Council Tax 2008/09

Standard Note: SN/SG/4679 Last updated: 27 June 2008 Author: Gavin Berman Social and General Statistics Section

On the 27 March 2008 the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) released a comprehensive list of the levels of council tax charged by each local authority in England for 2008/09.

This note contains key statistics on council tax levels in 2008/09 and a limited amount of analysis is provided. The main purpose of this note is to act as a reference document although more detailed analysis is available on request.

Further information is available in the following publications:

Council Taxes in England, 2008-09 ODPM Statistical Release, 27 March 2008 Council Tax Levels in Wales: 2008-09 NAW SDR 44/2008, 25 March 2008 Council Tax Data and Publications Scottish Executive Website

Contents

A. Introduction 2 B. The national picture 3 1. England 3 2. Wales 7 3. Scotland 8 C. The local picture in England 9 D. Capping 13 E. Appended tables 15

Standard Notes are compiled for the benefit of Members of Parliament and their personal staff. Authors are available to discuss the contents of these papers with Members and their staff but cannot advise others. A. Introduction

The council tax was introduced as the primary source of collecting income from local residents by local authorities in England, Wales and Scotland in April 1993. This system replaced the Community Charge, which had in turn replaced Domestic Rating in April 1990.

There are 408 billing authorities in Great Britain responsible for collecting council tax to meet their own demands and the precepts levied by the lower tier Parish or Community Councils and higher tier County Councils, Joint Boards, Police and Fire Authorities.

The following table shows the property price range of each council tax band and the total number of chargeable dwellings in each band. There are eight valuation bands in England and Scotland and nine in Wales. Band I was introduced in Wales in April 2005 following the revaluation of domestic properties.

Value of council tax bands and number of dwellings in each band Value of dwelling Chargeable dwellings by band 2008/09 England Wales Scotland England Wales Scotland £000s £000s £000s 000s % 000s % 000s %

A < 40 < 44 < 27 5,351.7 24.8% 195.3 14.9% 527.2 22.6% B 40 ≤ 52 44 ≤ 65 27 ≤ 35 4,178.3 19.3% 280.1 21.4% 562.8 24.1% C 52 ≤ 68 65 ≤ 91 35 ≤ 45 4,701.3 21.7% 283.9 21.7% 368.6 15.8% D 68 ≤ 88 91 ≤ 123 45 ≤ 58 3,323.1 15.4% 209.1 16.0% 294.2 12.6% E 88 ≤ 120 123 ≤ 162 58 ≤ 80 2,073.0 9.6% 171.0 13.1% 302.1 12.9% F 120 ≤ 160 162 ≤ 223 80 ≤ 106 1,098.1 5.1% 104.3 8.0% 164.0 7.0% G 160 ≤ 320 223 ≤ 324 106 ≤ 212 777.3 3.6% 48.3 3.7% 105.7 4.5% H >320 324 ≤ 424 >212 119.9 0.6% 11.7 0.9% 11.3 0.5% I >424 5.0 0.4%

Sources: http://www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/ctax/ctbase07.htm www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/933/0053770.xls www.statswales.wales.gov.uk

Local authorities set council tax levels by dividing the amount of money they aim to raise by the Band D equivalent taxbase. The taxbase is calculated by weighting the number of dwellings in each band by the ratio to Band D. The bills in each band are calculated according to a set ratio to band D.1

The average Band D level of council tax is usually used for comparisons of tax levels set. It is, according to the DCLG, a definition that is widely regarded as a benchmark when comparing council tax levels in different areas or over time.2 It compares the level of tax paid by households in similarly valued properties.

As only a minority of properties in each local authority are in Band D, this measure does not show the average amounts of council tax payable by people in different areas. Figures showing the average council tax per dwelling in each LA are also published.

1 The ratios of other bands to Band D are: A 6/9; B 7/9; C 8/9; E 11/9; F 13/9; G 15/9; H 18/9, I 21/9 2 Glossary, Council Taxes in England 2008/09, DCLG Statistical Release

In different local authority areas the mix of dwellings may be significantly different to the national average giving rise to overall average bills which may vary considerably from the band D average. For example in Sedgefield where 88% of all chargeable dwellings were valued in bands A to C, the average band D bill was £1,613, the highest in England, compared with the average per dwelling of £1,086, the 242nd highest of the 354 billing authorities in England.

B. The national picture

1. England

The average council tax bill in England per dwelling was £1,146 in 2008/09 compared with £1,101 in 2007/08, an increase of 4.0%. Average council tax per dwelling was significantly less than the average for a band D dwelling as two-thirds of dwellings were in bands A-C. The average for a band D household was £1,374, compared with £1,321 in 2007/08, an average increase in council tax of 4.0%.

Average Band D Council Tax, England, £

1,600

1,400 £1,374 £1,321 £1,268 £1,214 1,200 £1,167 £1,102

£976 1,000 £901 £847

£798 800 £747 £688 £646 £609 £580 600 £569

400

200

0 93/94 94/95 95/96 96/97 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 02/03 03/04 04/05 05/06 06/07 07/08 08/09

Average band D council taxes were £1,292 in London, £1,328 in other English metropolitan areas and £1,408 in English shire areas.

3 Headline Council Tax by class of authority: Band D, 2 Adults (a)

England Of which Total England Inner Metropolitan Unitary Shire Average Average per London Outer London Districts Shire areas Authorities Districts Band D household Wales Scotland 1993/94 564 554 637 .. .. 551 569 456 328 556 1994/95 523 539 644 .. .. 572 580 473 350 588 1995/96 573 577 678 .. .. 597 609 498 392 624 1996/97 633 606 725 631 679 631 646 529 462 708 1997/98 646 654 779 671 698 667 688 564 495 783 1998/99 658 703 833 736 736 738 747 614 555 827 1999/00 679 760 878 792 779 796 798 656 602 849 2000/01 708 818 919 843 825 848 847 697 669 886 2001/02 757 889 968 897 879 903 901 741 710 929 2002/03 797 952 1,017 984 958 992 976 804 762 971 2003/04 942 1,125 1,098 1,114 1,066 1,129 1,102 908 837 1,009 2004/05 987 1,197 1,143 1,186 1,145 1,198 1,167 967 887 1,053 2005/06 1,020 1,247 1,190 1,234 1,197 1,246 1,214 1,009 921 1,094 2006/07 1,059 1,308 1,237 1,290 1,251 1,303 1,268 1,056 962 1,129 2007/08 1,090 1,361 1,284 1,348 1,302 1,362 1,321 1,101 1,005 1,149 2008/09 1,112 1,402 1,328 1,408 1,358 1,424 1,374 1,146 1,044 1,149

(a) Amounts shown are headline taxes, before transitional relief and benefits/ rebates

Sources: www.local.communities.gov.uk Council Tax Demands and Precepts Statistics, CIPFA

The average band D council tax in the North East (£1,429) was higher than in any other Government Office Region (GOR), while London had the lowest average Band D rate (£1,292). The average council tax per dwelling varied from £1,309 in the South East to £999 in Yorkshire and Humber. The chart below shows the average Band D and per dwelling council tax figures for each English GOR.

Average council tax, 08/09, by Government Office Region

per dwelling Average Band D

1,500 1,429 1,419 1,408 1,413 1,396 1,390 1,400 1,337 1,346 1,309 1,292 1,300 1,236 1,199 1,209 1,200

1,092 1,100 1,060 1,039 1,004 999 1,000

900

800

700

600

500 North East North West Yorkshire and East Midlands West Midlands East of England London South East South West the Humber

The following table shows the average Band D tax level by political control of authority. Political control is defined as a party having a majority of councillors after the local elections held in May 2007. In practice a party may control the LA with less than half of the councillors, as members from other parties may vote with the largest party. However for these purposes

4 an authority where the largest party doesn’t have a majority of councillors is considered to be under No Overall Control (NOC).

Average Band D council tax1, 2008/09, by LA political control, England Conservative Labour Lib Dem NOC Other Metropolitan districts £ 1,152 £ 1,167 £ 1,257 £ 1,139 .. London Boroughs £ 930 983£ £ 1,203 £ 1,026 .. Unitary Authorities £ 1,143 £ 1,173 £ 1,063 £ 1,149 .. Shire Districts £ 183 £ 223 £ 193 193£ £ 185 County Councils £ 1,040 £ 1,063 £ 1,032 £ 1,098 ..

Annual % change Conservative Labour Lib Dem NOC Other Metropolitan districts 3.8% 3.4% 4.4% 2.8% .. London Boroughs 2.8% 2.9% 3.9% 2.7% .. Unitary Authorities 4.1% 3.8% 3.8% 4.0% .. Shire Districts 4.3% 2.9% 4.0% 3.7% 3.7% County Councils 4.3% 3.1% 4.2% 3.9% ..

Note: 1 Excluding Police, Fire and GLA precepts Italicised data indicates an average calculated from fewer than five LAs Sources: www.communities.gov.uk & Local Government Association

Due to the fact that some averages have been calculated from very few observations it is hard to draw firm conclusions, however the figures suggest:

• Amongst metropolitan districts, bills were highest in the average Lib Dem LA and lowest in NOC ones. The largest annual percentage increases occurred amongst the average Lib Dem LA. • Average council tax bills in London were highest amongst Lib Dem LAs and lowest in Conservative run councils. • The average Labour controlled council set the highest bills for unitary authorities. The lowest were set by Lib Dem run UAs. • Shire district bills were highest in Labour controlled areas and lowest in Conservative controlled LAs. • Average county council precepts were highest in NOC and lowest in Lib Dem controlled councils.

5 The following table shows the average tax level per dwelling by political control of authority. In general terms Labour controlled LAs have lower bills per dwelling than those controlled by other parties.

Average council tax per dwelling1, 2008/09, by LA political control, England Conservative Labour Lib Dem NOC Other Metropolitan districts £ 871 £ 793 £ 883 £ 837 .. London Boroughs £ 921 791£ £ 1,239 £ 908 .. Unitary Authorities £ 978 832£ £ 682 £ 887 .. Shire Districts £ 166 £ 161 £ 163 161£ £ 149 County Councils £ 945 818£ £ 877 £ 905 ..

Annual % change Conservative Labour Lib Dem NOC Other Metropolitan districts 4.0% 3.8% 3.9% 2.8% .. London Boroughs 2.9% 3.2% 4.1% 2.5% .. Unitary Authorities 4.1% 3.9% 6.1% 4.3% .. Shire Districts 4.2% 3.7% 3.9% 3.7% 3.6% County Councils 4.2% 3.1% 4.1% 4.3% ..

Note: 1 Excluding Police, Fire and GLA precepts Italicised data indicates an average calculated from fewer than five LAs Sources: www.communities.gov.uk & Local Government Association

• Amongst metropolitan districts, bills were lowest in the average Labour LA, with the average Lib Dem LA charging the highest levels. • Average council tax bills in London were highest amongst Lib Dem LAs and lowest in Labour run councils. • The average Conservative controlled council set the highest bills for unitary authorities while the lowest were set by Lib Dem run UAs. • Shire district bills were slightly higher in Conservative controlled areas than in districts controlled by other parties. • Average county council precepts were highest in Conservative and lowest in Labour controlled councils.

2. Wales

The 2005/06 council tax bills in Wales were the first to be issued since the revaluation of Welsh domestic properties by the Valuation Office Agency. The revised list of valuations came into force on 1 April 2005.

The issue of council tax revaluation in Wales is discussed in the Library note Council tax revaluation in Scotland and Wales (SN/PC/3659). The note includes reaction to the revaluation and an evaluation of its effects.

In Wales the average band D council tax for 2008/09 was £1,044. This included £884 for local services (county and community council precepts) and £160 for police authorities. The increase in average band D council tax was 3.9%. This was the second lowest increase in Welsh band D council tax since the start of the system in 1993/94. The increase in 2005/06 was lower at 3.8%.

Average Band D Council Tax, Wales, £

1,200

£1,044 £1,005 1,000 £962 £921 £887 £837

800 £762 £710 £669 £602 600 £555 £495 £462

£392 400 £350 £328

200

0 93/94 94/95 95/96 96/97 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 02/03 03/04 04/05 05/06 06/07 07/08 08/09

Pembrokeshire authority billed the lowest band D council tax in 2008/09 (£829), this was followed by Newport (£886). The highest council tax was charged in Blaenau Gwent (£1,264) with Neath Port Talbot (£1,243) the next highest.

The highest percentage increase in band D council tax was seen in Ceredigion (4.9%). The rise in Isle of Anglesey was the lowest (3.3%).

7 3. Scotland

Council tax levels in Scotland were frozen by all but one of the 32 councils in 2008/09, while in Stirling there was a 1.1% reduction in council tax.

In four local authority areas council tax levels have been unchanged since 2006/07: Angus, Midlothian, Dundee and Glasgow. In Glasgow council tax levels have not been changed since 2005/06.

The chart below shows the average level of band D council tax in Scotland in each year since the introduction of the system in 1993/94. The average band D council tax bill in Scotland fell from £1,149.31 in 2007/08 to £1,148.89 in 2008/09.

Average Band D Council Tax, Scotland, £

1,400

1,200 £1,149 £1,149 £1,129 £1,094 £1,053 £1,009 1,000 £971 £929 £886 £849 £827 £783 800 £708

£624 £588 600 £556

400

200

0 93/94 94/95 95/96 96/97 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 02/03 03/04 04/05 05/06 06/07 07/08 08/09

The highest level of band D council tax was charged in Aberdeen (£1,230) and the lowest billing authority was Eilean Siar (£1,024).

8 C. The local picture in England

The following table shows the 20 English billing authorities with the highest levels of average band D council tax in 2008/09. These are the levels charged by the billing authorities and include all precepts. Only five of these authorities were single-tier authorities with the remaining 15 two-tier shire authorities.

Sedgefield, (Labour controlled district and county) and Rutland (Con) had the highest levels of average band D council tax. Of these twenty billing authorities six were Conservative controlled, five were under Labour control, three were Lib Dem and the remaining six had no overall control or were controlled by councillors with no links to the main political parties.

Six of the billing authorities in the list below are districts in Labour controlled Nottinghamshire county council. The combined county council and fire authority precepts in Nottinghamshire were the highest in England.

Billing authority ranked by average Band D council tax, 2008/09

Political control Rank LA name Class of authority District County £% 1 Sedgefield SD LAB LAB 1,613 3.0% 2 Rutland UA CON 1,606 4.7% 3 South Bedfordshire SD CON CON 1,594 4.4% 4 Newark & Sherwood SD CON LAB 1,592 3.3% 5 Easington SD LAB LAB 1,587 3.1% 6 Kingston upon Thames OLB LD 1,580 3.8% 7 Weymouth & Portland SD NOC CON 1,568 4.4% 8 Hartlepool UA LAB 1,565 4.6% 9 Mansfield SD Others LAB 1,546 3.3% 10 Richmond upon Thames OLB LD 1,544 3.6% 11 Lewes SD LD CON 1,541 4.2% 12 Broxtowe SD NOC LAB 1,541 3.3% 13 Bassetlaw SD CON LAB 1,538 3.2% 14 Rushcliffe SD CON LAB 1,537 3.3% 15 Ashfield SD NOC LAB 1,534 3.1% 16 Wealden SD CON CON 1,532 4.2% 17 East Dorset SD CON CON 1,529 4.8% 18 Gateshead MD LAB 1,525 3.9% 19 Pendle SD LD LAB 1,523 3.9% 20 Rossendale SD CON LAB 1,522 3.4%

9 The next table shows those English billing authorities with the lowest levels of average band D council tax in 2008/09. These are the levels charged by the billing authorities and include all precepts.

Wandsworth and Westminster (both Con) had the lowest levels of average band D council tax. Of these twenty authorities, all single-tier, nine were Conservative authorities, three were under Labour control and six had no overall control. The City of London and the Isles of Scilly were represented by councillors that had no political affiliation.

Billing authority ranked by average Band D council tax, 2008/09

Political control Rank LA name Class of authority District County £% 335 Windsor & Maidenhead UA CON 1,248 2.7% 336 Leeds MD NOC 1,244 4.7% 337 Bradford MD NOC 1,237 2.5% 338 Medway UA CON 1,237 4.9% 339 Lambeth ILB LAB 1,235 4.0% 340 Southend-on-Sea UA CON 1,232 4.9% 341 Wakefield MD LAB 1,230 5.0% 342 Doncaster MD NOC 1,227 4.1% 343 Southwark ILB NOC 1,222 3.5% 344 Thurrock UA NOC 1,222 2.8% 345 Birmingham MD NOC 1,213 2.1% 346 Trafford MD CON 1,211 5.1% 347 Dudley MD CON 1,198 4.7% 348 Tower Hamlets ILB LAB 1,175 3.1% 349 Hammersmith and Fulham ILB CON 1,173 -1.7% 350 Isles of Scilly UA Others 1,082 5.3% 351 Kensington and Chelsea ILB CON 1,068 2.4% 352 City of London ILB Others 923 2.6% 353 Westminster ILB CON 688 0.9% 354 Wandsworth ILB CON 687 0.9%

10 The table below shows those English billing authorities who had the highest increases in average band D council tax between 2007/08 and 2008/09.

The seven billing authorities with double digit increases in council tax were all districts in Conservative controlled Lincolnshire county council, although the majority of the increase is due to the 79% increase in the police precept.

Billing authority ranked by % change in average Band D council tax, 2008/09

Political control Rank LA name Class of authority District County £ % 1 South Kesteven SD CON CON 1,413 11.7% 2 East Lindsey SD NOC CON 1,391 11.7% 3 North Kesteven SD CON CON 1,443 11.3% 4 South Holland SD CON CON 1,432 11.2% 5 Lincoln SD CON CON 1,479 11.1% 6 Boston SD Others CON 1,437 11.1% 7 West Lindsey SD LD CON 1,476 11.1% 8 Leicester UA LAB 1,324 6.1% 9 Warrington UA NOC 1,286 5.7% 10 Blaby SD CON CON 1,414 5.5% 11 Middlesbrough UA UA LAB 1,410 5.5% 12 Runnymede SD CON CON 1,373 5.5% 13 Redcar & Cleveland UA NOC 1,459 5.5% 14 Congleton SD CON CON 1,445 5.4% 15 Epsom & Ewell SD Others CON 1,399 5.4% 16 Surrey Heath SD CON CON 1,435 5.4% 17 Waverley SD CON CON 1,438 5.4% 18 Spelthorne SD CON CON 1,406 5.3% 19 Isles of Scilly UA Others 1,082 5.3% 20 North Cornwall SD NOC LD 1,391 5.3%

11 The following table shows those English billing authorities who had the lowest increases in average band D council tax between 2007/08 and 2008/09.

Council tax bills in Conservative controlled Hammersmith & Fulham fell by 1.7%. Of the fourteen single-tier authorities shown below six were controlled by the Conservatives, three were Labour authorities and the remaining five had no overall control. The six two-tier authorities were all districts within the Labour controlled Northumberland county council.

Billing authority ranked by % change in average Band D council tax, 2008/09

Political control Rank LA name Class of authority District County £% 335 Islington ILB NOC 1,248 2.4% 336 Kensington and Chelsea ILB CON 1,068 2.4% 337 Reading UA LAB 1,410 2.2% 338 Birmingham MD NOC 1,213 2.1% 339 Greenwich ILB LAB 1,291 2.0% 340 Peterborough UA CON 1,260 2.0% 341 Ealing OLB CON 1,370 1.9% 342 Berwick-upon-Tweed SD NOC LAB 1,391 1.5% 343 Castle Morpeth SD NOC LAB 1,426 1.4% 344 Tynedale SD CON LAB 1,399 1.4% 345 Alnwick SD NOC LAB 1,385 1.2% 346 Blyth Valley SD LAB LAB 1,352 1.1% 347 Wansbeck SD LAB LAB 1,371 1.1% 348 Westminster ILB CON 688 0.9% 349 Wandsworth ILB CON 687 0.9% 350 Bolton MD NOC 1,332 0.8% 351 Hackney ILB LAB 1,308 0.5% 352 Hounslow OLB NOC 1,400 0.4% 353 Oldham MD NOC 1,481 0.0% 354 Hammersmith and Fulham ILB CON 1,173 -1.7%

12 D. Capping

Capping is a mechanism by which the Government may limit the budgets of councils and other local authorities (i.e. police authorities and fire and civil defence authorities). It works in most cases by specifying a maximum increase for an authority's budget where the authority is spending above the level specified by the Government. It does not simply specify a maximum increase or level of council tax, and where an authority is spending below its standard budget, a larger increase in council tax may be possible within the capping limits.

