[holding answer 16 September 2009]: The information requested is set out in the following table.
Police authorities Council tax requirement (£ million) Budget met by council tax (percentage) Council tax requirement (£ million) Budget met by council tax (percentage) Avon and Somerset 80.39 32.31 85.26 32.86 Bedfordshire 24.75 27.13 27.49 28.62 Cambridgeshire 39.40 33.96 41.99 34.81 Cheshire 42.56 27.04 50.34 29.95 Cleveland 26.50 22.13 29.27 23.49 Cumbria 29.89 31.79 31.66 32.50 Derbyshire 45.63 30.11 48.05 30.56 Devon and Cornwall 78.64 30.62 85.66 31.95 Dorset 45.35 42.07 47.94 42.89 Durham 25.11 22.35 26.70 23.00 Dyfed-Powys 31.80 37.40 33.86 38.94 Essex 73.23 30.23 77.63 30.92 Gloucestershire 38.92 40.69 41.14 41.49 Greater Manchester 90.79 17.32 98.76 18.12 Gwent 32.00 28.40 33.70 29.48 Hampshire 84.04 29.81 91.65 31.15 Hertfordshire 56.62 33.02 60.23 33.79 Humberside 42.23 25.61 44.33 26.12 Kent 75.16 29.14 79.68 29.86 Lancashire 58.56 23.18 63.39 24.19 Leicestershire 42.95 27.76 49.93 30.32 Lincolnshire 29.71 32.87 38.10 37.86 Merseyside 54.15 17.62 56.68 17.87 Metropolitan 648.96 25.62 664.97 25.63 Norfolk 47.44 36.12 52.05 37.64 North Wales 48.49 37.90 51.25 39.60 North Yorkshire 54.18 42.45 57.12 43.20 Northamptonshire 38.23 34.66 40.86 35.59 Northumbria 31.90 11.81 33.77 12.16 Nottinghamshire 45.00 25.34 47.63 25.79 South Wales 59.93 25.40 63.60 26.47 South Yorkshire 44.71 18.66 47.04 19.08 Staffordshire 56.40 33.01 58.81 33.39 Suffolk 34.08 33.46 37.50 35.09 Surrey 83.21 46.07 92.05 48.07 Sussex 75.64 31.90 79.87 32.59 Thames Valley 117.82 34.21 123.93 34.80 Warwickshire 28.59 35.71 32.63 38.20 West Mercia 67.95 36.87 71.71 37.61 West Midlands 71.58 13.72 74.88 13.78 West Yorkshire 77.82 19.65 82.30 20.03 Wiltshire 33.64 35.03 35.59 35.85