§ Mr. AingerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the band D council tax levied in respect of each of the English police authorities in 1995–96 and 1996–97; and if he will indicate the percentage increase in each case. [29589]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordThe information requested is as follows: 555W
1995–96 £
1996–97 £
Percentage increase Receiver for the Metropolitan Police 54.08 56.01 3.6 Greater Manchester Police 45.53 45.86 0.7 Merseyside Police 53.42 57.87 8.3 South Yorkshire Police 44.95 45.80 1.9 Northumbria Police 44.92 45.95 2.3 West Midlands Police 44.48 45.65 2.6 West Yorkshire Police 45.28 45.28 0.0 Avon and Somerset Police 45.32 45.73 0.9 Devon and Cornwall Police 45.60 45.66 0.1 Hampshire Police 45.00 45.81 1.8 Sussex Police 45.18 45.99 1.8 Thames Valley Police 46.86 46.96 0.2 West Mercia Police 44.94 45.34 0.9 Bedfordshire Police 45.40 46.46 2.3 Cambridgeshire Police 44.64 45.00 0.8 Cheshire Police 44.71 45.10 0.9 Cleveland Police 45.23 46.02 1.7 Cumbria Police 49.54 51.14 3.2 Derbyshire Police 45.04 45.18 0.3 Dorset Police 56.13 57.49 2.4 Durham Police 45.00 45.45 1.0 Essex Police 47.25 48.42 2.5 Gloucestershire Police 44.92 44.96 0.1 Hertfordshire Police 44.89 46.02 2.5 Humberside Police 45.09 45.72 1.4 Kent Police 45.09 45.81 1.6 Lancashire Police 45.18 45.71 1.2 Leicestershire Police 45.27 45.32 0.1 Lincolnshire Police 62.21 66.96 7.6 Norfolk Police 45.27 44.82 -1.0 Northamptonshire Police 63.29 64.26 1.5 North Yorkshire Police 45.47 45.34 -0.3 Nottinghamshire Police 45.51 45.94 0.9 Staffordshire Police 47.87 48.15 0.6 Suffolk Police 44.64 45.09 1.0 Surrey Police 41.94 42.93 2.4 Warwickshire Police 44.60 46.70 4.7 Wiltshire Police 48.45 49.44 2.0