The Government can designate an authority – applying to the current year’s budget – or nominate an authority for the following year. The criteria used to decide which councils might be capped are the responsibility of the Secretary of State under the Local Government Act 1999.

On 27 March 2008 the Minister for Local Government, John Healey MP announced in the House that eight authorities had exceeded the criteria for potential capping.3 The authorities designated for action were given 21 days in which to make their case and each exercised their right to challenge the proposed caps. In a Written Statement issued on 26 June the Minister confirmed the Government’s decisions.4

Having carefully considered the representations all authorities have made, both orally and in writing, and having taken into account all relevant information I can now confirm decisions on how the Government intend to proceed in each case. In putting forward their challenges, no authority has, in the Secretary of State’s view, presented strong arguments as to why an excessive increase was necessary. Furthermore, no authority has demonstrated that the pressures identified acted disproportionately upon them to any significant extent compared to other authorities. We intend therefore to take action in all cases.

After careful consideration, taking account of both service and tax impacts on residents in the areas concerned, the Secretary of State has decided on the following actions:

• to ‘designate’ Lincolnshire at £100,638,000 compared to the original proposed cap of £94,926,000. The authority will therefore have to reset its budget and precept;

• to cancel the designation of the police authorities of Cheshire, Leicestershire and Warwickshire, but nominate all three authorities for 2008-09, designating them in 2009-10 and 2010-11. This ‘designation after nomination’ will provide protection to council taxpayers by limiting the authorities’ capacity to increase council tax in 2009-10, and allow the authorities a phased return to setting non-excessive budget requirements. We intend to limit increases in the budget requirements of these authorities to the equivalent of an increase of 3 per cent. in council tax precept in both 2009- 10 and 2010-11. This firmly protects taxpayers but avoids the need for re-billing; and

3 HC Deb 27 March 2008 c340 4 HC Deb 26 June 2008 c29-31WS

13 • to cancel the designation of the police authorities of Bedfordshire, Norfolk and Surrey and of Portsmouth city council, but nominate them with a proposed notional budget requirement for each authority for 2008-09 at the level of the maximum budget requirement originally proposed when they were designated. For Bedfordshire police authority the proposed notional budget requirement is £95,790,000, for Norfolk police authority £137,901,000, for Portsmouth city council £148,530,000, and for Surrey police authority 189,622,000. Nomination and setting a notional budget for Bedfordshire, Norfolk and Surrey police authorities and for Portsmouth city council will limit these authorities’ capacity to set excessive increases in future years by measuring for capping purposes future budget requirement increases against their 2008-09 notional budget requirement. This will provide their council taxpayers with extra protection in future years.

My officials are writing to all authorities today informing them of these decisions. Subject to approval of an order I am laying before the House today, Lincolnshire police authority will need to re-set its budget requirement and precept. This means that its residents will be re-billed for a lower council tax.

The three authorities subject to designation after nomination will have an opportunity to challenge their proposed designation for 2009-10 when they are notified in due course. We intend to start this process at the same time as we commence consultation on the provisional local government finance settlement later this year.

The four authorities nominated in 2008-09 and set a notional budget requirement have 21 days from receipt of the notification in which to challenge their proposed notional budget requirement.

In taking this necessary action, I recognise that local government generally has done a great deal to ensure that they do not place unnecessary pressures on their council taxpayers. More than 98 per cent. of authorities did not set excessive increases—and the average Band D council tax increase in England for 2008-09 is 4.0 per cent., the lowest increase for 14 years and the second lowest ever.

There is no excuse for excessive increases in council tax, and authorities should be in no doubt that the Government will use its full range of capping powers to deal with excessive increases and protect council tax payers in future years.

The Draft Council Tax Limitation (Maximum Amounts) (England) Order 2008 was laid before the House on 26 June and it will be debated in the House of Commons on 9 July, 2008. If the order is approved, it will come into force before the House rises for summer recess.

In 2004/05 capping action was taken against fourteen authorities of whom six were designated and eight nominated. In 2005/06 action was taken against nine authorities and in 2006/07 against two authorities, all of whom were designated. The Government did not exercise its capping power in 2007/08.

Further detail on capping in recent years and a summary of views relating to the 2008/09 proposals can be found in the attached Library note Council tax capping (SN/PC/4628).

E. Appended tables

Appendix 1 shows average Band D equivalent council tax in England, broken down between the taxes charged to meet an individual authorities own demands and the precepts levied by higher tier County Councils, Police and Fire Authorities where appropriate.

Appendix 2 shows the average council tax for a dwelling occupied by two adults is in each area, for each band in England. Its final column shows the average council tax per dwelling for the area.

Appendix 3 shows average Band D equivalent Council Tax in Wales, broken down between the taxes charged to meet individual authorities own demands and the precepts levied by Police Authorities. Also shown is the average council tax per dwelling for the area and change from the previous year.

Appendix 4 provides historical information on the average Band D council tax levels of each billing local authority in England. Appended tables 5 and 6 provide similar information for Wales and Scotland.

15 Appendix 1a - Average Band D equivalent Council Tax in 2008/09 by precepts (London)

Other major precepting Average Band D council tax Local services authorities (GLA) Police Fire for area of billing authority £ % change £ % change £ % change £ % change £ % change

INNER LONDON

City of London 840.50 2.5% 82.80 3.1% n/a n/a n/a n/a 923.30 2.6% Camden 1,021.76 2.5% 82.80 3.1% 227.02 1.5% n/a n/a 1,331.58 2.4% Greenwich 981.03 2.0% 82.80 3.1% 227.02 1.5% n/a n/a 1,290.85 2.0% Hackney 998.45 0.0% 82.80 3.1% 227.02 1.5% n/a n/a 1,308.27 0.5% Hammersmith and Fulham 862.77 -3.0% 82.80 3.1% 227.02 1.5% n/a n/a 1,172.59 -1.7%

Islington 938.41 2.5% 82.80 3.1% 227.02 1.5% n/a n/a 1,248.23 2.4% Kensington and Chelsea 758.08 2.5% 82.80 3.1% 227.02 1.5% n/a n/a 1,067.90 2.4% Lambeth 925.29 4.7% 82.80 3.1% 227.02 1.5% n/a n/a 1,235.11 4.0% Lewisham 1,016.69 2.5% 82.80 3.1% 227.02 1.5% n/a n/a 1,326.51 2.4% Southwark 912.14 4.0% 82.80 3.1% 227.02 1.5% n/a n/a 1,221.96 3.5%

Tower Hamlets 865.64 3.5% 82.80 3.1% 227.02 1.5% n/a n/a 1,175.46 3.1% Wandsworth 377.25 0.0% 82.80 3.1% 227.02 1.5% n/a n/a 687.07 0.9% Westminster 377.97 0.0% 82.80 3.1% 227.02 1.5% n/a n/a 687.79 0.9%

OUTER LONDON

Barking and Dagenham 1,016.40 4.3% 82.80 3.1% 227.02 1.5% n/a n/a 1,326.22 3.8% Barnet 1,082.75 3.5% 82.80 3.1% 227.02 1.5% n/a n/a 1,392.57 3.1% Bexley 1,089.54 3.0% 82.80 3.1% 227.02 1.5% n/a n/a 1,399.36 2.8% Brent 1,033.11 3.8% 82.80 3.1% 227.02 1.5% n/a n/a 1,342.93 3.3% Bromley 953.33 4.3% 82.80 3.1% 227.02 1.5% n/a n/a 1,263.15 3.7%

Croydon 1,095.81 4.0% 82.80 3.1% 227.02 1.5% n/a n/a 1,405.63 3.5% Ealing 1,059.93 1.9% 82.80 3.1% 227.02 1.5% n/a n/a 1,369.75 1.9% Enfield 1,073.70 3.9% 82.80 3.1% 227.02 1.5% n/a n/a 1,383.52 3.5% Haringey 1,161.66 3.0% 82.80 3.1% 227.02 1.5% n/a n/a 1,471.48 2.8% Harrow 1,152.55 3.0% 82.80 3.1% 227.02 1.5% n/a n/a 1,462.37 2.7%

Havering 1,173.18 3.9% 82.80 3.1% 227.02 1.5% n/a n/a 1,483.00 3.5% Hillingdon 1,112.93 3.0% 82.80 3.1% 227.02 1.5% n/a n/a 1,422.75 2.8% Hounslow 1,090.65 0.0% 82.80 3.1% 227.02 1.5% n/a n/a 1,400.47 0.4% Kingston upon Thames 1,270.26 4.2% 82.80 3.1% 227.02 1.5% n/a n/a 1,580.08 3.8% Merton 1,094.88 3.9% 82.80 3.1% 227.02 1.5% n/a n/a 1,404.70 3.5%

Newham 945.63 3.3% 82.80 3.1% 227.02 1.5% n/a n/a 1,255.45 2.9% Redbridge 1,066.32 3.9% 82.80 3.1% 227.02 1.5% n/a n/a 1,376.14 3.4% Richmond upon Thames 1,233.94 4.0% 82.80 3.1% 227.02 1.5% n/a n/a 1,543.76 3.6% Sutton 1,108.76 3.4% 82.80 3.1% 227.02 1.5% n/a n/a 1,418.58 3.1% Waltham Forest 1,130.73 2.5% 82.80 3.1% 227.02 1.5% n/a n/a 1,440.55 2.4%

Notes: Amounts shown for average council tax per dwelling are before Council Tax Benefit but include reductions due to discounts. Amounts shown for council taxes (Band D) are for 2 adults before Council Tax Benefit or discounts The ratios of other bands to Band D are: A 6/9; B 7/9; C 8/9; E 11/9; F 13/9; G 15/9; H 18/9

16 Appendix 1b - Average Band D equivalent Council Tax in 2008/09 by precepts (Metropolitan areas)

Other major precepting Average Band D council tax Local services authorities Police Fire for area of billing authority £ % change £ % change £ % change £ % change £ % change

METROPOLITAN AREAS

GREATER MANCHESTER Bolton 1,157.53 0.0% n/a n/a 124.90 7.5% 49.68 3.5% 1,332.11 0.8% Bury 1,162.75 3.4% n/a n/a 124.90 7.5% 49.68 3.5% 1,337.33 3.8% Manchester 1,097.10 2.5% n/a n/a 124.90 7.5% 49.68 3.5% 1,271.68 3.0% Oldham 1,306.74 -0.8% n/a n/a 124.90 7.5% 49.68 3.5% 1,481.32 0.0% Rochdale 1,196.45 3.8% n/a n/a 124.90 7.5% 49.68 3.5% 1,371.03 4.1% Salford 1,287.68 3.0% n/a n/a 124.90 7.5% 49.68 3.5% 1,462.26 3.4% Stockport 1,266.85 4.5% n/a n/a 124.90 7.5% 49.68 3.5% 1,441.43 4.7% Tameside 1,112.73 2.4% n/a n/a 124.90 7.5% 49.68 3.5% 1,287.31 2.9% Trafford 1,036.22 4.9% n/a n/a 124.90 7.5% 49.68 3.5% 1,210.80 5.1% Wigan 1,135.33 2.0% n/a n/a 124.90 7.5% 49.68 3.5% 1,309.91 2.6%

MERSEYSIDE Knowsley 1,155.91 4.0% n/a n/a 133.91 5.0% 60.06 4.0% 1,349.88 4.1% Liverpool 1,252.41 4.9% n/a n/a 133.91 5.0% 60.06 4.0% 1,446.38 4.9% Sefton 1,212.34 4.0% n/a n/a 133.91 5.0% 60.06 4.0% 1,406.31 4.1% St Helens 1,121.02 2.5% n/a n/a 133.91 5.0% 60.06 4.0% 1,314.99 2.8% Wirral 1,184.68 3.5% n/a n/a 133.91 5.0% 60.06 4.0% 1,378.65 3.7%

SOUTH YORKSHIRE Barnsley 1,148.58 3.9% n/a n/a 124.56 4.7% 56.36 4.7% 1,329.50 4.0% Doncaster 1,046.13 4.0% n/a n/a 124.56 4.7% 56.36 4.7% 1,227.05 4.1% Rotherham 1,190.80 3.8% n/a n/a 124.56 4.7% 56.36 4.7% 1,371.72 4.0% Sheffield 1,243.92 2.5% n/a n/a 124.56 4.7% 56.36 4.7% 1,424.84 2.8%

TYNE AND WEAR Gateshead 1,375.29 3.9% n/a n/a 78.27 4.9% 71.61 2.4% 1,525.17 3.9% Newcastle upon Tyne 1,298.90 3.8% n/a n/a 78.27 4.9% 71.61 2.4% 1,448.78 3.8% North Tyneside 1,264.85 3.5% n/a n/a 78.27 4.9% 71.61 2.4% 1,414.73 3.5% South Tyneside 1,221.00 3.0% n/a n/a 78.27 4.9% 71.61 2.4% 1,370.88 3.0% Sunderland 1,139.50 3.3% n/a n/a 78.27 4.9% 71.61 2.4% 1,289.38 3.4%

WEST MIDLANDS Birmingham 1,072.80 1.9% n/a n/a 94.67 3.5% 45.74 2.9% 1,213.21 2.1% Coventry 1,245.50 2.7% n/a n/a 94.67 3.5% 45.74 2.9% 1,385.91 2.8% Dudley 1,057.97 4.8% n/a n/a 94.67 3.5% 45.74 2.9% 1,198.38 4.7% Sandwell 1,143.42 2.8% n/a n/a 94.67 3.5% 45.74 2.9% 1,283.83 2.9% Solihull 1,113.52 4.7% n/a n/a 94.67 3.5% 45.74 2.9% 1,253.93 4.5% Walsall 1,283.01 2.9% n/a n/a 94.67 3.5% 45.74 2.9% 1,423.42 2.9% Wolverhampton 1,271.87 4.9% n/a n/a 94.67 3.5% 45.74 2.9% 1,412.28 4.8%

WEST YORKSHIRE Bradford 1,063.44 2.2% n/a n/a 123.62 4.7% 49.91 3.9% 1,236.97 2.5% Calderdale 1,224.34 2.6% n/a n/a 123.62 4.7% 49.91 3.9% 1,397.87 2.8% Kirklees 1,157.91 3.0% n/a n/a 123.62 4.7% 49.91 3.9% 1,331.44 3.2% Leeds 1,070.18 4.7% n/a n/a 123.62 4.7% 49.91 3.9% 1,243.71 4.7% Wakefield 1,056.34 5.0% n/a n/a 123.62 4.7% 49.91 3.9% 1,229.87 5.0%

17 Appendix 1c - Average Band D equivalent Council Tax in 2008/09 by precepts (Unitary authorities)

Other major precepting Average Band D council tax Local services authorities Police Fire for area of billing authority £ % change £ % change £ % change £ % change £ % change

ALL PURPOSE AUTHORITIES

Bath & N.E. Somerset 1,162.43 4.0% n/a n/a 154.32 4.9% 56.01 4.5% 1,372.76 4.1% Blackburn with Darwen 1,220.89 1.9% n/a n/a 135.96 7.9% 60.16 4.7% 1,417.01 2.6% Blackpool 1,222.29 3.9% n/a n/a 135.96 7.9% 60.16 4.7% 1,418.41 4.4% Bournemouth 1,175.94 4.9% n/a n/a 164.25 4.9% 55.80 4.9% 1,395.99 4.9% Bracknell Forest 1,070.79 5.0% n/a n/a 144.76 4.0% 52.54 4.9% 1,268.09 4.8%

Brighton & Hove 1,190.36 3.9% n/a n/a 128.70 4.9% 77.06 4.6% 1,396.12 4.1% Bristol 1,272.00 4.0% n/a n/a 154.32 4.9% 56.01 4.5% 1,482.33 4.1% Darlington 1,113.90 4.9% n/a n/a 142.47 5.0% 82.62 2.9% 1,338.99 4.8% Derby 1,065.13 5.0% n/a n/a 148.44 4.6% 62.97 4.0% 1,276.54 4.9% East Riding of Yorkshire 1,191.97 5.0% n/a n/a 156.31 4.5% 73.78 4.7% 1,422.06 4.9%

Halton 1,080.92 3.5% n/a n/a 135.75 17.0% 62.71 2.8% 1,279.38 4.8% Hartlepool 1,332.92 3.9% n/a n/a 173.87 10.0% 58.69 4.9% 1,565.48 4.6% Herefordshire 1,165.62 4.7% n/a n/a 165.45 4.9% 68.21 4.9% 1,399.28 4.7% Isle of Wight 1,238.99 3.8% n/a n/a 135.54 8.1% n/a n/a 1,374.53 4.2% Kingston upon Hull 1,062.63 3.8% n/a n/a 156.31 4.5% 73.78 4.7% 1,292.72 3.9%

Leicester 1,113.74 5.0% n/a n/a 160.40 15.4% 49.83 4.9% 1,323.97 6.1% Luton 1,079.17 4.3% n/a n/a 135.28 9.6% 78.84 4.3% 1,293.29 4.8% Medway 1,044.51 5.0% n/a n/a 128.25 5.0% 63.81 3.5% 1,236.57 4.9% Middlesbrough UA 1,177.79 4.9% n/a n/a 173.87 10.0% 58.69 4.9% 1,410.35 5.5% Milton Keynes 1,112.11 4.0% n/a n/a 144.76 4.0% 54.95 5.0% 1,311.82 4.0%

North East Lincolnshire 1,219.38 2.7% n/a n/a 156.31 4.5% 73.78 4.7% 1,449.47 3.0% North Lincolnshire 1,226.43 3.9% n/a n/a 156.31 4.5% 73.78 4.7% 1,456.52 4.0% North Somerset 1,144.12 2.3% n/a n/a 154.32 4.9% 56.01 4.5% 1,354.45 2.7% Nottingham 1,252.15 3.0% n/a n/a 145.62 4.9% 65.44 3.0% 1,463.21 3.2% Peterborough 1,048.21 1.4% n/a n/a 156.87 5.0% 54.45 4.0% 1,259.53 2.0%

Plymouth 1,154.30 4.9% n/a n/a 142.19 7.9% 66.58 4.9% 1,363.07 5.2% Poole 1,121.67 4.9% n/a n/a 164.25 4.9% 55.80 4.9% 1,341.72 4.9% Portsmouth 1,094.94 4.8% n/a n/a 135.54 8.1% 58.23 3.9% 1,288.71 5.1% Reading 1,212.66 1.9% n/a n/a 144.76 4.0% 52.54 4.9% 1,409.96 2.2% Redcar & Cleveland 1,226.06 4.9% n/a n/a 173.87 10.0% 58.69 4.9% 1,458.62 5.5%

Rutland 1,396.15 3.6% n/a n/a 160.40 15.4% 49.83 4.9% 1,606.38 4.7% Slough 1,081.11 5.0% n/a n/a 144.76 4.0% 52.54 4.9% 1,278.41 4.9% South Gloucestershire 1,223.33 4.6% n/a n/a 154.32 4.9% 56.01 4.5% 1,433.66 4.6% Southampton 1,174.47 3.5% n/a n/a 135.54 8.1% 58.23 3.9% 1,368.24 3.9% Southend-on-Sea 1,047.34 5.0% n/a n/a 122.22 4.9% 62.28 3.9% 1,231.84 4.9%

Stockton-on-Tees 1,158.01 4.6% n/a n/a 173.87 10.0% 58.69 4.9% 1,390.57 5.3% Stoke-on-Trent 1,069.25 2.7% n/a n/a 166.16 3.8% 63.24 4.9% 1,298.65 2.9% Swindon 1,113.87 3.5% n/a n/a 145.34 4.3% 57.74 4.2% 1,316.95 3.6% Telford and the Wrekin 1,107.80 4.3% n/a n/a 165.45 4.9% 78.39 3.9% 1,351.64 4.3% Thurrock 1,037.07 2.5% n/a n/a 122.22 4.9% 62.28 3.9% 1,221.57 2.8%

