HC Deb 10 November 2003 vol 413 cc154-5W
Mr. Edward Davey

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the(a) average and (b) average band D council tax was in (i) Sedgefield borough council and (ii) Durham county council in each year since 1997. [136593]

Mr. Raynsford

The information requested is tabled as follows:

£
Sedgefield borough council Durham county council
Authority's

own Band D

council tax1

 Authority's

own average

council tax

per dwelling1

 Authority's

own Band D

council tax

 Authority's

own average

council tax

per dwelling
1996–97 111 130 486 397
1997–98 235 155 548 372
1998–99 246 162 634 429
1999–2000 254 168 662 448
2000–01 265 174 692 470
2001–02 278 183 721 489
2002–03 302 198 828 562
2003–04 311 205 903 615

1Including parish and town council precepts

Mr. Edward Davey

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the average council tax was in England in each financial year since 1995–96. [136595]

Mr. Raynsford

The information requested is tabled as follows:

£
Average Band D

council tax for

two adults

 Average council tax

per dwelling
1995–96 609 498
1996–97 646 525
1997–98 688 564
1998–99 747 614
1999–2000 798 656
2000–01 847 697
2001–02 901 741
2002–03 976 804
2003–04 1,102 908

Mr. Cousins

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many properties there were(a) in 1997 and (b) on 1 April 2003 in each council tax band in (i) England and (ii) each council tax collecting authority in England; and what the proportion of total properties was in each case. [137221]

Mr. Raynsford

Information on the number of properties in council tax bands as at 1 April is not available. Figures are available, however, as at 16 October. Those as at 16 October in the previous year have been provided for England are given in the following table. A table giving figures for individual billing authorities is available in the Library of the House.

Council tax bands, England
Band Number of

chargeable

dwellings

 Percentage

of total

chargeable

dwellings

 Number of

chargeable

dwellings

 Percentage

of total

chargeable

dwellings
A 5,203,350 26.1 5,293,456 25.4
B 3,870,586 19.4 4,011,941 19.2
C 4,351,090 21.8 4,515,653 21.7
D 2,956,331 14.8 3,151,048 15.1
E 1,813,481 9.1 1,975,568 9.5
F 947,300 4.8 1,044,435 5.0
G 688,168 3.5 749,382 3.6
H 103,297 0.5 113,545 0.5
Total 19,933,605 100.0 20,855,028 100.0

Source

CTB1 returns