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What does the Council do?

    What does the Council do?

    Last year, West Sussex County Council: 

    • Made 64% of services available online.
    • Supported over 12,000 adults and 844 children via social care.
    • Supported 3,270 businesses to start, revive innovate or grow.
    • We fixed 96% of highway defects on time and began £17.4m in bus improvements and invested £54m in roads.
    • Created over 5KM of new cycleways.
    • Allocated £18.5M to make our buildings more environmentally friendly. 
    • Libraries had two million visitors and were accessed 6.3 million times online.
    • Our Fire and Rescue service made over 4,000 safe and well visits to people’s homes.
    • All five of our children’s homes were rated outstanding or good by Ofsted.
    • 91% of children in West Sussex are in schools rated good or outstanding by Ofsted.

      If you’re unsure of what our services do or the value you get by paying your council tax, read some of our highlights in our 2023-2024 Annual Report.
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