Torbay 1,184.25 0.0% n/a n/a 142.19 7.9% 66.58 4.9% 1,393.02 4.6% Warrington 1,088.02 0.0% n/a n/a 135.75 17.0% 62.71 2.8% 1,286.48 5.7% West Berkshire 1,219.05 0.0% n/a n/a 144.76 4.0% 52.54 4.9% 1,416.35 4.0% Windsor & Maidenhead 1,050.72 0.0% n/a n/a 144.76 4.0% 52.54 4.9% 1,248.02 2.7% Wokingham 1,173.14 0.0% n/a n/a 144.76 4.0% 52.54 4.9% 1,370.44 4.8% York 1,037.24 0.0% n/a n/a 193.37 4.3% 58.56 4.5% 1,289.17 4.7%

Isles of Scilly 939.73 3.9% n/a n/a 142.19 7.9% n/a n/a 1,081.92 5.3% Notes: Amounts shown for average council tax per dwelling are before Council Tax Benefit but include reductions due to discounts. Amounts shown for council taxes (Band D) are for 2 adults before Council Tax Benefit or discounts The ratios of other bands to Band D are: A 6/9; B 7/9; C 8/9; E 11/9; F 13/9; G 15/9; H 18/9

18 Appendix 1d - Average Band D equivalent Council Tax in 2008/09 by precepts (Shire districts)

Other major precepting Average Band D council tax Local services authorities (County) Police Fire for area of billing authority £ % change £ % change £ % change £ % change £ % change SHIRE DISTRICTS

BEDFORDSHIRE Bedford 168.99 4.3% 1,123.47 3.8% 135.28 9.6% 78.84 4.3% 1,506.58 4.4% Mid Bedfordshire 180.52 3.6% 1,123.47 3.8% 135.28 9.6% 78.84 4.3% 1,518.11 4.3% South Bedfordshire 255.92 4.3% 1,123.47 3.8% 135.28 9.6% 78.84 4.3% 1,593.51 4.4% BUCKINGHAMSHIRE Aylesbury Vale 190.31 6.1% 1,018.91 4.5% 144.76 4.0% 54.95 5.0% 1,408.93 4.7% Chiltern 201.06 4.5% 1,018.91 4.5% 144.76 4.0% 54.95 5.0% 1,419.68 4.5% South Bucks 183.04 4.8% 1,018.91 4.5% 144.76 4.0% 54.95 5.0% 1,401.66 4.5% Wycombe 158.48 3.2% 1,018.91 4.5% 144.76 4.0% 54.95 5.0% 1,377.10 4.3% CAMBRIDGESHIRE Cambridge 155.51 4.5% 979.11 5.0% 156.87 5.0% 54.45 4.0% 1,345.94 4.9% East Cambridgeshire 171.60 3.6% 979.11 5.0% 156.87 5.0% 54.45 4.0% 1,362.03 4.8% Fenland 245.85 4.2% 979.11 5.0% 156.87 5.0% 54.45 4.0% 1,436.28 4.8% Huntingdonshire 180.07 4.8% 979.11 5.0% 156.87 5.0% 54.45 4.0% 1,370.50 4.9% South Cambridgeshire 166.89 5.2% 979.11 5.0% 156.87 5.0% 54.45 4.0% 1,357.32 5.0% CHESHIRE Chester 186.40 2.7% 1,037.17 3.5% 135.75 17.0% 62.71 2.8% 1,422.03 4.5% Congleton 209.53 9.2% 1,037.17 3.5% 135.75 17.0% 62.71 2.8% 1,445.16 5.4% Crewe & Nantwich 155.76 2.8% 1,037.17 3.5% 135.75 17.0% 62.71 2.8% 1,391.39 4.6% Ellesmere Port & Neston 177.70 2.0% 1,037.17 3.5% 135.75 17.0% 62.71 2.8% 1,413.33 4.4% Macclesfield 170.03 2.7% 1,037.17 3.5% 135.75 17.0% 62.71 2.8% 1,405.66 4.5% Vale Royal 184.24 3.4% 1,037.17 3.5% 135.75 17.0% 62.71 2.8% 1,419.87 4.6% CORNWALL Caradon 220.87 3.5% 1,017.73 4.9% 142.19 7.9% n/a n/a 1,380.79 5.0% Carrick 219.35 3.3% 1,017.73 4.9% 142.19 7.9% n/a n/a 1,379.27 5.0% Kerrier 220.33 2.9% 1,017.73 4.9% 142.19 7.9% n/a n/a 1,380.25 4.9% North Cornwall 231.55 5.2% 1,017.73 4.9% 142.19 7.9% n/a n/a 1,391.47 5.3% Penwith 167.26 3.6% 1,017.73 4.9% 142.19 7.9% n/a n/a 1,327.18 5.1% Restormel 181.47 3.9% 1,017.73 4.9% 142.19 7.9% n/a n/a 1,341.39 5.1% CUMBRIA Allerdale 168.88 5.8% 1,112.04 3.9% 179.46 4.9% n/a n/a 1,460.38 4.2% Barrow-in-Furness 198.22 2.1% 1,112.04 3.9% 179.46 4.9% n/a n/a 1,489.72 3.8% Carlisle 195.04 3.4% 1,112.04 3.9% 179.46 4.9% n/a n/a 1,486.54 4.0% Copeland 184.38 3.9% 1,112.04 3.9% 179.46 4.9% n/a n/a 1,475.88 4.0% Eden 180.16 5.1% 1,112.04 3.9% 179.46 4.9% n/a n/a 1,471.66 4.2% South Lakeland 187.28 4.1% 1,112.04 3.9% 179.46 4.9% n/a n/a 1,478.78 4.0% DERBYSHIRE Amber Valley 178.26 4.0% 1,030.98 3.5% 148.44 4.6% 62.97 4.0% 1,420.65 3.7% Bolsover 243.60 4.7% 1,030.98 3.5% 148.44 4.6% 62.97 4.0% 1,485.99 3.8% Chesterfield 141.39 4.9% 1,030.98 3.5% 148.44 4.6% 62.97 4.0% 1,383.78 3.8% Derbyshire Dales 214.67 5.1% 1,030.98 3.5% 148.44 4.6% 62.97 4.0% 1,457.06 3.9% Erewash 167.01 3.8% 1,030.98 3.5% 148.44 4.6% 62.97 4.0% 1,409.40 3.7% High Peak 184.15 3.0% 1,030.98 3.5% 148.44 4.6% 62.94 4.0% 1,426.51 3.6% North East Derbyshire 240.10 5.7% 1,030.98 3.5% 148.44 4.6% 62.97 4.0% 1,482.49 4.0% South Derbyshire 160.28 3.6% 1,030.98 3.5% 148.44 4.6% 62.97 4.0% 1,402.67 3.7% DEVON East Devon 145.02 5.2% 1,063.89 3.9% 142.19 7.9% 66.58 4.9% 1,417.68 4.5% Exeter 114.98 4.5% 1,063.89 3.9% 142.19 7.9% 66.58 4.9% 1,387.64 4.4% Mid Devon 202.84 4.6% 1,063.89 3.9% 142.19 7.9% 66.58 4.9% 1,475.50 4.4% North Devon 194.11 4.7% 1,063.89 3.9% 142.19 7.9% 66.58 4.9% 1,466.77 4.4% South Hams 167.52 4.6% 1,063.89 3.9% 142.19 7.9% 66.58 4.9% 1,440.18 4.4% Teignbridge 175.19 6.8% 1,063.89 3.9% 142.19 7.9% 66.58 4.9% 1,447.85 4.7% Torridge 173.81 4.7% 1,063.89 3.9% 142.19 7.9% 66.58 4.9% 1,446.47 4.4% West Devon 229.04 6.8% 1,063.89 3.9% 142.19 7.9% 66.58 4.9% 1,501.70 4.8% DORSET Christchurch 163.96 4.5% 1,096.20 4.5% 164.25 4.9% 55.80 4.9% 1,480.21 4.6% East Dorset 212.46 6.0% 1,096.20 4.5% 164.25 4.9% 55.80 4.9% 1,528.71 4.8% North Dorset 164.29 7.9% 1,096.20 4.5% 164.25 4.9% 55.80 4.9% 1,480.54 4.9% Purbeck 195.50 6.3% 1,096.20 4.5% 164.25 4.9% 55.80 4.9% 1,511.75 4.8% West Dorset 181.42 4.5% 1,096.20 4.5% 164.25 4.9% 55.80 4.9% 1,497.67 4.6% Weymouth & Portland 251.52 3.7% 1,096.20 4.5% 164.25 4.9% 55.80 4.9% 1,567.77 4.4% DURHAM Chester-le-Street 193.75 3.6% 1,024.38 2.9% 142.47 5.0% 82.62 2.9% 1,443.22 3.2% Derwentside 250.83 0.1% 1,024.38 2.9% 142.47 5.0% 82.62 2.9% 1,500.30 2.6% Durham District 203.00 2.6% 1,024.38 2.9% 142.47 5.0% 82.62 2.9% 1,452.47 3.1% Easington 337.24 3.1% 1,024.38 2.9% 142.47 5.0% 82.62 2.9% 1,586.71 3.1% Sedgefield 363.63 2.6% 1,024.38 2.9% 142.47 5.0% 82.62 2.9% 1,613.10 3.0% Teesdale 226.68 2.2% 1,024.38 2.9% 142.47 5.0% 82.62 2.9% 1,476.15 3.0% Wear Valley 214.41 1.3% 1,024.38 2.9% 142.47 5.0% 82.62 2.9% 1,463.88 2.9% EAST SUSSEX Eastbourne 211.57 3.8% 1,089.00 3.9% 128.70 4.9% 77.06 4.6% 1,506.33 4.0% Hastings 223.62 3.5% 1,089.00 3.9% 128.70 4.9% 77.06 4.6% 1,518.38 4.0% Lewes 246.34 4.7% 1,089.00 3.9% 128.70 4.9% 77.06 4.6% 1,541.10 4.2% Rother 196.98 5.1% 1,089.00 3.9% 128.70 4.9% 77.06 4.6% 1,491.74 4.2% Wealden 237.54 5.2% 1,089.00 3.9% 128.70 4.9% 77.06 4.6% 1,532.30 4.2%

19 Appendix 1d - Average Band D equivalent Council Tax in 2008/09 by precepts (Shire districts)

ESSEX Basildon 246.64 4.4% 1,046.61 4.2% 122.22 4.9% 62.28 3.9% 1,477.75 4.3% Braintree 185.80 4.5% 1,046.61 4.2% 122.22 4.9% 62.28 3.9% 1,416.91 4.3% Brentwood 172.77 4.7% 1,046.61 4.2% 122.22 4.9% 62.28 3.9% 1,403.88 4.3% Castle Point 220.79 3.8% 1,046.61 4.2% 122.22 4.9% 62.28 3.9% 1,451.90 4.2% Chelmsford 179.04 4.3% 1,046.61 4.2% 122.22 4.9% 62.28 3.9% 1,410.15 4.3% Colchester 180.00 3.1% 1,046.61 4.2% 122.22 4.9% 62.28 3.9% 1,411.11 4.1% Epping Forest 195.40 2.1% 1,046.61 4.2% 122.22 4.9% 62.28 3.9% 1,426.51 4.0% Harlow 242.10 2.9% 1,046.61 4.2% 122.22 4.9% 62.28 3.9% 1,473.21 4.1% Maldon 203.32 4.6% 1,046.61 4.2% 122.22 4.9% 62.28 3.9% 1,434.43 4.3% Rochford 219.00 5.1% 1,046.61 4.2% 122.22 4.9% 62.28 3.9% 1,450.11 4.4% Tendring 171.72 4.9% 1,046.61 4.2% 122.22 4.9% 62.28 3.9% 1,402.83 4.4% Uttlesford 191.40 4.5% 1,046.61 4.2% 122.22 4.9% 62.28 3.9% 1,422.51 4.3% GLOUCESTERSHIRE Cheltenham 180.85 3.5% 1,036.37 4.9% 188.45 5.0% n/a n/a 1,405.67 4.7% Cotswold 184.46 4.0% 1,036.37 4.9% 188.45 5.0% n/a n/a 1,409.28 4.8% Forest of Dean 199.91 3.7% 1,036.37 4.9% 188.45 5.0% n/a n/a 1,424.73 4.7% Gloucester 174.53 4.1% 1,036.37 4.9% 188.45 5.0% n/a n/a 1,399.35 4.8% Stroud 229.24 3.9% 1,036.37 4.9% 188.45 5.0% n/a n/a 1,454.06 4.8% Tewkesbury 129.11 6.8% 1,036.37 4.9% 188.45 5.0% n/a n/a 1,353.93 5.1% HAMPSHIRE Basingstoke & Deane 113.92 3.4% 999.00 4.5% 135.54 8.1% 58.23 3.9% 1,306.69 4.8% East Hampshire 179.69 1.8% 999.00 4.5% 135.54 8.1% 58.23 3.9% 1,372.46 4.5% Eastleigh 178.60 2.7% 999.00 4.5% 135.54 8.1% 58.23 3.9% 1,371.37 4.6% Fareham 136.53 3.0% 999.00 4.5% 135.54 8.1% 58.23 3.9% 1,329.30 4.7% Gosport 197.87 3.8% 999.00 4.5% 135.54 8.1% 58.23 3.9% 1,390.64 4.7% Hart 196.19 4.5% 999.00 4.5% 135.54 8.1% 58.23 3.9% 1,388.96 4.8% Havant 185.58 4.9% 999.00 4.5% 135.54 8.1% 58.23 3.9% 1,378.35 4.9% New Forest 209.03 4.2% 999.00 4.5% 135.54 8.1% 58.23 3.9% 1,401.80 4.8% Rushmoor 174.57 2.9% 999.00 4.5% 135.54 8.1% 58.23 3.9% 1,367.34 4.6% Test Valley 139.38 4.5% 999.00 4.5% 135.54 8.1% 58.23 3.9% 1,332.15 4.9% Winchester 179.00 5.0% 999.00 4.5% 135.54 8.1% 58.23 3.9% 1,371.77 4.9% HERTFORDSHIRE Broxbourne 109.41 4.5% 1,081.12 4.5% 136.67 5.0% n/a n/a 1,327.20 4.6% Dacorum 167.70 4.5% 1,081.12 4.5% 136.67 5.0% n/a n/a 1,385.49 4.6% East Hertfordshire 208.82 3.9% 1,081.12 4.5% 136.67 5.0% n/a n/a 1,426.61 4.5% Hertsmere 175.27 4.1% 1,081.12 4.5% 136.67 5.0% n/a n/a 1,393.06 4.5% North Hertfordshire 214.45 8.8% 1,081.12 4.5% 136.67 5.0% n/a n/a 1,432.24 5.2% St Albans 204.80 4.1% 1,081.12 4.5% 136.67 5.0% n/a n/a 1,422.59 4.5% Stevenage 181.44 3.9% 1,081.12 4.5% 136.67 5.0% n/a n/a 1,399.23 4.5% Three Rivers 188.80 0.0% 1,081.12 4.5% 136.67 5.0% n/a n/a 1,406.59 4.0% Watford 251.00 2.5% 1,081.12 4.5% 136.67 5.0% n/a n/a 1,468.79 4.2% Welwyn Hatfield 223.69 2.5% 1,081.12 4.5% 136.67 5.0% n/a n/a 1,441.48 4.3% KENT Ashford 144.47 5.1% 1,001.79 3.9% 128.25 5.0% 63.81 3.5% 1,338.32 4.1% Canterbury 177.96 5.4% 1,001.79 3.9% 128.25 5.0% 63.81 3.5% 1,371.81 4.2% Dartford 173.25 5.3% 1,001.79 3.9% 128.25 5.0% 63.81 3.5% 1,367.10 4.2% Dover 189.89 6.4% 1,001.79 3.9% 128.25 5.0% 63.81 3.5% 1,383.74 4.3% Gravesham 159.93 5.0% 1,001.79 3.9% 128.25 5.0% 63.81 3.5% 1,353.78 4.1% Maidstone 222.39 3.3% 1,001.79 3.9% 128.25 5.0% 63.81 3.5% 1,416.24 3.9% Sevenoaks 228.85 6.3% 1,001.79 3.9% 128.25 5.0% 63.81 3.5% 1,422.70 4.4% Shepway 260.18 4.8% 1,001.79 3.9% 128.25 5.0% 63.81 3.5% 1,454.03 4.1% Swale 163.05 5.2% 1,001.79 3.9% 128.25 5.0% 63.81 3.5% 1,356.90 4.1% Thanet 208.54 4.5% 1,001.79 3.9% 128.25 5.0% 63.81 3.5% 1,402.39 4.1% Tonbridge & Malling 193.24 5.0% 1,001.79 3.9% 128.25 5.0% 63.81 3.5% 1,387.09 4.1% Tunbridge Wells 166.04 5.1% 1,001.79 3.9% 128.25 5.0% 63.81 3.5% 1,359.89 4.1% LANCASHIRE Burnley 242.32 4.0% 1,077.06 2.9% 135.96 7.9% 60.16 4.7% 1,515.50 3.6% Chorley 191.18 2.1% 1,077.06 2.9% 135.96 7.9% 60.16 4.7% 1,464.36 3.4% Fylde 184.14 11.3% 1,077.06 2.9% 135.96 7.9% 60.16 4.7% 1,457.32 4.5% Hyndburn 220.07 5.0% 1,077.06 2.9% 135.96 7.9% 60.16 4.7% 1,493.25 3.8% Lancaster 184.77 4.6% 1,077.06 2.9% 135.96 7.9% 60.16 4.7% 1,457.95 3.7% Pendle 249.36 5.5% 1,077.06 2.9% 135.96 7.9% 60.16 4.7% 1,522.54 3.9% Preston 242.97 3.9% 1,077.06 2.9% 135.96 7.9% 60.16 4.7% 1,516.15 3.6% Ribble Valley 149.73 4.4% 1,077.06 2.9% 135.96 7.9% 60.16 4.7% 1,422.91 3.6% Rossendale 248.58 2.9% 1,077.06 2.9% 135.96 7.9% 60.16 4.7% 1,521.76 3.4% South Ribble 203.80 3.8% 1,077.06 2.9% 135.96 7.9% 60.16 4.7% 1,476.98 3.6% West Lancashire 193.37 3.5% 1,077.06 2.9% 135.96 7.9% 60.16 4.7% 1,466.55 3.5% Wyre 174.60 4.2% 1,077.06 2.9% 135.96 7.9% 60.16 4.7% 1,447.78 3.6% LEICESTERSHIRE Blaby 195.52 6.6% 1,007.85 3.9% 160.40 15.4% 49.83 4.9% 1,413.60 5.5% Charnwood 163.97 4.8% 1,007.85 3.9% 160.40 15.4% 49.83 4.9% 1,382.05 5.3% Harborough 194.05 4.7% 1,007.85 3.9% 160.40 15.4% 49.83 4.9% 1,412.13 5.2% Hinckley & Bosworth 144.42 4.0% 1,007.85 3.9% 160.40 15.4% 49.83 4.9% 1,362.50 5.2% Melton 190.65 5.0% 1,007.85 3.9% 160.40 15.4% 49.83 4.9% 1,408.73 5.3% North West Leicestershire 212.52 2.2% 1,007.85 3.9% 160.40 15.4% 49.83 4.9% 1,430.59 4.9% Oadby & Wigston 192.84 2.5% 1,007.85 3.9% 160.40 15.4% 49.83 4.9% 1,410.92 4.9%

