Council Tax: York Hugh Bayley To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how much on average has been charged in respect of band D council tax in City of York in each year since 2002-03 expressed in (a) cash terms and (b) constant prices; (2) which local authorities in Yorkshire and the Humber had a lower average band D council tax than City of York in each year since 2002-03; and what the level of band D council tax was in each of those authorities in each such year. Barbara Follett Details of the authorities in the Yorkshire and the Humber region that had a lower average Band D council tax than York in each year since 2002-03, and the level of Band D council tax (in £) in each of those years, is shown in the following table. Also shown in the table is the average Band D council tax (in £) in York in the same period expressed in (a) cash terms and (b) in real terms at April 2009 prices. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |2002-03|2003-04|2004-05|2005-06|2006-07|2007-08|2008-09|2009-10| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |West Yorkshire combined fire authority |30 |39 |42 |44 |46 |48 |50 |51 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South Yorkshire combined fire authority|41 |44 |47 |49 |51 |54 |56 |58 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North Yorkshire combined fire authority|— |— |51 |53 |54 |56 |59 |61 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Humberside combined fire authority |— |— |61 |64 |67 |70 |74 |77 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hambleton |74 |82 |89 |96 |100 |106 |113 |117 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |West Yorkshire police authority |76 |89 |102 |107 |112 |118 |124 |127 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South Yorkshire police authority |74 |94 |103 |108 |113 |119 |125 |129 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Humberside police authority |95 |113 |130 |136 |142 |150 |156 |162 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Craven |142 |154 |160 |168 |176 |183 |184 |192 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North Yorkshire police authority |89 |156 |172 |176 |180 |185 |193 |199 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Selby |156 |163 |168 |174 |178 |185 |192 |200 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Ryedale |166 |169 |176 |182 |187 |194 |202 |208 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Richmondshire |163 |172 |180 |191 |193 |198 |203 |208 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Scarborough |154 |168 |183 |191 |198 |206 |215 |222 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Harrogate |159 |172 |185 |193 |202 |215 |220 |228 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North Yorkshire |733 |817 |817 |857 |899 |944 |988 |1,027 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |York (cash) |785 |832 |856 |899 |948 |990 |1,037 |1,071 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |York (at April 2009 prices) |945 |971 |975 |992 |1,021 |1,020 |1,025 |1,071 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The data are not strictly comparable as (a) not all authorities were in existence in all years and (b) responsibilities and functions vary between authorities. The data are collected on the annual budget requirement (BR) forms submitted to Communities and Local Government by all billing and precepting authorities in England.