HC Deb 14 November 1996 vol 285 cc319-20W
Mr. David Nicholson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list(a) the Band D council tax precepts for all districts in Somerset, Devon, Wiltshire and Dorset in 1995–96 and 1996–97 and the percentage change, and (b) the same information for each other district in England where the band D increase was higher than 10 per cent. [3531]

Sir Paul Beresford

The basic amount of council tax set by a shire district for district level services comprises the district's own council tax requirement and those of parish councils within its area. The basic amount and the amounts accounted for by the parish precepts are shown in the table below. These amounts are added to the county council and the shire police precepts to form the band D council tax for each district's area.

Band D basic amounts of council tax in 1995–96 and 1996–97
1995–96 1996–97
council tax for district level services Of which average parish precept council tax for district level services Of which average parish precept Percentage increase in council tax (col3–col1) / col 1
£ £ £ £ Percent.
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
Somerset
Mendip 86 21 108 23 25.2
Sedgemoor 90 12 94 13 3.5
Taunton Deane 30 4 71 4 135.7
West Somerset 99 23 105 23 5.7
Devon
East Devon 66 9 75 9 12.9
Exeter 72 0 65 0 -9.9
Mid Devon 81 11 88 13 8.8
North Devon 94 13 84 14 -10.3
Plymouth 122 0 152 0 24.8
South Hams 77 16 89 17 15.7
Teignbridge 74 14 91 15 23.1
Torbay 65 0 71 0 9.1
Torridge 28 9 49 10 76.0
West Devon 99 18 106 19 7.3
Wiltshire
Kennet 60 27 70 27 17.4
North Wiltshire 112 36 114 38 1.7
Salisbury 45 12 82 13 82.1
Thamesdoen 108 12 111 12 2.9
West Wiltshire 93 17 87 19 -6.6
Dorset
Bournemouth 71 0 69 0 -3.4
Christchurch 54 0 58 0 6.5
North Dorset 44 23 65 26 48.3
Poole 69 0 76 0 10.0
Purbeck 56 17 62 18 10.8
West Dorset 73 28 81 31 11.4
Weymouth and Portland 85 0 71 0 -16.0

A table showing information for all other districts in England where the band D increase in council tax for district level services was higher than 10 per cent., has today been placed in the Library of the House.