20 Appendix 1d - Average Band D equivalent Council Tax in 2008/09 by precepts (Shire districts)

LINCOLNSHIRE Boston 179.85 3.1% 1,021.77 3.5% 235.35 78.9% n/a n/a 1,436.97 11.1% East Lindsey 133.58 5.5% 1,021.77 3.5% 235.35 78.9% n/a n/a 1,390.70 11.7% Lincoln 221.76 4.5% 1,021.77 3.5% 235.35 78.9% n/a n/a 1,478.88 11.1% North Kesteven 185.44 4.3% 1,021.77 3.5% 235.35 78.9% n/a n/a 1,442.56 11.3% South Holland 174.73 3.5% 1,021.77 3.5% 235.35 78.9% n/a n/a 1,431.85 11.2% South Kesteven 156.32 6.7% 1,021.77 3.5% 235.35 78.9% n/a n/a 1,413.44 11.7% West Lindsey 218.94 4.1% 1,021.77 3.5% 235.35 78.9% n/a n/a 1,476.06 11.1% NORFOLK Breckland 114.13 4.2% 1,091.52 3.7% 178.56 8.3% n/a n/a 1,384.21 4.3% Broadland 161.37 4.2% 1,091.52 3.7% 178.56 8.3% n/a n/a 1,431.45 4.3% Great Yarmouth 145.94 2.8% 1,091.52 3.7% 178.56 8.3% n/a n/a 1,416.02 4.2% King's Lynn & West Norfolk 146.51 4.0% 1,091.52 3.7% 178.56 8.3% n/a n/a 1,416.59 4.3% North Norfolk 160.73 4.6% 1,091.52 3.7% 178.56 8.3% n/a n/a 1,430.81 4.4% Norwich 212.73 3.7% 1,091.52 3.7% 178.56 8.3% n/a n/a 1,482.81 4.3% South Norfolk 179.77 2.3% 1,091.52 3.7% 178.56 8.3% n/a n/a 1,449.85 4.1% NORTH YORKSHIRE Craven 183.78 0.4% 988.36 4.8% 193.37 4.3% 58.56 4.5% 1,424.07 4.1% Hambleton 112.81 6.6% 988.36 4.8% 193.37 4.3% 58.56 4.5% 1,353.10 4.8% Harrogate 219.65 4.2% 988.36 4.8% 193.37 4.3% 58.56 4.5% 1,459.94 4.6% Richmondshire 202.87 2.5% 988.36 4.8% 193.37 4.3% 58.56 4.5% 1,443.16 4.4% Ryedale 201.82 4.1% 988.36 4.8% 193.37 4.3% 58.56 4.5% 1,442.11 4.6% Scarborough 215.25 4.5% 988.36 4.8% 193.37 4.3% 58.56 4.5% 1,455.54 4.6% Selby 192.31 4.2% 988.36 4.8% 193.37 4.3% 58.56 4.5% 1,432.60 4.6% NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Corby 168.45 3.8% 956.05 4.2% 178.62 4.9% n/a n/a 1,303.12 4.3% Daventry 177.99 3.7% 956.05 4.2% 178.62 4.9% n/a n/a 1,312.66 4.2% East Northamptonshire 173.70 5.3% 956.05 4.2% 178.62 4.9% n/a n/a 1,308.37 4.4% Kettering 190.32 4.8% 956.04 4.2% 178.62 4.9% n/a n/a 1,324.98 4.4% Northampton 209.63 4.2% 956.05 4.2% 178.62 4.9% n/a n/a 1,344.30 4.3% South Northamptonshire 210.35 5.5% 956.05 4.2% 178.62 4.9% n/a n/a 1,345.02 4.5% Wellingborough 144.55 3.7% 956.05 4.2% 178.62 4.9% n/a n/a 1,279.22 4.2% NORTHUMBERLAND Alnwick 184.63 0.6% 1,122.05 1.0% 78.27 4.9% n/a n/a 1,384.95 1.2% Berwick-upon-Tweed 190.21 3.1% 1,122.05 1.0% 78.27 4.9% n/a n/a 1,390.53 1.5% Blyth Valley 151.51 0.0% 1,122.05 1.0% 78.27 4.9% n/a n/a 1,351.83 1.1% Castle Morpeth 225.51 2.2% 1,122.05 1.0% 78.27 4.9% n/a n/a 1,425.84 1.4% Tynedale 198.98 2.0% 1,122.05 1.0% 78.27 4.9% n/a n/a 1,399.30 1.4% Wansbeck 170.45 0.0% 1,122.05 1.0% 78.27 4.9% n/a n/a 1,370.77 1.1% NOTTINGHAMSHIRE Ashfield 164.96 2.0% 1,158.43 3.0% 145.62 4.9% 65.44 3.0% 1,534.45 3.1% Bassetlaw 168.33 3.3% 1,158.43 3.0% 145.62 4.9% 65.44 3.0% 1,537.82 3.2% Broxtowe 171.27 4.3% 1,158.43 3.0% 145.62 4.9% 65.44 3.0% 1,540.76 3.3% Gedling 146.92 3.1% 1,158.43 3.0% 145.62 4.9% 65.44 3.0% 1,516.41 3.2% Mansfield 176.89 4.1% 1,158.43 3.0% 145.62 4.9% 65.44 3.0% 1,546.38 3.3% Newark & Sherwood 222.32 4.3% 1,158.43 3.0% 145.62 4.9% 65.44 3.0% 1,591.81 3.3% Rushcliffe 167.58 4.3% 1,158.43 3.0% 145.62 4.9% 65.44 3.0% 1,537.07 3.3% OXFORDSHIRE Cherwell 195.60 2.8% 1,089.75 3.9% 144.76 4.0% n/a n/a 1,430.11 3.7% Oxford 250.15 4.0% 1,089.75 3.9% 144.76 4.0% n/a n/a 1,484.66 3.9% South Oxfordshire 183.39 4.1% 1,089.75 3.9% 144.76 4.0% n/a n/a 1,417.90 3.9% Vale of White Horse 157.56 6.6% 1,089.75 3.9% 144.76 4.0% n/a n/a 1,392.07 4.2% West Oxfordshire 127.41 5.1% 1,089.75 3.9% 144.76 4.0% n/a n/a 1,361.92 4.0% SHROPSHIRE Bridgnorth 171.83 3.1% 1,018.59 4.4% 165.45 4.9% 78.39 3.9% 1,434.26 4.3% North Shropshire 201.85 2.2% 1,018.59 4.4% 165.45 4.9% 78.39 3.9% 1,464.28 4.1% Oswestry 233.42 1.1% 1,018.59 4.4% 165.45 4.9% 78.39 3.9% 1,495.85 3.9% Shrewsbury & Atcham 162.88 3.4% 1,018.59 4.4% 165.45 4.9% 78.39 3.9% 1,425.31 4.3% South Shropshire 242.93 3.8% 1,018.59 4.4% 165.45 4.9% 78.39 3.9% 1,505.36 4.3% SOMERSET Mendip 188.64 2.8% 999.90 3.8% 154.32 4.9% 66.58 4.9% 1,409.44 3.8% Sedgemoor 159.75 7.8% 999.90 3.8% 154.32 4.9% 66.58 4.9% 1,380.55 4.4% South Somerset 196.83 5.1% 999.90 3.8% 154.32 4.9% 66.58 4.9% 1,417.63 4.1% Taunton Deane 141.88 3.0% 999.90 3.8% 154.32 4.9% 66.58 4.9% 1,362.68 3.9% West Somerset 168.91 5.6% 999.90 3.8% 154.32 4.9% 66.58 4.9% 1,389.71 4.2% STAFFORDSHIRE Cannock Chase 200.23 3.1% 985.44 4.0% 166.16 3.8% 63.24 4.9% 1,415.07 3.9% East Staffordshire 205.30 3.3% 985.44 4.0% 166.16 3.8% 63.24 4.9% 1,420.14 3.9% Lichfield 169.97 4.0% 985.44 4.0% 166.16 3.8% 63.24 4.9% 1,384.81 4.0% Newcastle-under-Lyme 176.84 2.9% 985.44 4.0% 166.16 3.8% 63.24 4.9% 1,391.68 3.9% South Staffordshire 137.17 3.1% 985.44 4.0% 166.16 3.8% 63.24 4.9% 1,352.01 3.9% Stafford 158.09 3.8% 985.44 4.0% 166.16 3.8% 63.24 4.9% 1,372.93 4.0% Staffordshire Moorlands 174.11 0.9% 985.44 4.0% 166.16 3.8% 63.24 4.9% 1,388.95 3.6% Tamworth 139.28 4.9% 985.44 4.0% 166.16 3.8% 63.24 4.9% 1,354.12 4.1%

21 Appendix 1d - Average Band D equivalent Council Tax in 2008/09 by precepts (Shire districts)

Other major precepting Average Band D council tax Local services authorities (County) Police Fire for area of billing authority % change % change % change % change % change

SHIRE DISTRICTS

SUFFOLK Babergh 189.01 4.4% 1,073.88 3.7% 149.67 9.0% n/a n/a 1,412.56 4.4% Forest Heath 192.59 3.2% 1,073.88 3.7% 149.67 9.0% n/a n/a 1,416.14 4.2% Ipswich 298.17 3.0% 1,073.88 3.7% 144.18 5.0% n/a n/a 1,516.23 3.7% Mid Suffolk 191.45 5.1% 1,073.88 3.7% 149.67 9.0% n/a n/a 1,415.00 4.5% St Edmundsbury 206.26 4.2% 1,073.88 3.7% 149.67 9.0% n/a n/a 1,429.81 4.3% Suffolk Coastal 177.84 5.1% 1,073.88 3.7% 149.67 9.0% n/a n/a 1,401.39 4.4% Waveney 148.30 2.4% 1,073.88 3.7% 149.67 9.0% n/a n/a 1,371.85 4.1% SURREY Elmbridge 190.66 0.0% 1,058.04 4.8% 187.92 9.7% n/a n/a 1,436.62 4.7% Epsom & Ewell 153.10 4.5% 1,058.04 4.8% 187.92 9.7% n/a n/a 1,399.06 5.4% Guildford 159.84 3.4% 1,058.04 4.8% 187.92 9.7% n/a n/a 1,405.80 5.3% Mole Valley 147.82 2.9% 1,058.04 4.8% 187.92 9.7% n/a n/a 1,393.78 5.2% Reigate & Banstead 190.00 2.9% 1,058.04 4.8% 187.92 9.7% n/a n/a 1,435.96 5.2% Runnymede 126.81 5.0% 1,058.04 4.8% 187.92 9.7% n/a n/a 1,372.77 5.5% Spelthorne 159.80 3.9% 1,058.04 4.8% 187.92 9.7% n/a n/a 1,405.76 5.3% Surrey Heath 189.47 4.6% 1,058.04 4.8% 187.92 9.7% n/a n/a 1,435.43 5.4% Tandridge 191.82 3.8% 1,058.04 4.8% 187.92 9.7% n/a n/a 1,437.78 5.3% Waverley 192.02 4.4% 1,058.04 4.8% 187.92 9.7% n/a n/a 1,437.98 5.4% Woking 190.62 0.0% 1,058.04 4.8% 187.92 9.7% n/a n/a 1,436.58 4.7% WARWICKSHIRE North Warwickshire 239.28 4.6% 1,085.98 3.9% 164.68 12.9% n/a n/a 1,489.94 4.9% Nuneaton & Bedworth 197.04 2.9% 1,085.98 3.9% 164.68 12.9% n/a n/a 1,447.70 4.7% Rugby 182.80 2.9% 1,085.98 3.9% 164.68 12.9% n/a n/a 1,433.46 4.7% Stratford-on-Avon 172.59 5.2% 1,085.98 3.9% 164.68 12.9% n/a n/a 1,423.25 5.0% Warwick 157.57 4.3% 1,085.98 3.9% 164.68 12.9% n/a n/a 1,408.23 4.9% WEST SUSSEX Adur 270.11 4.6% 1,098.00 4.5% 128.70 4.9% n/a n/a 1,496.81 4.5% Arun 208.67 4.4% 1,098.00 4.5% 128.70 4.9% n/a n/a 1,435.37 4.5% Chichester 164.73 4.0% 1,098.00 4.5% 128.70 4.9% n/a n/a 1,391.43 4.5% Crawley 182.43 2.0% 1,098.00 4.5% 128.70 4.9% n/a n/a 1,409.13 4.2% Horsham 169.50 3.9% 1,098.00 4.5% 128.70 4.9% n/a n/a 1,396.20 4.5% Mid Sussex 191.92 4.7% 1,098.00 4.5% 128.70 4.9% n/a n/a 1,418.62 4.6% Worthing 203.04 4.9% 1,098.00 4.5% 128.70 4.9% n/a n/a 1,429.74 4.6% WILTSHIRE Kennet 183.89 4.3% 1,020.59 4.8% 145.34 4.3% 57.74 4.2% 1,407.56 4.7% North Wiltshire 220.55 3.9% 1,020.59 4.8% 145.34 4.3% 57.74 4.2% 1,444.22 4.6% Salisbury 162.14 4.7% 1,020.59 4.8% 145.34 4.3% 57.74 4.2% 1,385.81 4.7% West Wiltshire 204.41 2.2% 1,020.59 4.8% 145.34 4.3% 57.74 4.2% 1,428.08 4.3% WORCESTERSHIRE Bromsgrove 197.39 4.9% 984.77 4.3% 165.45 4.9% 68.21 4.9% 1,415.82 4.5% Malvern Hills 176.73 3.9% 984.77 4.3% 165.45 4.9% 68.21 4.9% 1,395.16 4.4% Redditch 195.57 4.0% 984.77 4.3% 165.45 4.9% 68.21 4.9% 1,414.00 4.4% Worcester 153.69 4.3% 984.77 4.3% 165.45 4.9% 68.21 4.9% 1,372.12 4.4% Wychavon 142.91 3.3% 984.77 4.3% 165.45 4.9% 68.21 4.9% 1,361.34 4.3% Wyre Forest 200.23 2.8% 984.77 4.3% 165.45 4.9% 68.21 4.9% 1,418.66 4.2%

22 Appendix 2a - Council Tax by Band in 2008/09 (London)

Local Authority Band A Band B Band C Band D Band E Band F Band G Band H Average council tax per dwelling for the area ££££££££ £

LONDON BOROUGHS INNER LONDON City of London 616 718 821 923 1,128 1,334 1,539 1,847 954 Camden 888 1,036 1,184 1,332 1,627 1,923 2,219 2,663 1,335 Greenwich 861 1,004 1,147 1,291 1,578 1,865 2,151 2,582 1,038 Hackney 872 1,018 1,163 1,308 1,599 1,890 2,180 2,617 986 Hammersmith & Fulham 782 912 1,042 1,173 1,433 1,694 1,954 2,345 1,203

Islington 832 971 1,110 1,248 1,526 1,803 2,080 2,496 1,187 Kensington & Chelsea 712 831 949 1,068 1,305 1,543 1,780 2,136 1,282 Lambeth 823 961 1,098 1,235 1,510 1,784 2,059 2,470 998 Lewisham 884 1,032 1,179 1,327 1,621 1,916 2,211 2,653 1,035 Southwark 815 950 1,086 1,222 1,494 1,765 2,037 2,444 974

Tower Hamlets 784 914 1,045 1,175 1,437 1,698 1,959 2,351 999 Wandsworth 458 534 611 687 840 992 1,145 1,374 647 Westminster 459 535 611 688 841 993 1,146 1,376 782

OUTER LONDON

Barking & Dagenham 884 1,032 1,179 1,326 1,621 1,916 2,210 2,652 1,010 Barnet 928 1,083 1,238 1,393 1,702 2,011 2,321 2,785 1,445 Bexley 933 1,088 1,244 1,399 1,710 2,021 2,332 2,799 1,265 Brent 895 1,045 1,194 1,343 1,641 1,940 2,238 2,686 1,227 Bromley 842 982 1,123 1,263 1,544 1,825 2,105 2,526 1,289

Croydon 937 1,093 1,249 1,406 1,718 2,030 2,343 2,811 1,289 Ealing 913 1,065 1,218 1,370 1,674 1,979 2,283 2,740 1,317 Enfield 922 1,076 1,230 1,384 1,691 1,998 2,306 2,767 1,291 Haringey 981 1,144 1,308 1,471 1,798 2,125 2,452 2,943 1,290 Harrow 975 1,137 1,300 1,462 1,787 2,112 2,437 2,925 1,511

Havering 989 1,153 1,318 1,483 1,813 2,142 2,472 2,966 1,358 Hillingdon 949 1,107 1,265 1,423 1,739 2,055 2,371 2,846 1,386 Hounslow 934 1,089 1,245 1,400 1,712 2,023 2,334 2,801 1,314 Kingston-upon-Thames 1,053 1,229 1,405 1,580 1,931 2,282 2,633 3,160 1,607 Merton 936 1,093 1,249 1,405 1,717 2,029 2,341 2,809 1,323

Newham 837 976 1,116 1,255 1,534 1,813 2,092 2,511 956 Redbridge 917 1,070 1,223 1,376 1,682 1,988 2,294 2,752 1,271 Richmond-upon-Thames 1,029 1,201 1,372 1,544 1,887 2,230 2,573 3,088 1,730 Sutton 946 1,103 1,261 1,419 1,734 2,049 2,364 2,837 1,346 Waltham Forest 960 1,120 1,280 1,441 1,761 2,081 2,401 2,881 1,160

Notes: Amounts shown for average council tax per dwelling are before Council Tax Benefit but include reductions due to discounts. Amounts shown for council taxes by band are for 2 adults before Council Tax Benefit or discounts The ratios of other bands to Band D are: A 6/9; B 7/9; C 8/9; E 11/9; F 13/9; G 15/9; H 18/9

23 Appendix 2b - Council Tax by Band in 2008/09 (Metropolitan boroughs)

Local Authority Band A Band B Band C Band D Band E Band F Band G Band H Average council tax per dwelling for the area ££££££££ £

METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS

GREATER MANCHESTER Bolton 888 1,036 1,184 1,332 1,628 1,924 2,220 2,664 947 Bury 892 1,040 1,189 1,337 1,635 1,932 2,229 2,675 1,013 Manchester 848 989 1,130 1,272 1,554 1,837 2,119 2,543 768 Oldham 988 1,152 1,317 1,481 1,811 2,140 2,469 2,963 1,021 Rochdale 914 1,066 1,219 1,371 1,676 1,980 2,285 2,742 967 Salford 975 1,137 1,300 1,462 1,787 2,112 2,437 2,925 1,002 Stockport 961 1,121 1,281 1,441 1,762 2,082 2,402 2,883 1,174 Tameside 858 1,001 1,144 1,287 1,573 1,859 2,146 2,575 891 Trafford 807 942 1,076 1,211 1,480 1,749 2,018 2,422 1,029 Wigan 873 1,019 1,164 1,310 1,601 1,892 2,183 2,620 943

MERSEYSIDE Knowsley 900 1,050 1,200 1,350 1,650 1,950 2,250 2,700 906 Liverpool 964 1,125 1,286 1,446 1,768 2,089 2,411 2,893 930 St Helens 877 1,023 1,169 1,315 1,607 1,899 2,192 2,630 956 Sefton 938 1,094 1,250 1,406 1,719 2,031 2,344 2,813 1,093 Wirral 919 1,072 1,225 1,379 1,685 1,991 2,298 2,757 1,018

SOUTH YORKSHIRE Barnsley 886 1,034 1,182 1,330 1,625 1,920 2,216 2,659 913 Doncaster 818 954 1,091 1,227 1,500 1,772 2,045 2,454 826 Rotherham 914 1,067 1,219 1,372 1,677 1,981 2,286 2,743 948 Sheffield 950 1,108 1,267 1,425 1,741 2,058 2,375 2,850 981

TYNE AND WEAR Gateshead 1,017 1,186 1,356 1,525 1,864 2,203 2,542 3,050 1,022 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 966 1,127 1,288 1,449 1,771 2,093 2,415 2,898 995 North Tyneside 943 1,100 1,258 1,415 1,729 2,043 2,358 2,829 990 South Tyneside 914 1,066 1,219 1,371 1,676 1,980 2,285 2,742 909 Sunderland 860 1,003 1,146 1,289 1,576 1,862 2,149 2,579 858

WEST MIDLANDS Birmingham 809 944 1,078 1,213 1,483 1,752 2,022 2,426 883 Coventry 924 1,078 1,232 1,386 1,694 2,002 2,310 2,772 992 Dudley 799 932 1,065 1,198 1,465 1,731 1,997 2,397 904 Sandwell 856 999 1,141 1,284 1,569 1,854 2,140 2,568 891 Solihull 836 975 1,115 1,254 1,533 1,811 2,090 2,508 1,149 Walsall 949 1,107 1,265 1,423 1,740 2,056 2,372 2,847 1,027 Wolverhampton 942 1,098 1,255 1,412 1,726 2,040 2,354 2,825 1,004

