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Land Use

Norman Baker: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the total area designated for urban land use in (a) 1974, (b) 1984, (c) 1994 and (d) 2003 was in England. [165753]

Keith Hill: The information requested is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. The information available for designated urban land areas with populations of 1,000 or more in census years:

	Million hectares
1981	1.035
1991	1.087
2001	1.159

These figures are for built-up areas, irrespective of administrative boundaries.

Local Government Finance

Mr. Sanders: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the (a) Band D council tax and (b) average council tax paid in (i) Plymouth, (ii) Torbay, (iii) Torridge, (iv) West Devon, (v) South Hams, (vi) Exeter, (vii) Teignbridge, (viii) Mid Devon, (ix) East Devon and (x) North Devon were in financial year 2004–05, including all precepts. [165194]

Phil Hope: The figures are available from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's website at www.locaLodpm.gov.uk/finance/ctax/ctax045.htm.
 
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On the website, figures for own Band D council tax and average area council tax can be found, for all authorities, in Table 2—2004–05 Council taxes (average per dwelling and Band D for two adults): individual local authorities.

Mr. Sanders: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the percentage council tax change has been in (a) Plymouth, (b) Devon and (c) Torbay in each of the past three years. [165195]

Mr. Raynsford: The increase in average area council tax for Plymouth, Devon and Torbay in each of the last three years is tabled as follows.
Percentage

	Plymouth UA	Torbay UA	Devon
2002–03	13,4	16.8	7.1
2003–04	11.6	12.0	10.1
2004–05	10.1	18.3	6.0

Devon has been taken to comprise the area of Devon's eight district councils but exclude the areas of Plymouth and Torbay unitary authorities.

David Taylor: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what (a) new advice he has given to and (b) new requirements he has imposed on billing authorities in relation to the council tax payment dates for 2004–05. [165326]

Mr. Raynsford: The Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) (England) Regulations 1992 (SI 1992/613 as amended) set out the statutory position as to the administration of council tax. Regulation 21 in particular deals with council tax payments. No new advice or requirements have been given to or imposed on billing authorities in relation to payments dates for council tax for 2004–05.

Mr. Spring: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the level of council tax receipts collected by local authorities was irrespective of the financial year to which they relate in (a) Suffolk, (b) Norfolk, (c) Essex and (d) Cambridgeshire in each year from 1996–97 to 2002–03; and what the population of each authority was in each year. [165582]

Mr. Raynsford: The information requested is tabled as follows.
Council tax receipts collected by local authorities⁽¹¹⁴⁾: 1996–97 to 2002–03

	1996–97	1997–98	1998–99	1999–200	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03
Cambridgeshire
Cambridge	18,519	19,607	20,614	22,253	24,985	27,199	29,929
East Cambridgeshire	10,786	11,813	13,811	15,261	16,879	18,405	22,345
Fenland	11,914	13,069	14,516	16,488	17,789	19,688	22,869
Huntingdonshire	24,753	27,067	31,686	35,909	39,958	43,414	48,650
Peterborough	21,347	22,541	27,826	31,097	34,579	36,909	40,978
South Cambridgeshire	23,850	25,976	28,537	34,169	37,745	40,766	46,754
Essex
Basildon	30,337	32,897	37,088	40,287	44,713	48,163	52,304
Braintree	22,820	25,301	29,700	32,410	35,693	38,993	43,439
Brentwood	16,390	17,827	20,537	21,436	23,950	25,898	28,232
Castle Point	16,590	17,676	20,226	21,705	23,781	25,987	28,663
Chelmsford	31,969	34,352	39,304	42,469	46,379	50,374	55,369
Colchester	27,293	29,209	33,585	36,401	39,672	42,344	48,006
Epping Forest	26,835	29,252	33,855	36,516	39,123	42,798	47,398
Harlow	13,976	14,890	17,991	19,607	20,871	67,748	24,413
Maldon	10,993	12,252	14,413	15,964	17,575	19,230	21,597
Rochford	15,278	17,154	20,029	21,771	23,467	25,425	27,954
Southend-on-Sea	27,114	30,184	32,066	33,733	36,304	38,883	41,640
Tendring	24,015	25,956	29,717	31,216	34,503	36,805	41,452
Thurrock	21,826	23,940	24,425	26,629	28,806	31,478	35,136
Uttlesford	15,419	17,037	19,724	21,523	22,855	25,030	29,564
Norfolk
Breckland	18,389	19,208	21,630	24,299	26,305	29,636	33,139
Broadland	20,820	22,404	26,455	29,796	32,225	35,286	39,413
Great Yarmouth	13,099	14,153	16,340	17,648	19,308	21,069	23,424
Kings Lynn and West Norfolk	22,456	24,348	28,129	30,870	33,188	35,909	40,753
North Norfolk	18,804	20,423	23,805	26,081	28,142	29,969	33,767
Norwich	18,090	19,459	21,420	24,121	25,919	27,815	30,928
South Norfolk	20,317	22,126	25,542	28,649	31,036	33,544	37,810
Suffolk
Babergh	15,701	17,637	19,489	21,144	22,523	24,351	27,731
Forest Heath	7,339	8,142	9,026	9,838	10,636	11,717	13,360
Ipswich	19,449	21,329	24,588	25,118	26,985	29,130	33,004
Mid Suffolk	16,412	18,177	20,118	22,117	23,473	25,129	29,093
St. Edmundsbury	17,326	19,007	21,212	23,456	25,102	27,325	31,361
Suffolk Coastal	23,075	25,019	27,766	30,469	32,154	34,877	40,063
Waveney	17,183	18,343	20,718	22,533	23,865	26,192	29,821

