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Council Tax
Matthew Taylor:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the average (a) Band D council tax bill and (b) overall council tax bill was in (i) each parliamentary constituency in Cornwall, (ii) the South West and (iii) England in each year since 1979. [156663]
John Healey:
Details of the average area band D council tax bill and the council tax requirement in each billing authority area in Cornwall, the South West and England in each year since 1993-94, when council tax was introduced, are shown in the following tables. It is not possible to show the data by parliamentary constituency.
| Average area band D council tax |
| £ |
| | Caradon | Carrick | Kerrier | North Cornwall | Penwith | Restormel | South West | England |
|
1993-94
|
557
|
574
|
573
|
547
|
552
|
549
|
555
|
568
|
|
1994-95
|
577
|
596
|
542
|
576
|
576
|
578
|
582
|
580
|
|
1995-96
|
581
|
601
|
579
|
588
|
592
|
584
|
601
|
609
|
|
1996-97
|
608
|
629
|
617
|
617
|
614
|
600
|
625
|
646
|
|
1997-98
|
644
|
653
|
657
|
659
|
642
|
626
|
667
|
688
|
|
1998-99
|
703
|
712
|
715
|
718
|
696
|
698
|
731
|
747
|
|
1999-2000
|
745
|
756
|
757
|
759
|
738
|
740
|
782
|
798
|
|
2000-01
|
817
|
829
|
825
|
833
|
805
|
808
|
836
|
847
|
|
2001-02
|
861
|
872
|
880
|
874
|
848
|
848
|
886
|
901
|
|
2002-03
|
941
|
952
|
957
|
958
|
921
|
925
|
978
|
976
|
|
2003-04
|
1,058
|
1,055
|
1,065
|
1,068
|
1,030
|
1,028
|
1,113
|
1,102
|
|
2004-05
|
1,135
|
1,136
|
1,144
|
1,144
|
1,101
|
1,104
|
1,186
|
1,167
|
|
2005-06
|
1,192
|
1,193
|
1,200
|
1,201
|
1,152
|
1,159
|
1,236
|
1,214
|
|
2006-07
|
1,252
|
1,253
|
1,257
|
1,259
|
1,207
|
1,216
|
1,294
|
1,268
|
|
2007-08
|
1,315
|
1,314
|
1,316
|
1,322
|
1,263
|
1,276
|
1,352
|
1,321
|
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15 Oct 2007 : Column 844W
| Council tax requirement |
| £000 |
| | Caradon | Carrick | Kerrier | North Cornwall | Penwith | Restormel | South West | England |
|
1993-94
|
14,787
|
17,407
|
16,006
|
14,247
|
11,494
|
15,451
|
899,528
|
8,912,000
|
|
1994-95
|
15,439
|
18,122
|
15,290
|
15,412
|
12,181
|
16,143
|
955,902
|
9,239,065
|
|
1995-96
|
15,745
|
18,287
|
16,386
|
15,685
|
12,597
|
16,484
|
986,072
|
9,769,057
|
|
1996-97
|
16,597
|
19,314
|
17,478
|
16,560
|
13,181
|
17,191
|
1,044,486
|
10,459,848
|
|
1997-98
|
17,693
|
20,090
|
18,676
|
17,826
|
13,896
|
18,123
|
874,215
|
11,241,185
|
|
1998-99
|
19,502
|
22,234
|
20,689
|
19,634
|
15,433
|
20,651
|
1,249,363
|
12,332,055
|
|
1999-2000
|
20,766
|
23,969
|
22,168
|
21,167
|
16,641
|
22,137
|
1,353,435
|
13,278,188
|
|
2000-01
|
22,918
|
26,342
|
24,445
|
23,417
|
18,175
|
24,503
|
1,462,371
|
14,199,535
|
|
2001-02
|
24,454
|
28,088
|
26,287
|
24,916
|
19,212
|
26,071
|
1,564,988
|
15,245,215
|
|
2002-03
|
26,914
|
30,845
|
28,844
|
27,836
|
21,171
|
28,930
|
1,744,900
|
16,647,512
|
|
2003-04
|
30,681
|
34,390
|
32,641
|
31,643
|
24,052
|
32,692
|
2,004,385
|
18,946,271
|
|
2004-05
|
34,284
|
38,293
|
36,398
|
35,705
|
27,062
|
36,114
|
2,123,397
|
20,298,940
|
|
2005-06
|
36,293
|
40,736
|
38,239
|
38,291
|
28,377
|
38,493
|
2,239,105
|
21,315,284
|
|
2006-07
|
38,370
|
43,219
|
40,346
|
40,443
|
29,845
|
40,880
|
2,365,570
|
22,452,813
|
|
2007-08
|
40,628
|
45,926
|
42,472
|
42,812
|
31,504
|
43,814
|
2,487,078
|
23,608,428
|