WEST YORKSHIRE Bradford 825 962 1,100 1,237 1,512 1,787 2,062 2,474 913 Calderdale 932 1,087 1,243 1,398 1,709 2,019 2,330 2,796 1,013 Kirklees 888 1,036 1,184 1,331 1,627 1,923 2,219 2,663 989 Leeds 829 967 1,106 1,244 1,520 1,796 2,073 2,487 947 Wakefield 820 957 1,093 1,230 1,503 1,776 2,050 2,460 879

24 Appendix 2c - Council Tax by Band in 2008/09 (Unitary authorities)

Local Authority Band A Band B Band C Band D Band E Band F Band G Band H Average council tax per dwelling for the area ££££££££ £

ALL PURPOSE AUTHORITIES

Bath & North East Somerset UA 915 1,068 1,220 1,373 1,678 1,983 2,288 2,746 1,221 Blackburn with Darwen UA 945 1,102 1,260 1,417 1,732 2,047 2,362 2,834 972 Blackpool UA 946 1,103 1,261 1,418 1,734 2,049 2,364 2,837 966 Bournemouth UA 931 1,086 1,241 1,396 1,706 2,016 2,327 2,792 1,126 Bracknell Forest UA 845 986 1,127 1,268 1,550 1,832 2,113 2,536 1,237

Brighton & Hove UA 931 1,086 1,241 1,396 1,706 2,017 2,327 2,792 1,108 Bristol UA 988 1,153 1,318 1,482 1,812 2,141 2,471 2,965 1,135 Darlington UA 893 1,041 1,190 1,339 1,637 1,934 2,232 2,678 987 Derby UA 851 993 1,135 1,277 1,560 1,844 2,128 2,553 905 East Riding of Yorkshire UA 948 1,106 1,264 1,422 1,738 2,054 2,370 2,844 1,171

Halton UA 853 995 1,137 1,279 1,564 1,848 2,132 2,559 923 Hartlepool UA 1,044 1,218 1,392 1,565 1,913 2,261 2,609 3,131 1,082 Herefordshire UA 933 1,088 1,244 1,399 1,710 2,021 2,332 2,799 1,264 Isle of Wight Council UA 916 1,069 1,222 1,375 1,680 1,985 2,291 2,749 1,164 Kingston-upon-Hull UA 862 1,005 1,149 1,293 1,580 1,867 2,155 2,585 829

Leicester UA 883 1,030 1,177 1,324 1,618 1,912 2,207 2,648 886 Luton UA 862 1,006 1,150 1,293 1,581 1,868 2,155 2,587 985 Medway UA 824 962 1,099 1,237 1,511 1,786 2,061 2,473 1,015 Middlesbrough UA 940 1,097 1,254 1,410 1,724 2,037 2,351 2,821 972 Milton Keynes UA 875 1,020 1,166 1,312 1,603 1,895 2,186 2,624 1,122

North East Lincolnshire UA 966 1,127 1,288 1,449 1,772 2,094 2,416 2,899 1,002 North Lincolnshire UA 971 1,133 1,295 1,457 1,780 2,104 2,428 2,913 1,058 North Somerset UA 903 1,053 1,204 1,354 1,655 1,956 2,257 2,709 1,203 Nottingham UA 975 1,138 1,301 1,463 1,788 2,114 2,439 2,926 929 Peterborough UA 840 980 1,120 1,260 1,539 1,819 2,099 2,519 954

Plymouth UA 909 1,060 1,212 1,363 1,666 1,969 2,272 2,726 982 Poole UA 894 1,044 1,193 1,342 1,640 1,938 2,236 2,683 1,229 Portsmouth UA 859 1,002 1,146 1,289 1,575 1,861 2,148 2,577 948 Reading UA 940 1,097 1,253 1,410 1,723 2,037 2,350 2,820 1,190 Redcar & Cleveland UA 972 1,134 1,297 1,459 1,783 2,107 2,431 2,917 1,062

Rutland UA 1,071 1,249 1,428 1,606 1,963 2,320 2,677 3,213 1,589 Slough UA 852 994 1,136 1,278 1,563 1,847 2,131 2,557 1,087 South Gloucestershire UA 956 1,115 1,274 1,434 1,752 2,071 2,389 2,867 1,234 Southampton UA 912 1,064 1,216 1,368 1,672 1,976 2,280 2,736 973 Southend-on-Sea UA 821 958 1,095 1,232 1,506 1,779 2,053 2,464 991

Stockton-on-Tees UA 927 1,082 1,236 1,391 1,700 2,009 2,318 2,781 1,022 Stoke-on-Trent UA 866 1,010 1,154 1,299 1,587 1,876 2,164 2,597 858 Swindon UA 878 1,024 1,171 1,317 1,610 1,902 2,195 2,634 1,090 Telford & Wrekin UA 901 1,051 1,201 1,352 1,652 1,952 2,253 2,703 1,036 Thurrock UA 814 950 1,086 1,222 1,493 1,764 2,036 2,443 1,016

Torbay UA 929 1,083 1,238 1,393 1,703 2,012 2,322 2,786 1,107 Warrington UA 858 1,001 1,144 1,286 1,572 1,858 2,144 2,573 1,056 West Berkshire UA 944 1,102 1,259 1,416 1,731 2,046 2,361 2,833 1,436 Windsor & Maidenhead UA 832 971 1,109 1,248 1,525 1,803 2,080 2,496 1,386 Wokingham UA 914 1,066 1,218 1,370 1,675 1,980 2,284 2,741 1,482 York UA 859 1,003 1,146 1,289 1,576 1,862 2,149 2,578 1,066

Isles of Scilly 721 841 962 1,082 1,322 1,563 1,803 2,164 1,133

25 Appendix 2d - Council tax by Band in 2008/09 (Shire districts)

Local authority Band A Band B Band C Band D Band E Band F Band G Band H Average council tax per dwelling for the area ££££££££ £ SHIRE DISTRICTS

BEDFORDSHIRE Bedford 1,004 1,172 1,339 1,507 1,841 2,176 2,511 3,013 1,307 Mid Bedfordshire 1,012 1,181 1,349 1,518 1,855 2,193 2,530 3,036 1,448 South Bedfordshire 1,062 1,239 1,416 1,594 1,948 2,302 2,656 3,187 1,404

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE Aylesbury Vale 939 1,096 1,252 1,409 1,722 2,035 2,348 2,818 1,395 Chiltern 946 1,104 1,262 1,420 1,735 2,051 2,366 2,839 1,688 South Bucks 934 1,090 1,246 1,402 1,713 2,025 2,336 2,803 1,705 Wycombe 918 1,071 1,224 1,377 1,683 1,989 2,295 2,754 1,428

CAMBRIDGESHIRE Cambridge 897 1,047 1,196 1,346 1,645 1,944 2,243 2,692 1,196 East Cambridgeshire 908 1,059 1,211 1,362 1,665 1,967 2,270 2,724 1,186 Fenland 958 1,117 1,277 1,436 1,755 2,075 2,394 2,873 1,080 Huntingdonshire 914 1,066 1,218 1,371 1,675 1,980 2,284 2,741 1,193 South Cambridgeshire 905 1,056 1,207 1,357 1,659 1,961 2,262 2,715 1,380

CHESHIRE Chester 948 1,106 1,264 1,422 1,738 2,054 2,370 2,844 1,242 Congleton 963 1,124 1,285 1,445 1,766 2,087 2,409 2,890 1,291 Crewe & Nantwich 928 1,082 1,237 1,391 1,701 2,010 2,319 2,783 1,142 Ellesmere Port & Neston 942 1,099 1,256 1,413 1,727 2,041 2,356 2,827 1,131 Macclesfield 937 1,093 1,249 1,406 1,718 2,030 2,343 2,811 1,366 Vale Royal 947 1,104 1,262 1,420 1,735 2,051 2,366 2,840 1,253

CORNWALL Caradon 921 1,074 1,227 1,381 1,688 1,994 2,301 2,762 1,142 Carrick 920 1,073 1,226 1,379 1,686 1,992 2,299 2,759 1,197 Kerrier 920 1,074 1,227 1,380 1,687 1,994 2,300 2,761 1,079 North Cornwall 928 1,082 1,237 1,391 1,701 2,010 2,319 2,783 1,159 Penwith 885 1,032 1,180 1,327 1,622 1,917 2,212 2,654 1,052 Restormel 894 1,043 1,192 1,341 1,639 1,938 2,236 2,683 1,061

CUMBRIA Allerdale 974 1,136 1,298 1,460 1,785 2,109 2,434 2,921 1,063 Barrow-in-Furness 993 1,159 1,324 1,490 1,821 2,152 2,483 2,979 1,003 Carlisle 991 1,156 1,321 1,487 1,817 2,147 2,478 2,973 1,082 Copeland 984 1,148 1,312 1,476 1,804 2,132 2,460 2,952 1,037 Eden 981 1,145 1,308 1,472 1,799 2,126 2,453 2,943 1,254 South Lakeland 986 1,150 1,314 1,479 1,807 2,136 2,465 2,958 1,357

DERBYSHIRE Amber Valley 947 1,105 1,263 1,421 1,736 2,052 2,368 2,841 1,093 Bolsover 991 1,156 1,321 1,486 1,816 2,146 2,477 2,972 1,021 Chesterfield 923 1,076 1,230 1,384 1,691 1,999 2,306 2,768 963 Derbyshire Dales 971 1,133 1,295 1,457 1,781 2,105 2,428 2,914 1,368 Erewash 940 1,096 1,253 1,409 1,723 2,036 2,349 2,819 1,023 High Peak 951 1,110 1,268 1,427 1,744 2,061 2,378 2,853 1,169 North East Derbyshire 988 1,153 1,318 1,482 1,812 2,141 2,471 2,965 1,138 South Derbyshire 935 1,091 1,247 1,403 1,714 2,026 2,338 2,805 1,147

DEVON East Devon 945 1,103 1,260 1,418 1,733 2,048 2,363 2,835 1,318 Exeter 925 1,079 1,233 1,388 1,696 2,004 2,313 2,775 1,096 Mid Devon 984 1,148 1,312 1,476 1,803 2,131 2,459 2,951 1,270 North Devon 978 1,141 1,304 1,467 1,793 2,119 2,445 2,934 1,229 South Hams 960 1,120 1,280 1,440 1,760 2,080 2,400 2,880 1,324 Teignbridge 965 1,126 1,287 1,448 1,770 2,091 2,413 2,896 1,285 Torridge 964 1,125 1,286 1,446 1,768 2,089 2,411 2,893 1,176 West Devon 1,001 1,168 1,335 1,502 1,835 2,169 2,503 3,003 1,342

26 Appendix 2d - Council tax by Band in 2008/09 (Shire districts)

Local authority Band A Band B Band C Band D Band E Band F Band G Band H Average council tax per dwelling for the area ££££££££ £ SHIRE DISTRICTS

DORSET Christchurch 987 1,151 1,316 1,480 1,809 2,138 2,467 2,960 1,385 East Dorset 1,019 1,189 1,359 1,529 1,868 2,208 2,548 3,057 1,560 North Dorset 987 1,152 1,316 1,481 1,810 2,139 2,468 2,961 1,403 Purbeck 1,008 1,176 1,344 1,512 1,848 2,184 2,520 3,024 1,445 West Dorset 998 1,165 1,331 1,498 1,830 2,163 2,496 2,995 1,367 Weymouth & Portland 1,045 1,219 1,394 1,568 1,916 2,265 2,613 3,136 1,215

DURHAM Chester-le-Street 962 1,123 1,283 1,443 1,764 2,085 2,405 2,886 1,033 Derwentside 1,000 1,167 1,334 1,500 1,834 2,167 2,501 3,001 1,030 Durham City 968 1,130 1,291 1,452 1,775 2,098 2,421 2,905 1,060 Easington 1,058 1,234 1,410 1,587 1,939 2,292 2,645 3,173 1,035 Sedgefield 1,075 1,255 1,434 1,613 1,972 2,330 2,689 3,226 1,086 Teesdale 984 1,148 1,312 1,476 1,804 2,132 2,460 2,952 1,165 Wear Valley 976 1,139 1,301 1,464 1,789 2,114 2,440 2,928 1,010

EAST SUSSEX Eastbourne 1,004 1,172 1,339 1,506 1,841 2,176 2,511 3,013 1,234 Hastings 1,012 1,181 1,350 1,518 1,856 2,193 2,531 3,037 1,102 Lewes 1,027 1,199 1,370 1,541 1,884 2,226 2,569 3,082 1,412 Rother 994 1,160 1,326 1,492 1,823 2,155 2,486 2,983 1,382 Wealden 1,022 1,192 1,362 1,532 1,873 2,213 2,554 3,065 1,537

ESSEX Basildon 985 1,149 1,314 1,478 1,806 2,135 2,463 2,956 1,289 Braintree 945 1,102 1,259 1,417 1,732 2,047 2,362 2,834 1,260 Brentwood 936 1,092 1,248 1,404 1,716 2,028 2,340 2,808 1,445 Castle Point 968 1,129 1,291 1,452 1,775 2,097 2,420 2,904 1,278 Chelmsford 940 1,097 1,253 1,410 1,724 2,037 2,350 2,820 1,337 Colchester 941 1,098 1,254 1,411 1,725 2,038 2,352 2,822 1,227 Epping Forest 951 1,110 1,268 1,427 1,744 2,061 2,378 2,853 1,478 Harlow 982 1,146 1,310 1,473 1,801 2,128 2,455 2,946 1,208 Maldon 956 1,116 1,275 1,434 1,753 2,072 2,391 2,869 1,363 Rochford 967 1,128 1,289 1,450 1,772 2,095 2,417 2,900 1,353 Tendring 935 1,091 1,247 1,403 1,715 2,026 2,338 2,806 1,101 Uttlesford 948 1,106 1,264 1,423 1,739 2,055 2,371 2,845 1,517

GLOUCESTERSHIRE Cheltenham 937 1,093 1,249 1,406 1,718 2,030 2,343 2,811 1,180 Cotswold 940 1,096 1,253 1,409 1,722 2,036 2,349 2,819 1,406 Forest of Dean 950 1,108 1,266 1,425 1,741 2,058 2,375 2,849 1,206 Gloucester 933 1,088 1,244 1,399 1,710 2,021 2,332 2,799 1,075 Stroud 969 1,131 1,292 1,454 1,777 2,100 2,423 2,908 1,301 Tewkesbury 903 1,053 1,203 1,354 1,655 1,956 2,257 2,708 1,237

HAMPSHIRE Basingstoke & Deane 871 1,016 1,162 1,307 1,597 1,887 2,178 2,613 1,234 East Hampshire 915 1,067 1,220 1,372 1,677 1,982 2,287 2,745 1,419 Eastleigh 914 1,067 1,219 1,371 1,676 1,981 2,286 2,743 1,196 Fareham 886 1,034 1,182 1,329 1,625 1,920 2,216 2,659 1,246 Gosport 927 1,082 1,236 1,391 1,700 2,009 2,318 2,781 1,124 Hart 926 1,080 1,235 1,389 1,698 2,006 2,315 2,778 1,508 Havant 919 1,072 1,225 1,378 1,685 1,991 2,297 2,757 1,154 New Forest 935 1,090 1,246 1,402 1,713 2,025 2,336 2,804 1,324 Rushmoor 912 1,063 1,215 1,367 1,671 1,975 2,279 2,735 1,238 Test Valley 888 1,036 1,184 1,332 1,628 1,924 2,220 2,664 1,298 Winchester 915 1,067 1,219 1,372 1,677 1,981 2,286 2,744 1,414

27 Appendix 2d - Council tax by Band in 2008/09 (Shire districts)

Local authority Band A Band B Band C Band D Band E Band F Band G Band H Average council tax per dwelling for the area ££££££££ £ SHIRE DISTRICTS

HERTFORDSHIRE Broxbourne 885 1,032 1,180 1,327 1,622 1,917 2,212 2,654 1,298 Dacorum 924 1,078 1,232 1,385 1,693 2,001 2,309 2,771 1,351 East Hertfordshire 951 1,110 1,268 1,427 1,744 2,061 2,378 2,853 1,483 Hertsmere 929 1,083 1,238 1,393 1,703 2,012 2,322 2,786 1,461 North Hertfordshire 955 1,114 1,273 1,432 1,751 2,069 2,387 2,864 1,343 St Albans 948 1,106 1,265 1,423 1,739 2,055 2,371 2,845 1,543 Stevenage 933 1,088 1,244 1,399 1,710 2,021 2,332 2,798 1,173 Three Rivers 938 1,094 1,250 1,407 1,719 2,032 2,344 2,813 1,550 Watford 979 1,142 1,306 1,469 1,795 2,122 2,448 2,938 1,343 Welwyn Hatfield 961 1,121 1,281 1,441 1,762 2,082 2,402 2,883 1,384

KENT Ashford 892 1,041 1,190 1,338 1,636 1,933 2,231 2,677 1,270 Canterbury 915 1,067 1,219 1,372 1,677 1,982 2,286 2,744 1,216 Dartford 911 1,063 1,215 1,367 1,671 1,975 2,279 2,734 1,204 Dover 922 1,076 1,230 1,384 1,691 1,999 2,306 2,767 1,153 Gravesham 903 1,053 1,203 1,354 1,655 1,955 2,256 2,708 1,196 Maidstone 944 1,102 1,259 1,416 1,731 2,046 2,360 2,832 1,363 Sevenoaks 948 1,107 1,265 1,423 1,739 2,055 2,371 2,845 1,531 Shepway 969 1,131 1,292 1,454 1,777 2,100 2,423 2,908 1,256 Swale 905 1,055 1,206 1,357 1,658 1,960 2,262 2,714 1,162 Thanet 935 1,091 1,247 1,402 1,714 2,026 2,337 2,805 1,068 Tonbridge & Malling 925 1,079 1,233 1,387 1,695 2,004 2,312 2,774 1,413 Tunbridge Wells 907 1,058 1,209 1,360 1,662 1,964 2,266 2,720 1,326

LANCASHIRE Burnley 1,010 1,179 1,347 1,516 1,852 2,189 2,526 3,031 1,008 Chorley 976 1,139 1,302 1,464 1,790 2,115 2,441 2,929 1,176 Fylde 972 1,133 1,295 1,457 1,781 2,105 2,429 2,915 1,280 Hyndburn 996 1,161 1,327 1,493 1,825 2,157 2,489 2,987 1,019 Lancaster 972 1,134 1,296 1,458 1,782 2,106 2,430 2,916 1,096 Pendle 1,015 1,184 1,353 1,523 1,861 2,199 2,538 3,045 1,034 Preston 1,011 1,179 1,348 1,516 1,853 2,190 2,527 3,032 1,100 Ribble Valley 949 1,107 1,265 1,423 1,739 2,055 2,372 2,846 1,326 Rossendale 1,015 1,184 1,353 1,522 1,860 2,198 2,536 3,044 1,116 South Ribble 985 1,149 1,313 1,477 1,805 2,133 2,462 2,954 1,201 West Lancashire 978 1,141 1,304 1,467 1,792 2,118 2,444 2,933 1,211 Wyre 965 1,126 1,287 1,448 1,770 2,091 2,413 2,896 1,185

LEICESTERSHIRE Blaby 942 1,099 1,257 1,414 1,728 2,042 2,356 2,827 1,186 Charnwood 921 1,075 1,228 1,382 1,689 1,996 2,303 2,764 1,159 Harborough 941 1,098 1,255 1,412 1,726 2,040 2,354 2,824 1,336 Hinckley & Bosworth 908 1,060 1,211 1,363 1,665 1,968 2,271 2,725 1,130 Melton 939 1,096 1,252 1,409 1,722 2,035 2,348 2,817 1,239 North West Leicestershire 954 1,113 1,272 1,431 1,748 2,066 2,384 2,861 1,153 Oadby & Wigston 941 1,097 1,254 1,411 1,724 2,038 2,352 2,822 1,156