⁽¹¹⁴⁾   Irrespective of the finance years to which they relate.
Source:
QRC4 returns to ODPM





 
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Mid-year population estimates 1996–2002

	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Cambridgeshire
Cambridge	107,989	107,853	108,828	109,272	109,107	110,091	110,656
East Cambridgeshire	66,408	68,572	70,709	71,343	72,751	73,411	74,419
Fenland	79,337	80,480	81,715	82,630	83,084	83,687	84,335
Huntingdonshire	151,923	154,818	154,308	155,796	157,353	157,189	157,899
Peterborough	157,978	156,206	156,380	156,033	155,936	157,587	157,962
South Cambridgeshire	125,727	128,040	129,196	128,995	128,901	130,476	131,014
Essex
Basildon	162,100	162,968	164,107	164,673	165,203	165,895	166,397
Braintree	124,210	125,398	127,453	129,160	131,306	132,482	134,488
Brentwood	69,919	69,541	69,204	68,770	68,646	68,483	68,592
Castle Point	85,623	85,401	85,784	86,041	86,418	86,673	87,186
Chelmsford	156,723	155,737	155,603	155,664	156,228	157,269	157,527
Colchester	151,904	153,031	152,112	154,123	154,822	156,016	155,427
Epping Forest	119,235	119,379	119,944	120,576	120,754	120,972	121,338
Harlow	74,182	75,385	76,596	77,732	78,530	78,799	78,538
Maldon	54,702	55,309	56,270	57,488	58,715	59,589	60,399
Rochford	75,864	76,067	76,557	77,391	78,240	78,650	79,265
Southend-on-Sea	163,415	165,089	164,101	163,108	161,743	160,362	158,760
Tendring	131,718	132,700	134,917	135,771	137,486	138,802	139,995
Thurrock	135,041	135,675	137,766	139,895	141,735	143,297	145,235
Uttlesford	67,549	67,630	67,733	68,323	68,708	68,969	69,256
Norfolk
Breckland	112,642	114,847	116,758	118,736	120,543	121,585	122,153
Broadland	112,166	113,866	115,440	116,937	117,878	118,814	119,048
Great Yarmouth	89,428	89,218	89,805	90,157	90,600	90,945	91,549
Kings Lynn and West Norfolk	131,362	132,008	133,164	133,660	134,961	135,565	137,409
North Norfolk	95,071	96,147	97,482	97,820	98,297	98,495	98,847
Norwich	123,753	122,644	121,305	120,749	121,054	122,465	121,643
South Norfolk	105,397	106,246	107,476	108,788	110,187	110,848	112,117
Suffolk
Babergh	80,138	80,488	81,444	82,097	82,980	83,538	84,669
Forest Heath	63,627	64,626	61,872	62,212	62,060	56,223	55,505
Ipswich	115,165	114,848	116,134	116,594	116,758	117,156	117,298
Mid Suffolk	81,177	82,209	84,069	85,008	85,953	87,015	87,647
St. Edmundsbury	93,578	93,925	96,338	96,795	97,875	98,323	98,459
Suffolk Coastal	114,204	116,061	115,114	114,858	115,629	115,239	114,983
Waveney	108,481	108,633	109,981	110,560	111,645	112,497	113,370

Source:
Office for National Statistics





 
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Brian Cotter: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what percentage of council tax was collected within the North Somerset unitary authority in each year since 1997; and what the total cost of administering council tax payments was in each year. [165680]

Phil Hope: The information requested is tabled as follows.
North Somerset Council £ million

	Percentage of council tax collected in-year(115)	Council tax collection costs
1997–98	96.9	0.755
1998–99(116)	96.7	—
1999–2000	96.6	1.071
2000–01	96.7	1.139
2001–02	97.0	1.198
2002–03	97.1	1.811
2003–04(117)	—	1.674

⁽¹¹⁵⁾Amount of council tax for the year received by the end of the financial year as a percentage of the net collectable debit for the year.
⁽¹¹⁶⁾The collection costs figure was reported as zero: the costs are assumed to have been recorded elsewhere on the RO 6 return.
⁽¹¹⁷⁾The collection rate figure is not yet available, and the collection cost figure is a budget figure that includes business rate collection costs (in excess of the allowance) and the costs of rate and community charge collection
Sources:
Council tax collection rates—ORC4 returns to ODPM
Council tax collection costs—RO6 returns to ODPM for 1997–98 to 2002–03; RA return to ODPM for 2003–04.




