To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the estimated cost to her Department and local authorities of council tax rebilling was in (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09 and (c) 2009-10. (277242)

There is no cost to the Department as a result of council tax rebilling.

The Department does not provide estimates of rebilling costs to local authorities;

actual costs for previous years were as follows:

2007-08: £0

2008-09: £1.22 per household for Lincolnshire police authority.¹

¹ Based on figures provided by the authority.