Where your Council Tax goes
The Council Tax you pay goes towards the
cost of providing a wide range of services to the people of
Rochdale.
Some of these services include, but are not limited
to:
- Administration of a wide range of licences
and permits
- Administration of Housing Benefit and
Council Tax Benefit
- Car parks and parking
enforcement
- Community development
- Consumer advice and protection
- Elections, registrar of births, deaths and
marriages
- Funeral services at cemeteries and
crematoria
- Health and social care to the
vulnerable
- Housing
- Leisure facilities
- Libraries
- Maintenance of roads
- Museums and art galleries
- Parks and open spaces
- Refuse collection and waste
recycling
- Schools and nursery facilities
- Street cleaning
- Youth services.
and many more.
As well as the services provide directly by the
council, your Council Tax contributes towards:
- Greater Manchester Fire Service
- Greater Manchester Police
- Waste disposal.