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Police: Finance

Volume 458: debated on Wednesday 28 March 2007

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Mrs. Spelman

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average Band D police precept on council tax was in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) England and Wales in actual prices in each year since 1997. (129451)

Mr. McNulty

The information requested is set out in the following table.

Precepts for police authorities in England and Wales since 1997-98

£

Average police precept on council tax (Band D)

England

Wales

England and Wales

1997-98

55.09

48.89

54.74

1998-99

59.32

57.03

59.19

1999-2000

64.26

65.91

64.36

2000-01

69.30

79.84

69.89

2001-02

77.80

85.54

78.24

2002-03

89.52

93.87

89.77

2003-04

112.16

115.60

112.36

2004-05

125.91

133.34

126.33

2005-06

132.62

138.22

132.95

2006-07

139.97

145.07

140.28

2007-08

147.90

153.03

148.21

Source: Department for Communities and Local Government and Welsh Assembly Government