LINCOLNSHIRE Boston 958 1,118 1,277 1,437 1,756 2,076 2,395 2,874 1,018 East Lindsey 927 1,082 1,236 1,391 1,700 2,009 2,318 2,781 1,051 Lincoln 986 1,150 1,315 1,479 1,808 2,136 2,465 2,958 999 North Kesteven 962 1,122 1,282 1,443 1,763 2,084 2,404 2,885 1,186 South Holland 955 1,114 1,273 1,432 1,750 2,068 2,386 2,864 1,085 South Kesteven 942 1,099 1,256 1,413 1,728 2,042 2,356 2,827 1,149 West Lindsey 984 1,148 1,312 1,476 1,804 2,132 2,460 2,952 1,169

28 Appendix 2d - Council tax by Band in 2008/09 (Shire districts)

Local authority Band A Band B Band C Band D Band E Band F Band G Band H Average council tax per dwelling for the area ££££££££ £ SHIRE DISTRICTS

NORFOLK Breckland 923 1,077 1,230 1,384 1,692 1,999 2,307 2,768 1,097 Broadland 954 1,113 1,272 1,431 1,750 2,068 2,386 2,863 1,217 Great Yarmouth 944 1,101 1,259 1,416 1,731 2,045 2,360 2,832 1,000 King's Lynn & West Norfolk 944 1,102 1,259 1,417 1,731 2,046 2,361 2,833 1,083 North Norfolk 954 1,113 1,272 1,431 1,749 2,067 2,385 2,862 1,161 Norwich 989 1,153 1,318 1,483 1,812 2,142 2,471 2,966 1,017 South Norfolk 967 1,128 1,289 1,450 1,772 2,094 2,416 2,900 1,264

NORTH YORKSHIRE Craven 949 1,108 1,266 1,424 1,741 2,057 2,373 2,848 1,270 Hambleton 902 1,052 1,203 1,353 1,654 1,954 2,255 2,706 1,315 Harrogate 973 1,136 1,298 1,460 1,784 2,109 2,433 2,920 1,380 Richmondshire 962 1,122 1,283 1,443 1,764 2,085 2,405 2,886 1,410 Ryedale 961 1,122 1,282 1,442 1,763 2,083 2,404 2,884 1,307 Scarborough 970 1,132 1,294 1,456 1,779 2,102 2,426 2,911 1,132 Selby 955 1,114 1,273 1,433 1,751 2,069 2,388 2,865 1,226

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Corby 869 1,014 1,158 1,303 1,593 1,882 2,172 2,606 952 Daventry 875 1,021 1,167 1,313 1,604 1,896 2,188 2,625 1,195 East Northamptonshire 872 1,018 1,163 1,308 1,599 1,890 2,181 2,617 1,101 Kettering 883 1,031 1,178 1,325 1,619 1,914 2,208 2,650 1,037 Northampton 896 1,046 1,195 1,344 1,643 1,942 2,241 2,689 1,023 South Northamptonshire 897 1,046 1,196 1,345 1,644 1,943 2,242 2,690 1,277 Wellingborough 853 995 1,137 1,279 1,563 1,848 2,132 2,558 984

NORTHUMBERLAND Alnwick 923 1,077 1,231 1,385 1,693 2,000 2,308 2,770 1,155 Berwick-upon-Tweed 927 1,082 1,236 1,391 1,700 2,009 2,318 2,781 1,029 Blyth Valley 901 1,051 1,202 1,352 1,652 1,953 2,253 2,704 925 Castle Morpeth 951 1,109 1,267 1,426 1,743 2,060 2,376 2,852 1,317 Tynedale 933 1,088 1,244 1,399 1,710 2,021 2,332 2,799 1,206 Wansbeck 914 1,066 1,218 1,371 1,675 1,980 2,285 2,742 911

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE Ashfield 1,023 1,193 1,364 1,534 1,875 2,216 2,557 3,069 1,065 Bassetlaw 1,025 1,196 1,367 1,538 1,880 2,221 2,563 3,076 1,153 Broxtowe 1,027 1,198 1,370 1,541 1,883 2,226 2,568 3,082 1,173 Gedling 1,011 1,179 1,348 1,516 1,853 2,190 2,527 3,033 1,178 Mansfield 1,031 1,203 1,375 1,546 1,890 2,234 2,577 3,093 1,061 Newark & Sherwood 1,061 1,238 1,415 1,592 1,946 2,299 2,653 3,184 1,244 Rushcliffe 1,025 1,195 1,366 1,537 1,879 2,220 2,562 3,074 1,389

OXFORDSHIRE Cherwell 953 1,112 1,271 1,430 1,748 2,066 2,384 2,860 1,275 Oxford 990 1,155 1,320 1,485 1,815 2,145 2,474 2,969 1,321 South Oxfordshire 945 1,103 1,260 1,418 1,733 2,048 2,363 2,836 1,441 Vale of White Horse 928 1,083 1,237 1,392 1,701 2,011 2,320 2,784 1,403 West Oxfordshire 908 1,059 1,211 1,362 1,665 1,967 2,270 2,724 1,370

SHROPSHIRE Bridgnorth 956 1,116 1,275 1,434 1,753 2,072 2,390 2,869 1,334 North Shropshire 976 1,139 1,302 1,464 1,790 2,115 2,440 2,929 1,271 Oswestry 997 1,163 1,330 1,496 1,828 2,161 2,493 2,992 1,174 Shrewsbury & Atcham 950 1,109 1,267 1,425 1,742 2,059 2,376 2,851 1,180 South Shropshire 1,004 1,171 1,338 1,505 1,840 2,174 2,509 3,011 1,301

SOMERSET Mendip 940 1,096 1,253 1,409 1,723 2,036 2,349 2,819 1,214 Sedgemoor 920 1,074 1,227 1,381 1,687 1,994 2,301 2,761 1,129 South Somerset 945 1,103 1,260 1,418 1,733 2,048 2,363 2,835 1,231 Taunton Deane 908 1,060 1,211 1,363 1,665 1,968 2,271 2,725 1,187 West Somerset 926 1,081 1,235 1,390 1,699 2,007 2,316 2,779 1,202

29 Appendix 2d - Council tax by Band in 2008/09 (Shire districts)

Local authority Band A Band B Band C Band D Band E Band F Band G Band H Average council tax per dwelling for the area ££££££££ £ SHIRE DISTRICTS

STAFFORDSHIRE Cannock Chase 943 1,101 1,258 1,415 1,730 2,044 2,358 2,830 1,059 East Staffordshire 947 1,105 1,262 1,420 1,736 2,051 2,367 2,840 1,118 Lichfield 923 1,077 1,231 1,385 1,693 2,000 2,308 2,770 1,273 Newcastle-under-Lyme 928 1,082 1,237 1,392 1,701 2,010 2,319 2,783 1,035 South Staffordshire 901 1,052 1,202 1,352 1,652 1,953 2,253 2,704 1,199 Stafford 915 1,068 1,220 1,373 1,678 1,983 2,288 2,746 1,173 Staffordshire Moorlands 926 1,080 1,235 1,389 1,698 2,006 2,315 2,778 1,148 Tamworth 903 1,053 1,204 1,354 1,655 1,956 2,257 2,708 1,016

SUFFOLK Babergh 942 1,099 1,256 1,413 1,726 2,040 2,354 2,825 1,260 Forest Heath 944 1,101 1,259 1,416 1,731 2,046 2,360 2,832 1,112 Ipswich 1,011 1,179 1,348 1,516 1,853 2,190 2,527 3,032 1,114 Mid Suffolk 943 1,101 1,258 1,415 1,729 2,044 2,358 2,830 1,270 St Edmundsbury 953 1,112 1,271 1,430 1,748 2,065 2,383 2,860 1,233 Suffolk Coastal 934 1,090 1,246 1,401 1,713 2,024 2,336 2,803 1,244 Waveney 915 1,067 1,219 1,372 1,677 1,982 2,286 2,744 1,035

SURREY Elmbridge 958 1,117 1,277 1,437 1,756 2,075 2,394 2,873 1,692 Epsom & Ewell 933 1,088 1,244 1,399 1,710 2,021 2,332 2,798 1,527 Guildford 937 1,093 1,250 1,406 1,718 2,031 2,343 2,812 1,518 Mole Valley 929 1,084 1,239 1,394 1,704 2,013 2,323 2,788 1,591 Reigate & Banstead 957 1,117 1,276 1,436 1,755 2,074 2,393 2,872 1,520 Runnymede 915 1,068 1,220 1,373 1,678 1,983 2,288 2,746 1,425 Spelthorne 937 1,093 1,250 1,406 1,718 2,031 2,343 2,812 1,429 Surrey Heath 957 1,116 1,276 1,435 1,754 2,073 2,392 2,871 1,605 Tandridge 959 1,118 1,278 1,438 1,757 2,077 2,396 2,876 1,612 Waverley 959 1,118 1,278 1,438 1,758 2,077 2,397 2,876 1,582 Woking 958 1,117 1,277 1,437 1,756 2,075 2,394 2,873 1,500

WARWICKSHIRE North Warwickshire 993 1,159 1,324 1,490 1,821 2,152 2,483 2,980 1,214 Nuneaton & Bedworth 965 1,126 1,287 1,448 1,769 2,091 2,413 2,895 1,084 Rugby 956 1,115 1,274 1,433 1,752 2,071 2,389 2,867 1,249 Stratford-on-Avon 949 1,107 1,265 1,423 1,740 2,056 2,372 2,847 1,411 Warwick 939 1,095 1,252 1,408 1,721 2,034 2,347 2,816 1,297

WEST SUSSEX Adur 998 1,164 1,330 1,497 1,829 2,162 2,495 2,994 1,247 Arun 957 1,116 1,276 1,435 1,754 2,073 2,392 2,871 1,289 Chichester 928 1,082 1,237 1,391 1,701 2,010 2,319 2,783 1,416 Crawley 939 1,096 1,253 1,409 1,722 2,035 2,349 2,818 1,258 Horsham 931 1,086 1,241 1,396 1,706 2,017 2,327 2,792 1,488 Mid Sussex 946 1,103 1,261 1,419 1,734 2,049 2,364 2,837 1,444 Worthing 953 1,112 1,271 1,430 1,747 2,065 2,383 2,859 1,209

WILTSHIRE Kennet 938 1,095 1,251 1,408 1,720 2,033 2,346 2,815 1,417 North Wiltshire 963 1,123 1,284 1,444 1,765 2,086 2,407 2,888 1,377 Salisbury 924 1,078 1,232 1,386 1,694 2,002 2,310 2,772 1,350 West Wiltshire 952 1,111 1,269 1,428 1,745 2,063 2,380 2,856 1,277

WORCESTERSHIRE Bromsgrove 944 1,101 1,259 1,416 1,730 2,045 2,360 2,832 1,350 Malvern Hills 930 1,085 1,240 1,395 1,705 2,015 2,325 2,790 1,316 Redditch 943 1,100 1,257 1,414 1,728 2,042 2,357 2,828 1,127 Worcester 915 1,067 1,220 1,372 1,677 1,982 2,287 2,744 1,089 Wychavon 908 1,059 1,210 1,361 1,664 1,966 2,269 2,723 1,292 Wyre Forest 946 1,103 1,261 1,419 1,734 2,049 2,364 2,837 1,150

30 Appendix 3: Breakdown of band D council tax in Wales, 2008/09 Of which: County Community Police council council authority Total band D council tax element element element Average per dwelling £ % change £ £ £ £ % change Blaenau Gwent 1,264 4.0% 1,080 17 167 805 3.6% Bridgend 1,128 4.0% 961 28 139 930 4.4% Caerphilly 1,029 3.6% 853 9 167 799 3.9% Cardiff 984 3.7% 843 2 139 968 4.0% Carmarthenshire 1,074 4.0% 846 63 166 897 4.3% Ceredigion 1,017 4.9% 825 26 166 947 4.6% Conwy 960 4.9% 746 28 186 877 5.8% Denbighshire 1,162 3.6% 943 33 186 1,043 3.7% Flintshire 1,043 3.6% 824 33 186 999 3.4% Gwynedd 1,102 4.0% 890 26 186 935 4.0% Isle of Anglesey 980 2.1% 767 27 186 879 3.3% Merthyr Tydfil 1,203 2.9% 1,063 1 139 816 3.4% Monmouthshire 1,091 4.8% 895 29 167 1,184 4.8% Neath Port Talbot 1,243 3.2% 1,069 35 139 915 2.9% Newport 886 3.7% 715 3 167 770 3.8% Pembrokeshire 829 4.2% 639 25 166 762 4.4% Powys 1,023 3.9% 828 30 166 991 5.5% Rhondda Cynon Taff 1,157 4.9% 998 20 139 828 5.1% Swansea 1,027 3.7% 879 9 139 866 4.3% Torfaen 1,070 3.9% 865 38 167 840 4.0% Vale of Glamorgan 1,003 4.5% 828 35 139 1,027 4.7% Wrexham 1,035 3.2% 815 33 186 949 3.8% Wales 1,044 3.9% 860 24 160 908 4.2%

Sources: Council Tax Levels in Wales, Statistical Releases 44/2008 www.statswales.wales.gov.uk

31 Appendix 4 - Band D Council Tax for area of billing authority, £, 1993/94 to 2008/09 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 Adur 578 590 629 654 687 750 800 840 897 989 1,172 1,241 1,299 1,363 1,432 1,497 Allerdale 574 636 667 699 748 819 856 909 953 1,027 1,158 1,222 1,275 1,337 1,401 1,460 Alnwick 610 551 642 686 734 831 901 956 1,012 1,078 1,201 1,259 1,318 1,344 1,369 1,385 Amber Valley 597 610 656 680 732 809 873 933 990 1,084 1,174 1,226 1,261 1,316 1,370 1,421 Arun 536 569 611 628 659 725 766 811 861 947 1,121 1,191 1,249 1,310 1,373 1,435 Ashfield 595 650 691 721 762 844 930 983 1,042 1,134 1,248 1,320 1,370 1,432 1,489 1,534 Ashford 494 527 551 584 626 690 746 803 853 939 1,060 1,126 1,171 1,226 1,285 1,338 Aylesbury Vale 509 516 563 599 644 700 762 815 863 944 1,095 1,172 1,221 1,287 1,346 1,409 Babergh 478 524 546 598 652 708 765 818 872 977 1,158 1,206 1,242 1,295 1,354 1,413 Barking & Dagenham 504 513 531 576 635 698 738 784 848 911 1,048 1,110 1,153 1,219 1,278 1,326 Barnet 549 569 596 637 665 728 761 815 874 915 1,135 1,214 1,246 1,299 1,350 1,393 Barnsley 601 548 614 629 674 740 801 850 905 956 1,045 1,104 1,162 1,219 1,278 1,330 Barrow-in-Furness 698 692 726 735 790 835 893 945 988 1,066 1,194 1,259 1,312 1,375 1,435 1,490 Basildon 657 615 624 652 678 753 806 870 936 1,027 1,189 1,256 1,298 1,358 1,417 1,478 Basingstoke & Deane 440 492 555 578 644 699 759 796 836 907 1,042 1,103 1,140 1,191 1,247 1,307 Bassetlaw 602 665 692 722 760 829 919 970 1,027 1,116 1,246 1,319 1,369 1,432 1,490 1,538 Bath & North East Somerset UA - - - 673 708 763 795 871 923 993 1,075 1,140 1,195 1,254 1,318 1,373 Bedford 504 533 597 634 762 797 864 909 960 1,050 1,170 1,263 1,319 1,383 1,443 1,507 Berwick-upon-Tweed 583 522 645 687 735 824 893 948 1,002 1,067 1,197 1,254 1,311 1,339 1,370 1,391 Bexley 515 510 560 584 624 695 750 802 882 938 1,102 1,186 1,243 1,316 1,362 1,399 Birmingham 657 632 673 749 794 846 893 938 979 1,026 1,079 1,106 1,139 1,164 1,189 1,213 Blaby 491 555 587 627 719 775 814 871 926 1,017 1,109 1,192 1,231 1,286 1,340 1,414 Blackburn with Darwen UA -----8719159661,0121,0601,1611,2121,2741,3211,3811,417 Blackpool UA -----6336837258109511,0781,1791,2391,2951,3591,418 Blyth Valley 676 603 650 664 715 812 883 940 996 1,067 1,183 1,234 1,291 1,315 1,337 1,352 Bolsover 612 586 668 721 767 839 905 965 1,020 1,116 1,212 1,272 1,311 1,375 1,431 1,486 Bolton 596 653 684 736 787 849 889 928 982 1,031 1,118 1,162 1,216 1,275 1,321 1,332 Boston 524 564 594 629 661 741 789 832 879 964 1,055 1,124 1,178 1,237 1,293 1,437 Bournemouth UA ----6127037387648409631,1091,1861,2401,2851,3301,396 Bracknell Forest UA -----6707117367998709631,0481,0991,1541,2101,268 Bradford 518 563 593 647 714 761 808 834 882 931 1,016 1,061 1,105 1,151 1,206 1,237 Braintree 527 547 569 604 639 731 778 838 898 983 1,135 1,202 1,242 1,300 1,358 1,417 Breckland 503 521 559 577 602 682 750 800 855 944 1,090 1,165 1,202 1,264 1,327 1,384 Brent 597 485 466 456 554 589 678 740 799 878 1,075 1,141 1,184 1,239 1,299 1,343 Brentwood 502 522 545 585 631 716 762 820 888 974 1,135 1,198 1,232 1,287 1,345 1,404 Bridgnorth 525 556 623 611 641 716 783 825 871 978 1,130 1,200 1,257 1,315 1,375 1,434 Brighton & Hove UA ----5996526987818289231,0741,1621,2191,2781,3421,396 Bristol UA 699 734 770 871 915 986 992 999 1,004 1,071 1,171 1,235 1,296 1,360 1,424 1,482 Broadland 506 524 563 575 602 699 771 823 882 977 1,129 1,206 1,246 1,308 1,372 1,431 Bromley 510 473 496 540 581 610 670 736 826 880 973 1,040 1,093 1,160 1,218 1,263 Bromsgrove 510 536 543 574 604 661 721 791 868 978 1,095 1,179 1,228 1,289 1,355 1,416 Broxbourne 528 530 539 559 591 664 723 759 804 879 1,034 1,098 1,152 1,209 1,269 1,327 Broxtowe 576 657 695 716 752 837 918 975 1,034 1,134 1,247 1,321 1,370 1,433 1,491 1,541 Burnley 628 680 701 747 791 880 948 998 1,043 1,123 1,228 1,290 1,329 1,390 1,463 1,516 Bury 608 568 622 652 711 753 811 851 911 970 1,084 1,117 1,172 1,229 1,289 1,337 Calderdale 614 675 694 733 778 839 876 911 959 1,018 1,131 1,181 1,237 1,297 1,360 1,398 Cambridge 575 552 587 604 634 682 737 796 850 942 1,037 1,120 1,167 1,223 1,283 1,346 Camden 718 659 687 779 800 879 897 906 950 1,006 1,158 1,200 1,233 1,285 1,301 1,332 Cannock Chase 574 595 593 633 672 723 783 830 908 963 1,108 1,186 1,241 1,300 1,362 1,415 Canterbury 545 576 588 611 637 700 756 816 869 956 1,083 1,158 1,202 1,258 1,317 1,372 Caradon 557 577 581 608 644 703 745 817 861 941 1,058 1,135 1,192 1,252 1,315 1,381 Carlisle 622 649 695 733 782 844 883 928 975 1,055 1,185 1,248 1,302 1,364 1,430 1,487 Carrick 574 596 601 629 653 712 756 829 872 952 1,055 1,136 1,193 1,253 1,314 1,379 Castle Morpeth 641 608 651 680 738 834 908 963 1,021 1,099 1,234 1,292 1,352 1,379 1,406 1,426 Castle Point 606 591 606 637 668 747 797 864 931 1,020 1,174 1,237 1,279 1,329 1,393 1,452 Charnwood 547 584 566 617 714 761 804 859 911 1,001 1,090 1,175 1,209 1,258 1,313 1,382 Chelmsford 539 545 570 606 645 731 781 842 905 987 1,136 1,201 1,239 1,295 1,352 1,410 Cheltenham 534 586 586 598 637 705 762 833 891 973 1,138 1,205 1,251 1,297 1,342 1,406 Cherwell 501 500 536 587 617 686 759 830 897 978 1,139 1,215 1,269 1,325 1,379 1,430 Chester 611 610 638 672 704 826 866 924 981 1,037 1,138 1,198 1,238 1,299 1,361 1,422 Chesterfield 630 617 642 667 716 791 855 907 960 1,051 1,142 1,192 1,225 1,281 1,333 1,384 Chester-le-Street 577 541 593 623 706 795 830 868 907 1,033 1,138 1,212 1,265 1,324 1,399 1,443 Chichester 465 510 570 603 639 701 749 793 842 927 1,097 1,159 1,212 1,269 1,332 1,391 Chiltern 532 532 569 613 650 711 774 832 878 959 1,115 1,194 1,242 1,301 1,359 1,420 Chorley 613 650 650 686 730 831 897 946 987 1,065 1,180 1,244 1,286 1,352 1,417 1,464 Christchurch 492 524 539 569 692 759 816 859 905 1,012 1,157 1,236 1,286 1,349 1,416 1,483 City of London 414 414 432 450 475 513 536 557 580 620 742 773 806 861 900 923 City of Nottingham UA -----8328869229831,0571,1441,2571,3151,3751,4181,463 Colchester 537 540 575 613 636 720 767 828 891 976 1,135 1,204 1,242 1,297 1,355 1,411 Congleton 581 622 635 665 709 824 860 911 976 1,036 1,143 1,200 1,242 1,305 1,371 1,445 Copeland 608 633 663 692 753 822 865 919 965 1,044 1,176 1,241 1,295 1,356 1,419 1,476 Corby 523 570 566 617 661 710 768 817 856 974 1,063 1,129 1,164 1,202 1,250 1,303 Cotswold 548 523 572 596 638 703 760 832 893 983 1,141 1,206 1,253 1,299 1,345 1,409 Coventry 686 753 793 809 839 897 968 1,020 1,065 1,114 1,172 1,210 1,258 1,304 1,349 1,386 Craven 513 548 572 598 635 699 760 801 862 964 1,127 1,199 1,254 1,309 1,368 1,424 Crawley 545 540 577 615 652 710 755 797 846 936 1,111 1,178 1,235 1,292 1,352 1,409 Crewe & Nantwich 606 621 653 675 704 827 865 922 973 1,028 1,124 1,182 1,220 1,277 1,331 1,391 Croydon 515 527 575 593 625 692 758 808 824 854 1,086 1,165 1,225 1,302 1,358 1,406 Dacorum 514 527 542 575 599 682 743 791 839 920 1,077 1,149 1,205 1,263 1,325 1,385 Darlington UA ----5986596887418309351,0031,0991,1481,1991,2781,339 Dartford 540 557 575 612 643 709 766 825 877 965 1,088 1,150 1,195 1,252 1,313 1,367 Daventry 514 548 564 609 638 678 720 765 820 950 1,053 1,130 1,170 1,209 1,259 1,313 Derby City UA 583 583 632 - 672 729 787 827 873 929 1,016 1,079 1,128 1,159 1,217 1,277 Derbyshire Dales 602 628 657 687 734 813 878 934 989 1,083 1,196 1,251 1,287 1,347 1,403 1,457 Derwentside 704 585 659 706 796 862 900 941 984 1,124 1,221 1,294 1,345 1,396 1,462 1,500 Doncaster 587 565 586 604 655 712 761 798 856 917 1,040 1,094 1,102 1,136 1,179 1,227 Dover 539 566 591 611 641 708 768 828 880 968 1,091 1,159 1,204 1,263 1,326 1,384 Dudley 583 583 611 637 697 744 779 836 896 947 1,008 1,034 1,064 1,093 1,145 1,198 Durham 561 519 588 642 726 812 848 886 927 1,061 1,157 1,235 1,286 1,341 1,409 1,452

