21 Apr 2008 : Column 1506Wcontinued
| 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 |
Police authority | Council tax requirement (£ million) | Resident population (million) | Council tax requirement (£ million) | Resident population (million) | Council tax requirement (£ million) | Resident population (million) |
Avon and Somerset
|
30.58
|
1.48
|
34.42
|
1.49
|
37.42
|
1.49
|
Bedfordshire
|
11.34
|
0.56
|
12.50
|
0.56
|
13.29
|
0.57
|
Cambridgeshire
|
12.30
|
0.70
|
14.91
|
0.71
|
16.48
|
0.71
|
Cheshire
|
19.36
|
0.98
|
21.21
|
0.98
|
22.64
|
0.98
|
Cleveland
|
9.86
|
0.55
|
10.39
|
0.55
|
11.17
|
0.55
|
Cumbria
|
12.61
|
0.49
|
13.70
|
0.49
|
14.90
|
0.49
|
Derbyshire
|
19.75
|
0.96
|
21.58
|
0.96
|
23.20
|
0.97
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
28.87
|
1.55
|
32.18
|
1.57
|
34.16
|
1.58
|
Dorset
|
20.67
|
0.69
|
22.72
|
0.69
|
24.92
|
0.69
|
Durham
|
8.67
|
0.59
|
9.13
|
0.59
|
9.86
|
0.59
|
Dyfed-Powys
|
12.64
|
0.48
|
14.94
|
0.49
|
16.06
|
0.49
|
Essex
|
36.13
|
1.60
|
40.19
|
1.61
|
42.48
|
1.62
|
Gloucestershire
|
13.83
|
0.56
|
15.76
|
0.56
|
16.80
|
0.56
|
Greater Manchester
|
45.02
|
2.52
|
47.07
|
2.52
|
48.88
|
2.52
|
Gwent
|
10.75
|
0.55
|
13.66
|
0.55
|
15.45
|
0.55
|
Hampshire
|
33.64
|
1.77
|
34.71
|
1.77
|
37.50
|
1.78
|
Hertfordshire
|
22.01
|
1.02
|
28.08
|
1.03
|
30.16
|
1.04
|
Humberside
|
14.28
|
0.87
|
15.85
|
0.87
|
22.73
|
0.88
|
Kent
|
29.81
|
1.56
|
31.92
|
1.57
|
34.80
|
1.58
|
Lancashire
|
25.19
|
1.41
|
27.56
|
1.41
|
30.18
|
1.42
|
Leicestershire
|
18.06
|
0.92
|
19.42
|
0.92
|
21.85
|
0.93
|
Lincolnshire
|
16.31
|
0.63
|
17.50
|
0.64
|
18.67
|
0.65
|
Merseyside
|
31.41
|
1.38
|
33.16
|
1.37
|
35.33
|
1.37
|
Metropolitan
|
241.32
|
7.15
|
248.19
|
7.23
|
324.57
|
7.32
|
Norfolk
|
17.02
|
0.79
|
19.30
|
0.79
|
22.60
|
0.80
|
North Wales
|
15.72
|
0.66
|
18.79
|
0.66
|
20.04
|
0.66
|
North Yorkshire
|
15.07
|
0.74
|
16.00
|
0.74
|
17.04
|
0.75
|
Northamptonshire
|
20.32
|
0.62
|
21.22
|
0.63
|
22.87
|
0.63
|
Northumbria
|
14.01
|
1.40
|
15.44
|
1.40
|
17.17
|
1.39
|
Nottinghamshire
|
18.72
|
1.02
|
19.97
|
1.02
|
21.66
|
1.02
|
South Wales
|
26.17
|
1.21
|
32.52
|
1.21
|
34.80
|
1.20
|
South Yorkshire
|
20.19
|
1.27
|
21.17
|
1.27
|
22.63
|
1.27
|
Staffordshire
|
25.83
|
1.05
|
27.51
|
1.05
|
31.46
|
1.05
|
Suffolk
|
12.63
|
0.67
|
13.90
|
0.67
|
15.46
|
0.67
|
Surrey
|
25.71
|
1.06
|
36.92
|
1.06
|
38.91
|
1.06
|
Sussex
|
30.62
|
1.49
|
32.24
|
1.49
|
34.58
|
1.50
|
Thames Valley
|
44.45
|
2.08
|
47.87
|
2.09
|
51.66
|
2.10
|
Warwickshire
|
12.78
|
0.50
|
14.04
|
0.50
|
15.68
|
0.51
|
West Mercia
|
23.41
|
1.14
|
29.78
|
1.15
|
32.04
|
1.16
|
West Midlands
|
38.45
|
2.58
|
41.28
|
2.57
|
43.31
|
2.57
|
West Yorkshire
|
33.47
|
2.07
|
36.20
|
2.07
|
37.87
|
2.08
|
Wiltshire
|
15.05
|
0.60
|
16.83
|
0.61
|
18.71
|
0.61
|
England and Wales Total
|
1,133.97
|
51.93
|
1,241.74
|
52.13
|
1,401.94
|
52.35
|