To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much was raised in council tax in East Sussex in (a) 2000–01, (b) 2001–02 and (c) 2002–03; and how much is expected to be raised in 2003–04. [115473]

Tabled is the figures for budgeted gross council tax income in East Sussex for each financial year. Gross council tax income includes council tax collectable by local authorities and council tax funded through Council Tax Benefit.

£ million
	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04
Eastbourne	3.8	4.0	4.3	6.1
Hastings	4.0	4.2	4.6	5.2
Lewes	5.4	5.6	6.3	6.9
Rother	3.8	4.1	5.0	5.5
Wealden	9.2	9.8	10.7	11.3
East Sussex county council	128.5	142.5	150.9	181.7
Sussex Police Authority1	10.6	11.4	13.6	19.1
Total	165.3	181.6	195.4	235.8
1 Amounts payable by council tax payers in the East Sussex area only.

The above figures are the amounts expected to be collected in respect of each financial year. They are not the amounts actually collected within the financial year. Some of the council tax due for a particular year is not collected within that year. This means that the amount actually collected in any particular year is made up of income in respect of that year plus amounts collected from earlier and/or later years