32 Appendix 4 - Band D Council Tax for area of billing authority, £, 1993/94 to 2008/09 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 Ealing 570 470 518 532 585 643 703 756 823 885 1,114 1,192 1,251 1,309 1,344 1,370 Easington 633 626 695 747 813 914 951 997 1,041 1,171 1,272 1,349 1,404 1,463 1,539 1,587 East Cambridgeshire 459 475 527 540 570 646 703 768 828 958 1,053 1,138 1,183 1,241 1,300 1,362 East Devon 497 557 565 572 607 709 761 805 861 947 1,120 1,189 1,237 1,296 1,357 1,418 East Dorset 515 549 569 603 716 784 844 888 944 1,045 1,194 1,272 1,324 1,390 1,459 1,529 East Hampshire 479 521 578 603 669 735 800 840 883 958 1,097 1,161 1,204 1,257 1,314 1,372 East Hertfordshire 534 516 537 576 606 684 745 798 853 939 1,104 1,174 1,235 1,299 1,365 1,427 East Lindsey 484 549 578 612 648 728 774 817 862 942 1,026 1,085 1,138 1,192 1,245 1,391 East Northamptonshire 498 584 606 640 666 717 772 826 864 970 1,064 1,132 1,166 1,205 1,253 1,308 East Riding of Yorkshire UA - - - 742 782 823 857 924 992 1,053 1,109 1,183 1,241 1,302 1,356 1,422 East Staffordshire 521 558 573 611 655 727 786 834 909 970 1,111 1,192 1,248 1,306 1,367 1,420 Eastbourne 592 608 608 639 685 734 789 852 926 979 1,209 1,279 1,330 1,389 1,448 1,506 Eastleigh 491 483 549 593 675 732 794 831 882 961 1,100 1,163 1,201 1,253 1,311 1,371 Eden 596 619 671 704 747 822 860 914 958 1,033 1,165 1,227 1,281 1,345 1,413 1,472 Ellesmere Port & Neston 617 629 656 690 734 837 876 928 980 1,037 1,138 1,197 1,234 1,293 1,353 1,413 Elmbridge 606 583 582 617 653 724 780 818 856 955 1,150 1,211 1,258 1,321 1,372 1,437 Enfield 587 581 585 617 638 680 733 797 885 955 1,123 1,193 1,229 1,287 1,337 1,384 Epping Forest 531 495 565 598 640 734 784 835 904 991 1,152 1,217 1,256 1,313 1,372 1,427 Epsom & Ewell 525 521 537 582 621 692 749 802 841 935 1,108 1,164 1,208 1,270 1,327 1,399 Erewash 595 618 657 667 724 793 857 916 974 1,067 1,158 1,215 1,250 1,308 1,359 1,409 Exeter 543 563 570 562 595 685 749 793 848 933 1,105 1,172 1,214 1,271 1,329 1,388 Fareham 444 495 561 587 646 703 763 802 845 920 1,062 1,123 1,162 1,212 1,270 1,329 Fenland 512 505 554 578 614 667 727 793 854 971 1,106 1,200 1,249 1,307 1,370 1,436 Forest Heath 460 510 518 566 612 681 730 803 870 977 1,155 1,212 1,250 1,303 1,359 1,416 Forest of Dean 573 623 601 629 666 732 787 864 920 1,008 1,164 1,227 1,273 1,315 1,360 1,425 Fylde 596 644 648 690 734 824 885 931 967 1,054 1,154 1,219 1,259 1,323 1,395 1,457 Gateshead 696 660 719 781 863 912 962 1,010 1,060 1,128 1,238 1,300 1,362 1,419 1,468 1,525 Gedling 595 654 692 711 747 831 909 960 1,015 1,109 1,223 1,300 1,351 1,413 1,470 1,516 Gloucester 529 557 552 575 628 701 761 830 889 976 1,128 1,198 1,243 1,289 1,335 1,399 Gosport 493 515 579 610 658 719 786 828 880 959 1,098 1,174 1,214 1,267 1,328 1,391 Gravesham 478 510 534 561 593 675 731 794 846 946 1,073 1,138 1,184 1,240 1,300 1,354 Great Yarmouth 520 524 533 578 611 695 775 822 881 968 1,117 1,192 1,231 1,294 1,359 1,416 Greenwich 783 632 649 763 821 883 883 883 911 954 1,088 1,141 1,180 1,223 1,266 1,291 Guildford 555 540 559 598 636 715 766 811 850 947 1,125 1,180 1,223 1,282 1,336 1,406 Hackney 699 660 779 855 797 790 790 842 923 1,023 1,158 1,221 1,253 1,287 1,302 1,308 Halton UA -----6446797378028661,0101,0701,1231,1731,2211,279 Hambleton 424 446 461 510 557 629 695 737 798 896 1,055 1,128 1,182 1,233 1,291 1,353 Hammersmith & Fulham 549 527 620 725 790 790 827 878 923 946 1,073 1,131 1,158 1,206 1,193 1,173 Harborough 516 573 605 619 700 763 809 861 916 1,018 1,111 1,196 1,233 1,289 1,342 1,412 Haringey 727 687 756 780 827 856 898 932 960 983 1,174 1,259 1,323 1,384 1,432 1,471 Harlow 725 707 674 705 705 821 872 925 986 1,061 1,198 1,263 1,304 1,360 1,416 1,473 Harrogate 579 585 604 626 655 702 765 811 879 981 1,145 1,224 1,279 1,335 1,396 1,460 Harrow 554 549 559 580 669 724 788 853 939 1,009 1,226 1,275 1,296 1,356 1,423 1,462 Hart 467 518 568 595 653 718 779 823 871 968 1,105 1,168 1,210 1,263 1,325 1,389 Hartlepool UA 655 723 758 837 886 925 978 1,022 1,069 1,141 1,212 1,297 1,361 1,427 1,497 1,565 Hastings 537 590 587 643 704 757 813 875 954 1,011 1,216 1,285 1,340 1,399 1,460 1,518 Havant 519 541 600 614 665 714 775 816 863 942 1,085 1,152 1,197 1,253 1,314 1,378 Havering 536 495 550 595 654 724 790 853 959 1,037 1,216 1,284 1,328 1,380 1,433 1,483 Herefordshire UA -----6587297758469371,0711,1781,2291,2851,3361,399 Hertsmere 550 559 570 592 619 701 763 796 843 918 1,087 1,153 1,210 1,270 1,333 1,393 High Peak 612 635 673 693 733 801 866 935 987 1,080 1,179 1,233 1,269 1,325 1,377 1,427 Hillingdon 525 547 570 593 627 704 764 824 912 992 1,154 1,215 1,267 1,330 1,384 1,423 Hinckley & Bosworth 431 512 541 587 674 730 770 827 882 972 1,061 1,146 1,185 1,238 1,295 1,363 Horsham 477 515 558 603 641 700 744 788 837 924 1,094 1,158 1,214 1,275 1,337 1,396 Hounslow 613 588 615 662 691 730 795 860 955 1,022 1,180 1,262 1,321 1,379 1,395 1,400 Huntingdonshire 434 471 511 538 579 657 737 800 860 953 1,041 1,133 1,184 1,245 1,306 1,371 Hyndburn 635 689 700 751 807 868 940 982 1,026 1,098 1,200 1,259 1,300 1,364 1,439 1,493 Ipswich 632 699 681 671 719 769 829 885 947 1,062 1,256 1,313 1,348 1,403 1,462 1,516 Isle of Wight UA - 552 588 640 675 728 793 823 859 982 1,134 1,195 1,248 1,290 1,319 1,375 Isles of Scilly 376 403 411 433 453 481 532 566 589 654 828 892 934 980 1,028 1,082 Islington 698 647 745 853 879 912 912 887 877 867 1,049 1,107 1,157 1,191 1,219 1,248 Kennet 491 516 560 579 631 716 769 826 894 982 1,098 1,171 1,220 1,281 1,345 1,408 Kensington & Chelsea 496 495 495 511 526 542 581 623 698 772 905 954 992 1,027 1,043 1,068 Kerrier 573 542 579 617 657 715 757 825 880 957 1,065 1,144 1,200 1,257 1,316 1,380 Kettering 515 550 578 626 664 716 774 821 861 982 1,069 1,140 1,176 1,218 1,269 1,325 King's Lynn & West Norfolk 507 528 568 587 620 706 775 827 886 981 1,129 1,203 1,240 1,297 1,358 1,417 Kingston upon Hull UA 633 678 734 655 683 757 794 794 892 938 1,036 1,094 1,143 1,196 1,244 1,293 Kingston upon Thames 523 539 569 596 641 705 794 864 947 1,060 1,222 1,309 1,375 1,449 1,523 1,580 Kirklees 629 714 729 760 800 845 870 910 948 1,006 1,089 1,134 1,190 1,250 1,290 1,331 Knowsley 673 671 719 795 864 927 970 1,008 1,043 1,078 1,114 1,151 1,197 1,247 1,297 1,350 Lambeth 630 630 667 665 655 647 642 656 741 810 995 1,050 1,096 1,130 1,187 1,235 Lancaster 615 650 647 690 731 822 884 940 979 1,064 1,167 1,232 1,272 1,335 1,406 1,458 Leeds 601 601 614 637 674 735 768 805 845 900 985 1,040 1,086 1,136 1,188 1,244 Leicester City UA ----6107657928739219851,0421,1441,1761,2111,2481,324 Lewes 541 576 575 633 687 754 811 879 956 1,020 1,217 1,292 1,350 1,415 1,479 1,541 Lewisham 516 559 596 629 658 683 728 798 877 957 1,082 1,141 1,199 1,256 1,296 1,327 Lichfield 506 537 554 594 632 707 766 808 881 941 1,077 1,155 1,208 1,270 1,331 1,385 Lincoln 525 565 596 625 656 750 801 852 902 989 1,085 1,154 1,212 1,272 1,331 1,479 Liverpool 726 866 963 1,006 1,111 1,172 1,172 1,172 1,172 1,136 1,181 1,223 1,282 1,329 1,379 1,446 Luton UA ----6026547077618059229901,0731,1221,1771,2341,293 Macclesfield 588 611 645 670 704 821 858 910 966 1,018 1,126 1,189 1,227 1,286 1,345 1,406 Maidstone 547 577 604 634 671 738 797 858 911 1,000 1,131 1,198 1,245 1,304 1,363 1,416 Maldon 516 524 545 581 622 717 764 824 886 983 1,141 1,215 1,258 1,317 1,375 1,434 Malvern Hills 527 518 497 573 604 667 728 802 898 986 1,101 1,180 1,224 1,279 1,337 1,395 Manchester 738 777 790 838 898 949 987 1,006 1,027 1,052 1,106 1,133 1,167 1,199 1,235 1,272 Mansfield 677 667 701 693 758 836 935 991 1,056 1,148 1,265 1,337 1,386 1,444 1,497 1,546 Melton 505 561 594 616 702 758 799 851 907 1,008 1,099 1,185 1,224 1,282 1,338 1,409 Mendip 541 588 594 639 666 726 779 832 887 998 1,125 1,192 1,235 1,294 1,357 1,409 Merton 498 497 611 647 698 750 787 867 952 1,018 1,144 1,209 1,247 1,306 1,358 1,405

