§ Mr. DrewTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what the average annual increase was in(a) parish and (b) town council precepts in (i) each of the five years before and (ii) each year since the introduction of the uniform business rate [21449]
§ Dr. Whitehead[holding answer 10 December 2001]: The available information is given in the following table. Separate figures for parish and town councils are not available.
Increase over previous year Financial year Parish and town council precepts, England £ million (Percentage) Before the introduction of the national non-domestic rate 1985–86 52 5 11 1986–87 57 5 10 1987–88 62 5 9 1988–89 70 8 13 1989–90 80 10 14 After the introduction of the national non-domestic rate 1990–91 86 6 8 1991–92 87 1 1 1992–93 98 11 13 1993–94 108 10 10 1994–95 115 7 7 1995–96 122 7 6 1996–97 133 11 9 1997–98 144 11 8 1998–99 154 10 7 1999–2000 165 11 7 2000–01 181 16 10 2001–02 193 12 7