HC Deb 18 January 2000 vol 342 cc365-6W
Mr. Cawsey

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the police authorities of England and Wales in order of their Band D council tax precept. [105181]

Ms Bevcrley Hughes

The information requested on Wales is a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.

The information requested for England is shown in the following table.

Band D council tax precepts issued by English police authorities in 1999–2000
Police authority £
Metropolitan 83
Lincolnshire 82
Staffordshire 79
Cumbria 78
Merseyside 77
Dorset 77
Northamptonshire 76
Surrey 75
Warwickshire 71
Wiltshire 69

Band D council tax precepts issued by English police authorities in 1999–2000
Police authority £
Gloucestershire 69
Derbyshire 66
Essex 65
Norfolk 64
Leicestershire 64
Hertfordshire 64
Cleveland 63
Nottinghamshire 62
Bedfordshire 61
Avon and Somerset 61
Greater Manchester 60
West Mercia 59
Lancashire 58
South Yorkshire 57
Thames Valley 57
Cheshire 56
Suffolk 56
Humberside 55
West Yorkshire 55
Hampshire 54
Devon and Cornwall 54
Sussex 53
Kent 52
North Yorkshire 52
Cambridgeshire 52
West Midlands 51
Durham 50
Northumbria 50