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Council Tax

Volume 454: debated on Monday 4 December 2006

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what the average parish precept levied on an average Band D council tax bill in a parished area is in England in 2006-07; (104045)

(2) which council has the highest parish precept on Band D council tax in England in 2006-07; and what the level of the precept is.

Information on precepts and Band D council taxes set by individual parish and town councils is not collected by the Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the average Band D council tax was in each local authority area in (a) Yorkshire and the Humber and (b) England in each year since 2003-04. (106479)

The average area Band D council tax (in pounds) for each local authority area in (a) the Yorkshire and the Humber region and (b) England in each year since 2003-04 is shown in the following table.

Local authority

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

Barnsley

1,045

1,104

1,162

1,219

Bradford

1,016

1,061

1,105

1,151

Calderdale

1,131

1,181

1,237

1,297

Craven

1,127

1,199

1,254

1,309

Doncaster

1,040

1,094

1,102

1,136

East Riding of Yorkshire UA

1,109

1,183

1,241

1,302

Hambleton

1,055

1,128

1,182

1,233

Harrogate

1,145

1.224

1,279

1,335

Kingston upon Hull UA

1,036

1,094

1,143

1,196

Kirklees

1.089

1,134

1,190

1,250

Leeds

985

1,040

1,086

1,136

North East Lincolnshire UA

1,174

1,265

1,325

1,364

North Lincolnshire UA

1,157

1,237

1,294

1,356

Richmondshire

1,145

1,219

1,277

1,327

Rotherham

1,085

1,143

1,200

1,259

Ryedale

1,142

1,215

1,268

1,321

Scarborough

1,141

1,222

1,277

1,332

Selby

1,136

1,207

1,260

1,312

Sheffield

1,155

1,216

1,274

1,333

Wakefield

1,006

1,048

1,090

1,130

York UA

988

1,078

1,127

1,182

England

1,102

1,167

1,214

1,268

The data are collected on budget requirements forms submitted annually by local authorities to the Department for Communities and Local Government and include, where applicable, the authorities own council tax plus council tax collected on behalf of precepting bodies such as county councils, fire authorities and police authorities.