To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the average Band D council tax in each billing authority in Lincolnshire was in 2008-09 (a) before and (b) after the designation of the Lincolnshire police authority and the issuing of new bills. (253887)

Details of the average Band D council tax in each billing authority in Lincolnshire in 2008-09 before the designation of the Lincolnshire police authority were published in a statistical release on 27 March 2008 and available on the Communities and Local Government website at:

http://www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/ctax/ctax089old.htm.

Details of the average Band D council tax in each billing authority in Lincolnshire in 2008-09 after the designation of the Lincolnshire police authority were published in a statistical release on 21 August 2008 and available on the Communities and Local Government website at:

http://www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/ctax/ctax089.htm.