§ Mr. John Carlisleasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list in the Official Report the latest annual percentage increase or decrease in the rates of shire counties in England that has been notified to his Department.
§ Mr. ChopeFollowing is the available information:
Increases in County Precepts 1986–87 to 1987–88 Per cent. Avon 1.7 Bedfordshire 21.3 Berkshire 4.9 Buckinghamshire 8.7 Cambridgeshire 6.2 Cheshire 9.1 Cleveland 7.2 Cornwall 8.4 Cumbria 2.7 Derbyshire 12.4 Devon 7.3 Dorset 9.9 Durham 8.6 East Sussex 7.8 Essex 10.8 Gloucestershire 7.9 Hampshire 8.9 Hereford & Worcester 3.7 Hertfordshire 6.9 Humberside 10.7 Isle of Wight 10.0 Kent 4.7 Lancashire 8.2 Leicestershire 5.0 Lincolnshire 2.3 Norfolk 2.0 Northamptonshire 15.6 Northumberland 0.0 North Yorkshire 10.9 Nottinghamshire 7.8 Oxfordshire 15.8 Shropshire 7.6 Somerset 7.8 Staffordshire 7.0 Suffolk 7.1 Surrey 7.4 Warwickshire 7.9 West Sussex 4.8 Wiltshire 9.9