§ 19. Mr. GillTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what assessment he has made of the effect of the local government settlement for 1999–2000 on council tax levels. [73431]
§ Ms ArmstrongDecisions on the level of council tax are a matter for each authority. Our settlement provides that if local authorities increased their budgets in line with SSAs, council taxes would rise by 4.5 per cent. on average.
§ 33. Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will make a statement about council tax levels in 1999–2000. [73445]
§ Ms ArmstrongDecisions on the level of council tax are a matter for each authority.
§ Mrs. ShephardTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will place in the Library a table showing for each notifiable authority in England, the band D council tax for 1999–2000; and the level of increase over 1998–99, expressed(a) in cash terms and (b) as a percentage. [75547]
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§ Ms ArmstrongI refer the right hon. Member to my reply given to the hon. Member for Croydon, South (Mr. Ottaway) on 3 March 1999,Official Report, column 733.