HC Deb 17 March 1988 vol 129 cc646-7W
Mr. McLoughlin

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the county rate precepts in order, from the highest to the lowest.

Mr. Chope

Following is a list of the county precepts for 1988–89:

County Precept (p)
Derbyshire 297.50
Cleveland 282.00
Humberside 261.00
Cumbria 260.00
Nottinghamshire 253.00
Avon 246.50
Bedfordshire 246.40
Durham 246.00
Northumberland 1244.50
Hertfordshire 240.40
Oxfordshire 238.60
Essex 235.00
Lancashire 234.00
Cheshire 232.00
Northamptonshire 229.00
Buckinghamshire 227.70
Isle of Wight 227.23
Warwickshire 227.10
Somerset 224.00
Leicestershire 221.20
Wiltshire 219.30
Gloucestershire 217.30
East Sussex 217.10
North Yorkshire 217.00
Cambridgeshire 216.00
Staffordshire 215.00
Devon 209.75
Cornwall 207.70
Lincolnshire 204.00
Suffolk 204.00
Dorset 203.00
Surrey 202.70
Hampshire 200.30
Shropshire 200.00
Berkshire 193.60
Kent 192.00
West Sussex 192.00
Norfolk 190.90
Hereford and Worcester 185.00
1Includes Northumbria police authority's precept of 14.40p

1989. Mr. McLoughlin

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will provide a list showing for those county councils which changed control in 1981 their county precept(a) in 1981 and (b)

County Precept 1981–82 (P) Precept 1988–89 (P) Increase (Percentage)
Avon 120.60 246.50 104
Bedfordshire 122.60 246.40 101
Berkshire 112.00 193.60 73
Cheshire 126.00 232.00 84
Cleveland 140.00 282.00 101
Cumbria 131.00 260.00 98
Derbyshire 111.00 297.50 168
Gloucestershire 120.00 217.30 81
Humberside 107.00 261.00 144
Isle of Wight 113.50 227.23 100
Lancashire 121.50 234.00 93
Leicestershire 101.50 221.20 118
Northamptonshire 117.00 229.00 96
Northumberland 125.00 1244.50 96
Nottinghamshire 109.00 253.00 132
Staffordshire 112.50 215.00 91
Warwickshire 116.55 227.10 95
1 The 1988–89 precept for Northumberland includes the Northumbria police authority's precept of 14.40p.