Supporting adult social care
Adult Social Care Precept
Adult social care is one of the main services provided by Isle of Wight Council. Councils across England face cost pressures because:
- more people need care, and their needs are more complex
- the cost of providing care is going up
- Government funding for councils is limited
To help with these costs, the Government allows councils to add an adult social care precept (this means an extra part of council tax).
Key information
- the precept helps pay for some of the costs of adult social care. A lot of the council tax Isle of Wight Council already gets is also used to pay for adult social care. Other money comes from business rates and Government grants
- the precept is part of the council tax, not a service charge. This means you don’t have to get social care services to be charged the precept
- if you pay for care services, the precept does not replace these charges. The precept is included in your council tax bill and collected with your usual council tax payments
Presentation on council tax bills and calculation
- the 5.0% increase shown on your bill is 4.99% rounded to one decimal point. This includes a 2.99% increase for the council tax precept and a 2% increase for the adult social care precept
- our overall adult social care budget for 2025-26 is £108 million. The Adult Social Care precept in 2025-26 will raise a total of £2.2 million. This money is ring-fenced, meaning it can only be used for adult social care services
You can find detailed information about how the adult social care precept is calculated and shown on bills on our webpage about setting and calculating council tax.