate pollution across the council area, alongside measurements from local UK-AIR monitoring stations.

Defra 2,024
POPULATION-WEIGHTED ANNUAL MEAN

Fine particulate matter

5.1 µg/m³

PM2.5 · 2,024

Human-related sources 4.4 µg/m³
Other sources 0.7 µg/m³
Modelled population-weighted annual concentration across the local authority area. This is not a live sensor reading.
LONG-TERM TREND

PM2.5 over time

45.1%
9.3 3.9
2011: 9.32 µg/m³ 2012: 8.43 µg/m³ 2013: 9.09 µg/m³ 2014: 8.62 µg/m³ 2015: 7.95 µg/m³ 2016: 8.11 µg/m³ 2017: 7.33 µg/m³ 2018: 6.46 µg/m³ 2019: 7.10 µg/m³ 2020: 6.21 µg/m³ 2021: 6.18 µg/m³ 2022: 3.88 µg/m³ 2023: 5.23 µg/m³ 2024: 5.12 µg/m³
2011 2024
Since 2011 ↓ 45.1%
5 years ↓ 28.0%
10 years ↓ 40.6%
CURRENT MONITORING

Latest station measurement

UK-AIR
No active UK-AIR monitoring station is currently mapped to this council.
HEALTH IMPACT

Particulate air pollution

3.9% of mortality attributable to particulate air pollution
2024 Not compared

This OHID measure estimates the mortality burden associated with particulate air pollution. It is a health-impact measure, not a pollution concentration.

Annual PM2.5 is Defra Pollution Climate Mapping data. Monitoring readings are station-specific UK-AIR measurements and may be provisional. Defra source
HOUSING LICENSING

HMOs and property licensing

Coverage not assessedNational HMO explorer
Licensed HMOsAwaiting registerOnly licensed properties will be counted
Register accessNot assessedNo register record available
Identifiable HMO expenditureNot identifiableNot separately described in published transactions
Inspection and enforcement dataAwaiting dataNo activity source imported yet
Coverage note

A licensed HMO register has not yet been located for this council. CouncilMetrics does not estimate HMO expenditure from broad housing or social-care descriptions.

FINANCE

How this council raises and spends money

Comparable official outturn for 2024/25, reported to central government.

MHCLG official outturn
Total service expenditure
£1,278.85m 2024/25 actual outturn
Net revenue expenditure
£660.97m 2024/25 actual outturn
Council Tax requirement
£523.97m 2024/25 actual outturn
Unallocated reserves
£16.04m 2024/25 actual outturn
2024/25 SERVICE SPENDING

Where the money was spent

Net current expenditure after service income.

Actual outturn
Education Gross £541.20m · Income £47.18m
£494.02m
Adult social care Gross £520.52m · Income £128.17m
£392.35m
Children's social care Gross £233.88m · Income £23.97m
£209.91m
Highways and transport Gross £90.06m · Income £28.08m
£61.98m
Environmental and regulatory services Gross £57.49m · Income £12.75m
£44.74m
Public health Gross £51.39m · Income £13.66m
£37.73m
Central services Gross £46.27m · Income £33.02m
£13.26m
Planning and development Gross £18.23m · Income £5.39m
£12.85m
Culture and related services Gross £12.20m · Income £1.83m
£10.36m
Housing Gross £1.71m · Income £41.0k
£1.67m
CORE FUNDING

Selected funding sources

Major financing lines in the central return.

Council Tax requirement£523.97m
Retained business rates£141.80m
Revenue Support Grant£713.0k
UNALLOCATED RESERVES

Financial buffer

General unallocated reserves during the year.

Opening £16.04m
Closing £16.04m
£0.00 increase during 2024/25
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Revenue Outturn RS and RSX · values shown in pounds Official dataset
BORROWING AND INVESTMENTS

Balance-sheet position

A point-in-time view of debt and liquid investments at the end of 2026/27 Q1.

MHCLG quarterly return
Outstanding borrowing
£528.34m 2026/27 Q1 quarter end
Investments and cash
£137.23m 2026/27 Q1 quarter end
Net debt
£391.12m 2026/27 Q1 quarter end
QUARTERLY TREND

Borrowing, investments and net debt

2020/21 Q1 to 2026/27 Q1.

