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Mr. John Carlisle
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list in the Official Report the latest annual percentage increase or decrease in the rates of shire counties in England that has been notified to his Department.
Mr. Chope
Following is the available information:
| Increases in County Precepts 1986–87 to 1987–88 | |
| Per cent. | |
| Avon | 1·7 |
| Bedfordshire | 21·3 |
| Berkshire | 4·9 |
| Buckinghamshire | 8·7 |
| Cambridgeshire | 6·2 |
| Cheshire | 9·1 |
| Cleveland | 7·2 |
| Cornwall | 8·4 |
| Cumbria | 2·7 |
| Derbyshire | 12·4 |
| Devon | 7·3 |
| Dorset | 9·9 |
| Durham | 8·6 |
| East Sussex | 7·8 |
| Essex | 10·8 |
| Gloucestershire | 7·9 |
| Hampshire | 8·9 |
| Hereford & Worcester | 3·7 |
| Hertfordshire | 6·9 |
| Humberside | 10·7 |
| Isle of Wight | 10·0 |
| Kent | 4·7 |
| Lancashire | 8·2 |
| Leicestershire | 5·0 |
| Lincolnshire | 2·3 |
| Norfolk | 2·0 |
| Northamptonshire | 15·6 |
| Northumberland | 0·0 |
| North Yorkshire | 10·9 |
| Nottinghamshire | 7·8 |
| Oxfordshire | 15·8 |
| Shropshire | 7·6 |
| Somerset | 7·8 |
| Staffordshire | 7·0 |
| Suffolk | 7·1 |
| Surrey | 7·4 |
| Warwickshire | 7·9 |
| West Sussex | 4·8 |
| Wiltshire | 9·9 |