York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority - Mayoral Precepts

Each year your council tax bills tells you what you pay for your local council’s services, as well as what you contribute to other York and North Yorkshire-wide public services, such as the Police and Crime and Fire and Rescue Service.

These contributions are called “precepts” and always appear on your bill.

The Mayor of York and North Yorkshire is responsible for setting these precepts.  Keeping people safe in York and North Yorkshire is a key priority of the Mayor of York and North Yorkshire.

Mayoral General Precept 2026/27

The precept follows a public consultation. This ran from November 2025 – January 2025. We received nearly 3,000 responses to the consultation. You can read the report below.

The Chief Fire Officer has responded to the letter. You can read the response below.

Following this, the panel wrote to the mayor. You can read the response letter below.

Mayoral General Precept budgets

On the bill there will be two sections which refer to Mayoral Precepts. The Mayoral General Precept funds local fire and rescue services as well as being used to fund other mayoral functions.

For 2026/27, the Mayor has decided to only raise the ‘Fire & Rescue Service’ element of this precept. For 2026/27 the Mayoral General Precept is £116.62 per year (for a Band D property), an increase of £9.60 per year.

How your money will be spent

Your precept will contribute towards:

• Continuing to address the previous under-investment in the Service, reduce future borrowing needs and ensure continued financial stability.
• Underpin the new North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service Community Risk Management Plan 2025-29.
• This includes over 80 ‘Areas of Focus’ across Prevention, Protection, Response, On-Call, Resilience, Operational Preparedness, Collaboration, People, Culture and Values, Estates, Fleet, and Data, Digital and Technology
• With a specific focus and investment on Road Safety within 2026/27.

 Mayoral Police & Crime Precept 

The precept follows a public consultation. This ran from November 2025 – January 2025. We received nearly 3,000 responses to the consultation. You can read the report below.

The Chief Constable has responded to the letter. You can read the response below.

Following this, the panel wrote to the mayor. You can read the response letter below.

Mayoral Police and Crime precept budgets

For 2026/27, the Mayoral Police and Crime precept is £335.86 (for a Band D property), an increase of £15 per year.

How your money will be spent

Your precept will contribute towards:

• Further investment in Neighbourhood Policing.
• Increased staffing into the Safeguarding Online Child Abuse Team.
• A mandatory domestic abuse perpetrator intervention programme.