HC Deb 22 February 1989 vol 147 c688W
51. Mr. McLoughlin

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment which is the highest and lowest precept county rate in England; and what the change has been in the precept of each of these two councils since 1981.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

The highest county precept in 1988–89 is 297.5p in Derbyshire and the lowest is 185p in Hereford and Worcester. The change in precept since 1981 is 168 per cent. for Derbyshire and 64 per cent. for Hereford and Worcester.