 
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Brian Cotter: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the average household council tax level was in the North Somerset unitary authority in each year since 1997. [165682]

Phil Hope: The average area council tax per dwelling for North Somerset in each year since 1997–98 is tabled as follows:

	Average council tax per dwelling (£)
1997–98	551
1998–99	600
1999–2000	655
2000–01	689
2001–02	721
2002–03	816
2003–04	969
2004–05	1,049

Mr. Swire: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what percentage of (a) council tax and (b) council house rents was collected in (i) Devon and (ii) Cornwall in each of the last seven years. [164790]

Mr. Raynsford: The information requested is tabled as follows.
In-year council tax collection rate⁽¹¹⁸⁾

	1996–97	1997–98	1998–99	1999–2000	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03
Cornwall	95.8	96.9	96.2	96.6	97.0	97.2	97.5
Caradon	96.1	96.8	92.8	95.1	96.4	97.9	98.1
Carrick	95.6	97.3	96.9	96.3	97.3	97.8	97.7
Kerrier	92.9	95.1	95.3	96.1	96.6	95.3	96.7
North Cornwall	96.2	97.1	97.5	98.1	97.2	97.5	97.3
Penwith	98.5	98.8	97.7	96.8	97.4	97.4	98.1
Restormel	96.4	96.9	97.1	97.2	97.1	97.3	97.5
Devon	95.0	94.5	95.0	95.7	95.1	95.2	96.1
East Devon	97.0	98.3	98.6	98.5	98.4	98.4	98.5
Exeter	96.9	95.2	95.0	93.7	94.9	95.2	95.9
Mid Devon	97.0	97.1	97.4	97.8	98.3	98.3	98.7
North Devon	95.7	96.2	96.8	97.0	97.0	97.5	97.3
Plymouth	89.1	89.9	90.6	90.0	90.1	90.5	92.0
South Hams	98.1	98.3	98.0	98.3	98.3	98.8	98.9
Teignbridge	94.2	95.5	95.9	96.2	97.2	97.7	97.9
Torbay	96.8	96.9	96.3	95.2	95.9	96.3	96.6
Torridge	97.0	95.3	96.5	97.3	95.8	92.1	97.1
West Devon	96.9	97.3	97.7	98.0	98.1	98.3	98.6

Percentage of housing rent collected 2

	1996–97	1997–98	1998–99	1999–2000	2000–013	2001–02	2002–03
Cornwall districts
Caradon	99.5	99.6	98.3	97.6	96.9	97.1	98.8
Carrick	100.0	100.7	97.6	97.2	(121)97.8	(121)98.33	98.6
Kerrier	98.5	(121)—	(121)—	(121)—	(121)—	(121)—	(121)—
North Cornwall	98.7	99.6	99.1	98.8	98.1	98.2	97.70
Penwith	(121)—	(121)—	(121)—	(121)—	(121)—	(121)—	(121)—
Restormel	98.8	99.1	92.8	(121)—	(121)—	(121)—	(121)—
Devon districts
East Devon	99.5	99.8	99.4	99.0	(122)97.6	(122)97.2	(122)97.8
Exeter	100.2	99.2	98.7	96.2	(122)94.2	(122)96.1	98.4
North Devon	98.6	99.1	96.6	(121)—	(121)—	(121)—	(121)—
Plymouth	98.4	99.1	(123)—	(123)—	(123)—	(123)—	(123)—
South Hams	99.3	99.2	(121)—	(121)—	(121)—	(121)—	(121)—
Teignbridge	98.2	98.4	99.9	100.6	(122)99.2	(121)99.9	99.6
Mid Devon	99.8	99.1	99.3	99.0	98.1	98.6	98.7
Torbay	90.8	96.3	(123)—	(123)—	(123)—	(123)—	(123)—
Torridge	98.2	98.2	98.9	99.2	97.7	96.6	96.7
West Devon	103.0	99.6	(121)—	(121)—	(121)—	(121)—	(121)—
Plymouth UA	(123)—	(123)—	98.7	97.4	95.4	94.0	95.9
Torbay UA	(123)—	(123)—	97.3	94.7	(124)—	—	—

⁽¹¹⁸⁾   As reported on QRC4 forms. Council tax collection continues after the end of the financial year to which amounts relate and so the final percentage collected is higher than the figures shown, which exclude amounts for earlier years.
⁽¹¹⁹⁾   Data collected by the Audit Commission as Audit Commission or Best Value Performance Indicators. Figures for the whole of Cornwall and Devon are not readily available.
⁽¹²⁰⁾   The definition of rent collected changed in 2000–01 (from indicator B7 to indicator BV66a) and so figures are not comparable.
⁽¹²¹⁾   These figures may not be reliable.
⁽¹²²⁾   Large scale stock transfer has taken place.
⁽¹²³⁾   Not applicable: data are not comparable before and after Plymouth and Torbay because unitary authorities as a result of local government reorganisation.
⁽¹²⁴⁾   Data not collected.



 
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