£42.20m quarterly reduction
2020/21 Q12021/22 Q32023/24 Q12024/25 Q32026/27 Q1
Latest quarterly movement −£42.20m −9.7%
Change across the series +£100.34m Net debt since 2020/21 Q1
What changed?

Net debt reduced during the latest quarter as the balance between borrowing and investments improved.

BORROWING COMPOSITION

Where the borrowing sits

PWLB, other longer-term borrowing and short-term borrowing.

2026/27 Q1
Public Works Loan Board£518.34m
Short-term borrowing£10.00m
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment live table · 2026/27 Q1 · values shown in pounds Official dataset
COUNCIL TAX & COLLECTION

How much council tax remains unpaid?

Council tax collection, outstanding arrears and write-offs reported to central government.

Council tax collection figures are not available for this authority. Some councils, including county councils, do not collect council tax directly. Collection is administered by the relevant billing authorities.

SPENDING

Published directorate expenditure

Explore all 0 records
CONTRACTS

Largest contracts

Explore all 0 contracts
ContractSupplierStatusEnd dateOriginal value
SUPPLIERS

Largest supplier exposure

Dated transactions
SupplierPaymentsPublished expenditure
PROVENANCE

Source documents

37 imported
DocumentDatasetPeriodStatusOfficial source
DfT road condition statistics — Devondft local road condition2007/08–2024/25importedOpen
Defra local authority waste statistics — Devon County Councildefra local authority waste2010/11–2024/25importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2023/24 — Devon CCmhclg revenue outturn rsx2023/24importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2023/24 — Devon CCmhclg revenue outturn rs2023/24importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2022/23 — Devonmhclg revenue outturn rsx2022/23importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2022/23 — Devonmhclg revenue outturn rs2022/23importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2021/22 — Devonmhclg revenue outturn rsx2021/22importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2021/22 — Devonmhclg revenue outturn rs2021/22importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2020/21 — Devon CCmhclg revenue outturn rsx2020/21importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2020/21 — Devon CCmhclg revenue outturn rs2020/21importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q4 — Devonmhclg borrowing investment2025/26 Q4importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q3 — Devonmhclg borrowing investment2025/26 Q3importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q2 — Devonmhclg borrowing investment2025/26 Q2importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q1 — Devonmhclg borrowing investment2025/26 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q4 — Devonmhclg borrowing investment2024/25 Q4importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q3 — Devonmhclg borrowing investment2024/25 Q3importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q2 — Devonmhclg borrowing investment2024/25 Q2importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q1 — Devonmhclg borrowing investment2024/25 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q4 — Devonmhclg borrowing investment2023/24 Q4importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q3 — Devonmhclg borrowing investment2023/24 Q3importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q2 — Devonmhclg borrowing investment2023/24 Q2importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q1 — Devonmhclg borrowing investment2023/24 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q4 — Devonmhclg borrowing investment2022/23 Q4importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q3 — Devonmhclg borrowing investment2022/23 Q3importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q2 — Devonmhclg borrowing investment2022/23 Q2importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q1 — Devonmhclg borrowing investment2022/23 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q4 — Devonmhclg borrowing investment2021/22 Q4importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q3 — Devonmhclg borrowing investment2021/22 Q3importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q2 — Devonmhclg borrowing investment2021/22 Q2importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q1 — Devonmhclg borrowing investment2021/22 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q4 — Devonmhclg borrowing investment2020/21 Q4importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q3 — Devonmhclg borrowing investment2020/21 Q3importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q2 — Devonmhclg borrowing investment2020/21 Q2importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q1 — Devonmhclg borrowing investment2020/21 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2026/27 Q1 — Devonmhclg borrowing investment2026/27 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2024/25 — Devon CCmhclg revenue outturn rsx2024/25importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2024/25 — Devon CCmhclg revenue outturn rs2024/25importedOpen
How to read these figures and the Financial Health Score

Budget summaries and financial positions retain the reporting year and assurance status of their original source. Draft or unaudited values are labelled separately from audited outturn figures. The Financial Health Score uses reserves cover, net debt per resident, liquidity and quarterly debt direction from central MHCLG returns. Each component is converted to a percentile among councils of the same authority type; available components are weighted 35%, 30%, 20% and 15% respectively. A score is published only when at least three components covering 65% of the weighting are available. It is a comparative financial indicator, not an assessment of service quality or political performance.