To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which parish councils levy a precept on council tax. (317854)

This information is not held centrally.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the gross revenue raised from parish precepts was on council tax in England in each year since 1997-98; and what the average parish precept on a Band D bill was in each such year. (317857)

Details of the gross revenue raised from parish precepts on council tax and the average parish precept on a band D bill in England since 2000-01 are published in table A3c of “Local Government Financial Statistics England No. 19 2009” that was published in May 2009.

A copy of this publication is available in the Library of the House and a copy is also available on the Communities and Local Government website at:

http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/corporate/statistics/financialstatistics192009