§ Mr. ChallenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the Government's recommended projection is for the precept for each police authority in 2003–04. [91103]
§ Mr. DenhamWe have not made any recommendations about precept levels for police authorities in 2003–04. These are local decisions for individual police authorities to determine.
§ Mr. ChallenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the Police Authority precept was for each authority in England and Wales in each financial year since 1996–97. [91105]
§ Mr. DenhamThe information is set out in the table.
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Council tax—police element (band D) £ Police authority 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 Northamptonshire 64.26 70.56 69.29 76.08 79.65 83.00 105.25 Northumbria 45.95 52.73 47.67 49.82 52.06 55.65 58.15 North Wales 46.21 48.52 58.54 66.33 78.49 82.72 96.53 North Yorkshire 45.40 49.72 48.46 52.20 57.04 62.59 88.59 Nottinghamshire 45.94 49.78 54.32 61.55 65.17 70.17 85.17 South Wales 46.36 49.22 56.25 65.36 80.42 85.57 89.85 South Yorkshire 45.80 53.29 54.28 56.72 59.26 62.79 74.09 Staffordshire 48.15 54.74 72.42 78.86 83.43 94.37 100.93 Suffolk 45.09 51.39 52.38 56.16 61.11 67.14 82.08 Surrey 42.93 44.64 66.06 75.24 79.41 83.08 96.44 Sussex 45.99 51.66 50.94 53.19 55.53 59.13 69.84 Thames Valley 46.96 52.79 50.76 56.53 60.34 64.49 73.49 Warwickshire 46.70 52.24 62.09 71.18 77.57 85.17 101.78 West Mercia 45.34 50.87 53.64 59.00 74.06 78.50 104.5 West Midlands 45.65 53.20 48.99 51.19 54.77 57.21 61.88 West Yorkshire 45.28 53.17 52.41 54.76 58.73 60.82 75.92 Wiltshire 49.44 55.48 62.77 68.98 75.84 83.26 91.54