33 Appendix 4 - Band D Council Tax for area of billing authority, £, 1993/94 to 2008/09 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 Mid Bedfordshire 512 530 551 617 739 789 859 919 969 1,061 1,181 1,271 1,329 1,394 1,456 1,518 Mid Devon 543 585 579 585 640 734 794 840 898 991 1,174 1,240 1,288 1,349 1,413 1,476 Mid Suffolk 483 540 560 608 651 706 760 811 865 974 1,151 1,205 1,241 1,297 1,355 1,415 Mid Sussex 496 537 579 614 651 715 763 803 854 938 1,112 1,177 1,234 1,295 1,357 1,419 Middlesbrough UA - - - 640 712 741 806 843 880 953 1,086 1,173 1,230 1,288 1,337 1,410 Milton Keynes UA ----6346727447868539221,0231,0971,1531,2121,2611,312 Mole Valley 519 519 536 569 601 686 745 789 829 925 1,109 1,165 1,207 1,268 1,325 1,394 New Forest 465 516 576 609 677 742 799 839 889 972 1,111 1,179 1,223 1,279 1,338 1,402 Newark & Sherwood 631 691 734 766 808 896 970 1,024 1,080 1,177 1,294 1,367 1,418 1,484 1,540 1,592 Newcastle upon Tyne 792 772 728 771 831 906 978 1,006 1,050 1,129 1,241 1,302 1,329 1,358 1,396 1,449 Newcastle-under-Lyme 545 569 568 590 641 711 770 814 886 946 1,088 1,164 1,220 1,280 1,340 1,392 Newham 599 594 576 594 648 680 704 768 828 885 1,005 1,059 1,112 1,163 1,220 1,255 North Cornwall 547 576 588 617 659 718 759 833 874 958 1,068 1,144 1,201 1,259 1,322 1,391 North Devon 537 582 592 582 626 737 791 838 894 985 1,164 1,234 1,280 1,343 1,405 1,467 North Dorset 464 502 528 576 697 752 809 855 910 998 1,151 1,223 1,275 1,339 1,411 1,481 North East Derbyshire 632 648 684 712 758 839 905 968 1,024 1,124 1,218 1,273 1,312 1,371 1,426 1,482 North East Lincolnshire UA - - - 735 788 828 865 917 984 1,070 1,174 1,265 1,325 1,364 1,407 1,449 North Hertfordshire 522 522 542 585 625 703 765 809 860 943 1,111 1,175 1,236 1,296 1,361 1,432 North Kesteven 518 559 588 632 664 747 798 844 893 976 1,064 1,128 1,184 1,242 1,297 1,443 North Lincolnshire UA - - - 887 932 974 997 1,027 1,070 1,119 1,157 1,237 1,294 1,356 1,400 1,457 North Norfolk 495 513 554 588 621 710 779 830 887 981 1,131 1,206 1,245 1,307 1,371 1,431 North Shropshire 559 591 654 637 673 746 811 860 906 1,005 1,155 1,228 1,290 1,348 1,406 1,464 North Somerset UA - - - 616 625 683 740 780 818 919 1,076 1,161 1,216 1,275 1,319 1,354 North Tyneside 707 690 744 786 809 846 905 967 1,010 1,079 1,171 1,228 1,260 1,319 1,367 1,415 North Warwickshire 660 660 671 714 757 808 870 923 977 1,097 1,189 1,263 1,305 1,363 1,420 1,490 North West Leicestershire 519 576 608 635 716 785 828 882 937 1,035 1,128 1,210 1,249 1,307 1,364 1,431 North Wiltshire 530 586 612 622 665 740 790 855 924 1,014 1,126 1,204 1,254 1,317 1,381 1,444 Northampton 542 620 642 671 679 727 790 843 886 997 1,091 1,158 1,192 1,234 1,289 1,344 Norwich 595 599 693 641 664 740 818 872 934 1,029 1,179 1,251 1,292 1,355 1,422 1,483 Nuneaton & Bedworth 658 655 665 706 746 784 851 899 951 1,062 1,157 1,232 1,274 1,327 1,383 1,448 Oadby & Wigston 534 592 614 627 702 756 802 865 925 1,020 1,112 1,197 1,237 1,292 1,345 1,411 Oldham 623 686 738 771 818 868 929 965 1,059 1,089 1,222 1,283 1,346 1,412 1,481 1,481 Oswestry 542 566 632 625 661 722 805 852 907 1,032 1,190 1,266 1,322 1,379 1,440 1,496 Oxford 588 608 651 680 706 756 826 887 955 1,041 1,184 1,261 1,317 1,375 1,429 1,485 Pendle 655 698 713 754 803 878 947 996 1,039 1,117 1,226 1,291 1,335 1,390 1,466 1,523 Penwith 552 576 592 614 642 696 738 805 848 921 1,030 1,101 1,152 1,207 1,263 1,327 Peterborough UA -----6907548178619631,0471,1171,1631,2121,2351,260 Plymouth UA -----6457027647908961,0461,1211,1761,2351,2951,363 Poole UA ----6106747037908379361,0721,1381,1891,2341,2791,342 Portsmouth UA ----6036346827037448279981,0701,1221,1771,2261,289 Preston 653 692 704 749 784 891 959 1,011 1,049 1,126 1,234 1,286 1,325 1,390 1,463 1,516 Purbeck 485 519 540 573 692 763 826 874 934 1,023 1,191 1,260 1,311 1,375 1,443 1,512 Reading UA -----8228689089621,0511,1561,2121,2701,3301,3791,410 Redbridge 525 510 557 581 627 676 750 811 870 930 1,078 1,142 1,197 1,267 1,331 1,376 Redcar & Cleveland UA - - - 854 942 977 1,033 1,081 1,081 1,108 1,132 1,214 1,273 1,332 1,383 1,459 Redditch 559 587 594 620 647 699 759 829 906 996 1,112 1,189 1,234 1,292 1,354 1,414 Reigate & Banstead 549 547 559 596 637 713 774 817 864 962 1,140 1,196 1,243 1,306 1,366 1,436 Restormel 549 578 584 600 626 698 740 808 848 925 1,028 1,104 1,159 1,216 1,276 1,341 Ribble Valley 605 653 656 699 746 835 898 943 978 1,051 1,149 1,206 1,245 1,305 1,373 1,423 Richmond upon Thames 541 594 683 712 745 762 834 909 999 1,097 1,268 1,339 1,386 1,420 1,491 1,544 Richmondshire 501 540 564 589 628 707 772 819 881 985 1,145 1,219 1,277 1,327 1,383 1,443 Rochdale 665 675 684 727 770 821 871 909 972 1,020 1,100 1,152 1,211 1,266 1,317 1,371 Rochford 506 527 558 598 648 741 790 847 910 999 1,157 1,229 1,269 1,330 1,389 1,450 Rossendale 671 713 719 764 815 876 944 993 1,029 1,108 1,234 1,296 1,340 1,399 1,471 1,522 Rother 550 591 582 619 672 722 775 836 913 984 1,178 1,248 1,305 1,369 1,431 1,492 Rotherham 696 614 618 688 715 773 809 874 940 1,001 1,085 1,143 1,200 1,259 1,320 1,372 Rugby 575 599 615 676 721 779 839 887 938 1,056 1,139 1,210 1,249 1,307 1,369 1,433 Runnymede 470 485 496 528 560 635 689 728 781 887 1,072 1,137 1,185 1,245 1,302 1,373 Rushcliffe 570 624 662 681 714 824 900 951 1,008 1,107 1,226 1,300 1,364 1,429 1,488 1,537 Rushmoor 455 511 567 581 651 717 779 821 863 939 1,090 1,152 1,194 1,248 1,307 1,367 Rutland UA ----7938649451,0221,0881,1641,2361,3441,4101,4781,5341,606 Ryedale 495 530 575 621 659 718 779 820 884 988 1,142 1,215 1,268 1,321 1,379 1,442 Salford 707 740 785 814 874 918 980 1,033 1,085 1,139 1,237 1,285 1,329 1,371 1,414 1,462 Salisbury 493 521 546 590 644 725 771 828 891 976 1,083 1,155 1,203 1,262 1,323 1,386 Sandwell 611 629 650 679 746 800 856 898 964 1,028 1,095 1,125 1,175 1,210 1,248 1,284 Scarborough 498 533 546 583 616 696 757 803 870 975 1,141 1,222 1,277 1,332 1,391 1,456 Sedgefield 561 631 687 728 835 928 967 1,009 1,055 1,194 1,294 1,376 1,428 1,490 1,566 1,613 Sedgemoor 545 578 599 625 657 710 761 813 865 969 1,093 1,160 1,212 1,267 1,322 1,381 Sefton 623 656 714 755 821 878 920 956 997 1,087 1,130 1,188 1,245 1,296 1,351 1,406 Selby 512 527 552 583 632 715 772 813 875 978 1,136 1,207 1,260 1,312 1,370 1,433 Sevenoaks 528 528 554 609 647 715 775 837 896 999 1,125 1,195 1,242 1,301 1,363 1,423 Sheffield 641 624 707 725 767 836 886 938 1,002 1,066 1,155 1,216 1,274 1,333 1,386 1,425 Shepway 557 582 612 631 659 727 780 845 899 990 1,121 1,214 1,272 1,333 1,396 1,454 Shrewsbury & Atcham 538 563 630 611 643 713 776 821 877 979 1,123 1,192 1,247 1,306 1,366 1,425 Slough UA -----6547027197658419881,0551,1071,1611,2191,278 Solihull 520 543 595 626 661 703 742 786 852 910 1,008 1,045 1,095 1,143 1,200 1,254 South Bedfordshire 543 583 622 671 793 841 912 965 1,020 1,113 1,237 1,332 1,396 1,464 1,527 1,594 South Bucks 503 501 528 560 600 694 757 813 859 942 1,089 1,168 1,214 1,275 1,341 1,402 South Cambridgeshire 443 459 486 517 549 597 703 764 819 931 1,020 1,099 1,169 1,229 1,293 1,357 South Derbyshire 592 609 646 673 719 792 855 915 972 1,063 1,155 1,208 1,244 1,301 1,353 1,403 South Gloucestershire UA - - - 653 690 717 782 859 906 1,019 1,105 1,193 1,239 1,303 1,371 1,434 South Hams 493 546 575 586 622 722 777 820 876 961 1,139 1,207 1,255 1,317 1,379 1,440 South Holland 504 559 602 637 672 747 795 834 885 966 1,054 1,118 1,174 1,234 1,288 1,432 South Kesteven 509 548 578 605 642 722 769 810 855 935 1,033 1,096 1,152 1,209 1,265 1,413 South Lakeland 609 629 671 701 743 817 856 910 956 1,035 1,174 1,237 1,293 1,356 1,421 1,479 South Norfolk 507 524 563 587 623 714 788 840 900 997 1,143 1,221 1,262 1,327 1,393 1,450 South Northamptonshire 538 567 610 655 685 738 797 845 883 988 1,083 1,154 1,190 1,233 1,287 1,345 South Oxfordshire 569 534 572 615 641 705 786 847 904 992 1,137 1,213 1,265 1,316 1,364 1,418 South Ribble 604 650 645 690 730 824 890 937 975 1,066 1,186 1,252 1,294 1,355 1,426 1,477

34 Appendix 4 - Band D Council Tax for area of billing authority, £, 1993/94 to 2008/09 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 South Shropshire 525 548 618 620 647 732 801 849 908 1,030 1,185 1,264 1,323 1,379 1,443 1,505 South Somerset 560 588 621 641 670 730 781 837 891 995 1,127 1,200 1,244 1,305 1,361 1,418 South Staffordshire 486 492 509 529 566 632 688 729 824 912 1,058 1,134 1,185 1,241 1,301 1,352 South Tyneside 655 614 640 709 763 838 884 930 972 1,049 1,128 1,184 1,242 1,288 1,331 1,371 Southampton UA - - - - 603 664 709 752 832 908 1,085 1,176 1,223 1,272 1,316 1,368 Southend-on-Sea UA - - - - - 650 677 735 772 813 944 1,016 1,068 1,120 1,174 1,232 Southwark 624 569 590 731 748 787 809 845 900 950 1,034 1,071 1,099 1,133 1,181 1,222 Spelthorne 529 542 555 592 631 707 761 800 837 930 1,105 1,171 1,216 1,278 1,335 1,406 St Albans 531 541 552 593 634 707 770 816 865 957 1,117 1,184 1,242 1,300 1,361 1,423 St Edmundsbury 500 547 565 597 636 693 745 801 861 974 1,158 1,214 1,252 1,313 1,370 1,430 St Helens 615 651 748 781 882 943 967 1,009 1,068 1,103 1,142 1,178 1,211 1,245 1,279 1,315 Stafford 516 546 540 586 633 705 763 809 880 940 1,079 1,153 1,204 1,261 1,320 1,373 Staffordshire Moorlands 554 572 584 594 654 730 789 834 903 959 1,095 1,171 1,224 1,279 1,340 1,389 Stevenage 606 588 596 626 655 705 762 804 856 939 1,100 1,167 1,223 1,279 1,339 1,399 Stockport 646 690 767 803 839 871 917 953 1,019 1,079 1,150 1,198 1,252 1,314 1,376 1,441 Stockton-on-Tees UA - - - 749 801 805 853 904 953 1,020 1,089 1,165 1,213 1,268 1,321 1,391 Stoke-on-Trent UA - - - - 645 707 751 787 853 916 1,029 1,093 1,146 1,202 1,262 1,299 Stratford-on-Avon 577 600 615 649 682 734 790 844 892 999 1,119 1,190 1,230 1,292 1,355 1,423 Stroud 581 624 635 648 691 757 818 891 944 1,030 1,183 1,247 1,293 1,340 1,388 1,454 Suffolk Coastal 493 545 577 608 642 698 753 804 859 966 1,141 1,193 1,229 1,285 1,342 1,401 Sunderland 601 541 592 652 704 761 815 857 912 974 1,049 1,101 1,154 1,205 1,247 1,289 Surrey Heath 531 546 559 591 621 703 759 803 846 953 1,139 1,198 1,244 1,307 1,362 1,435 Sutton 521 541 573 597 634 702 749 796 873 955 1,099 1,180 1,238 1,311 1,376 1,419 Swale 492 510 534 564 616 687 744 804 874 962 1,073 1,143 1,188 1,244 1,303 1,357 Swindon UA - - - - 606 637 699 742 793 909 1,048 1,131 1,170 1,226 1,271 1,317 Tameside 699 687 708 756 815 862 899 938 988 1,024 1,090 1,124 1,180 1,215 1,251 1,287 Tamworth 507 537 551 572 607 677 736 779 853 912 1,051 1,129 1,181 1,239 1,301 1,354 Tandridge 546 549 558 597 634 713 772 813 856 955 1,141 1,198 1,245 1,308 1,366 1,438 Taunton Deane 496 518 538 602 633 702 752 802 857 965 1,088 1,158 1,201 1,259 1,312 1,363 Teesdale 573 560 629 656 731 809 845 887 928 1,059 1,159 1,242 1,298 1,355 1,433 1,476 Teignbridge 554 584 573 589 628 725 783 828 886 976 1,156 1,222 1,264 1,322 1,383 1,448 Telford and the Wrekin UA - - - - - 691 757 798 900 990 1,047 1,144 1,196 1,253 1,296 1,352 Tendring 531 537 565 597 635 722 769 825 885 970 1,118 1,189 1,227 1,286 1,344 1,403 Test Valley 444 493 551 574 637 697 756 795 837 914 1,052 1,119 1,158 1,212 1,270 1,332 Tewkesbury 420 448 506 520 572 648 726 797 852 941 1,089 1,150 1,196 1,241 1,288 1,354 Thanet 529 584 612 640 653 717 776 841 892 984 1,107 1,182 1,228 1,285 1,348 1,402 The Medway Towns UA - - - - - 635 670 702 747 819 921 1,014 1,070 1,127 1,178 1,237 Three Rivers 572 560 569 610 642 707 767 815 865 948 1,117 1,181 1,235 1,292 1,353 1,407 Thurrock UA - - - - - 630 672 716 769 844 1,010 1,060 1,099 1,143 1,188 1,222 Tonbridge & Malling 529 543 569 612 645 715 771 829 880 974 1,101 1,167 1,213 1,270 1,332 1,387 Torbay UA - - - - - 645 752 792 849 947 1,061 1,155 1,212 1,271 1,332 1,393 Torridge 524 536 527 546 613 715 773 817 873 959 1,133 1,203 1,252 1,317 1,385 1,446 Tower Hamlets 533 533 561 646 646 659 674 727 781 816 957 1,008 1,052 1,086 1,140 1,175 Trafford 513 545 563 592 620 657 689 723 771 817 922 990 1,046 1,098 1,152 1,211 Tunbridge Wells 519 542 569 598 633 701 758 815 865 947 1,074 1,144 1,188 1,244 1,306 1,360 Tynedale 627 576 642 679 733 833 903 958 1,014 1,083 1,213 1,268 1,329 1,355 1,381 1,399 Uttlesford 529 548 560 592 639 734 783 841 901 985 1,139 1,206 1,250 1,310 1,363 1,423 Vale of White Horse 511 489 518 578 614 674 749 811 870 954 1,097 1,173 1,226 1,283 1,336 1,392 Vale Royal 629 640 664 691 719 834 872 924 979 1,037 1,139 1,197 1,237 1,297 1,357 1,420 Wakefield 648 556 560 593 650 725 756 797 833 891 1,006 1,048 1,090 1,130 1,172 1,230 Walsall 592 554 541 588 662 741 803 858 924 997 1,190 1,233 1,282 1,331 1,383 1,423 Waltham Forest 590 587 672 738 827 814 840 878 928 979 1,171 1,245 1,305 1,365 1,407 1,441 Wandsworth 449 344 435 434 423 322 373 401 456 403 584 601 614 648 681 687 Wansbeck 692 592 633 691 765 832 902 957 1,016 1,077 1,193 1,249 1,306 1,329 1,356 1,371 Warrington UA - - - - - 700 730 775 823 892 995 1,053 1,106 1,160 1,217 1,286 Warwick 577 600 615 654 695 754 804 849 900 1,016 1,102 1,178 1,218 1,279 1,342 1,408 Watford 570 610 626 666 701 768 832 874 926 1,017 1,174 1,239 1,293 1,348 1,409 1,469 Waveney 493 546 575 594 623 675 730 784 839 940 1,122 1,173 1,207 1,264 1,317 1,372 Waverley 538 551 564 604 640 724 782 828 866 962 1,143 1,202 1,248 1,309 1,365 1,438 Wealden 549 597 599 647 704 763 822 886 964 1,026 1,214 1,286 1,343 1,407 1,470 1,532 Wear Valley 629 594 672 715 791 834 869 906 945 1,075 1,167 1,238 1,290 1,347 1,423 1,464 Wellingborough 245 294 315 500 585 628 682 747 806 949 1,037 1,104 1,139 1,178 1,227 1,279 Welwyn Hatfield 612 561 583 612 648 718 781 830 879 958 1,131 1,201 1,260 1,322 1,383 1,441 West Berkshire UA - - - - - 826 827 881 940 1,022 1,134 1,229 1,280 1,322 1,362 1,416 West Devon 538 585 597 603 640 744 802 875 907 1,003 1,177 1,255 1,305 1,369 1,434 1,502 West Dorset 504 536 557 592 709 770 831 882 934 1,023 1,183 1,254 1,307 1,369 1,432 1,498 West Lancashire 612 659 673 714 752 837 911 959 1,010 1,086 1,190 1,246 1,284 1,344 1,416 1,467 West Lindsey 530 546 586 635 682 758 806 848 899 982 1,082 1,152 1,216 1,274 1,329 1,476 West Oxfordshire 492 486 523 553 593 656 727 789 841 919 1,077 1,154 1,206 1,257 1,309 1,362 West Somerset 515 585 606 636 661 727 777 832 886 989 1,113 1,177 1,220 1,278 1,334 1,390 West Wiltshire 533 568 593 595 651 739 791 850 919 1,010 1,118 1,194 1,243 1,316 1,369 1,428 Westminster 295 245 276 295 304 325 350 375 410 445 570 605 618 659 682 688 Weymouth & Portland 536 551 569 582 707 771 834 885 938 1,028 1,240 1,315 1,367 1,432 1,501 1,568 Wigan 650 594 620 700 748 774 835 887 961 1,009 1,098 1,136 1,192 1,232 1,277 1,310 Winchester 458 493 574 600 658 717 774 816 863 943 1,083 1,147 1,189 1,248 1,308 1,372 Windsor & Maidenhead UA - - - - - 709 744 778 859 888 971 1,061 1,112 1,168 1,215 1,248 Wirral 690 684 747 792 858 914 977 1,031 1,077 1,077 1,151 1,175 1,222 1,277 1,330 1,379 Woking 533 530 543 575 629 711 791 837 877 971 1,147 1,203 1,249 1,312 1,372 1,437 Wokingham UA - - - - - 822 825 889 948 1,017 1,139 1,195 1,225 1,264 1,308 1,370 Wolverhampton 555 554 629 725 867 914 955 998 1,043 1,089 1,132 1,174 1,227 1,286 1,348 1,412 Worcester 551 559 560 583 608 663 725 795 867 954 1,075 1,155 1,197 1,255 1,314 1,372 Worthing 523 555 573 610 654 709 757 799 850 937 1,112 1,185 1,242 1,303 1,367 1,430 Wychavon 518 551 487 579 607 667 728 797 864 949 1,063 1,142 1,188 1,245 1,305 1,361 Wycombe 594 536 564 604 645 704 769 821 870 946 1,093 1,163 1,207 1,265 1,320 1,377 Wyre 602 649 653 695 739 830 895 943 980 1,060 1,159 1,224 1,263 1,325 1,397 1,448 Wyre Forest 554 546 569 601 636 691 757 831 904 994 1,111 1,196 1,244 1,301 1,361 1,419 York UA 516 550 583 581 605 672 695 748 797 874 988 1,078 1,127 1,182 1,232 1,289

North East - - - - 782 841 895 940 987 1,068 1,161 1,229 1,280 1,329 1,380 1,429 North West - - - - 798 856 901 943 991 1,044 1,135 1,187 1,235 1,289 1,345 1,396 Yorkshire and the Humber - - - - 710 768 810 852 906 971 1,071 1,132 1,182 1,234 1,286 1,337 East Midlands - - - - 705 776 834 887 939 1,031 1,125 1,198 1,242 1,295 1,348 1,419 West Midlands - - - - 701 757 812 861 922 994 1,093 1,151 1,197 1,246 1,297 1,346 East of England - - - - 639 709 768 822 878 969 1,115 1,186 1,232 1,290 1,349 1,408 London - - - - 651 687 731 778 841 895 1,058 1,119 1,162 1,214 1,258 1,292 South East - - - - 641 710 764 813 866 949 1,098 1,169 1,218 1,275 1,331 1,390 South West - - - - 667 731 782 836 886 978 1,113 1,186 1,236 1,294 1,352 1,413 - Inner London boroughs (excluding GLA) - - - - - 544 560 569 606 624 718 747 766 772 787 803 Outer London boroughs (excluding GLA) - - - - - 606 655 695 738 778 901 956 992 1,019 1,057 1,092 London boroughs (excluding GLA) - - - - - 584 620 649 690 722 825 878 908 926 955 982 Greater London Authority ------123 151 174 224 241 255 289 304 310 Metropolitan districts (excluding major precepting authorities) - - - - - 751 790 826 870 909 971 1,004 1,044 1,084 1,124 1,161 Metropolitan police authorities - - - - 55 55 58 61 64 71 84 93 98 103 107 113 Metropolitan fire and rescue authorities - - - - -2730323436424547495153 Unitary authorities (excluding major precepting authorities) - - - - - 682 720 761 807 873 958 972 1,017 1,062 1,103 1,148 Shire counties - - - - - 571 618 660 702 797 869 886 919 962 1,005 1,045 Shire districts (excluding major precepting authorities) - - - - - 110 115 122 129 141 151 160 167 174 180 187 Shire police authorities - - - - 53 56 61 66 72 85 109 121 127 133 141 152 Combined fire and rescue authorities ------5355586063

Inner London boroughs (including GLA) - - - - 646 658 679 708 757 797 942 987 1,020 1,059 1,090 1,112 Outer London boroughs (including GLA) - - - - 654 703 760 818 889 952 1,125 1,197 1,247 1,308 1,361 1,402 London boroughs (including GLA) - - - - 651 687 731 778 841 895 1,058 1,119 1,162 1,214 1,258 1,292 Metropolitan districts (including major precepting authorities) - - - - 779 833 878 919 968 1,017 1,098 1,143 1,190 1,237 1,284 1,328 Unitary authorities (including major precepting authorities) - - - - 698 736 779 825 879 958 1,066 1,145 1,197 1,251 1,302 1,358 Shire districts (including major precepting authorities) - - - - 666 738 796 848 903 992 1,129 1,198 1,245 1,303 1,362 1,424

35 Appendix 5 - Council Tax in Wales: 1995/96 to 2008/09 Band D Equivalent by collection authority: £

Annual % 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99 1999/2000 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 change

Blaenau Gwent 343 425 492 563 640 727 796 879 976 1,038 1,101 1,157 1,215 1,264 4.0% Bridgend 401 500 539 602 648 702 768 829 910 949 995 1,035 1,085 1,128 4.0% Caerphilly 375 467 517 583 633 670 697 756 825 862 902 946 993 1,029 3.6% Cardiff 339 424 486 546 573 633 691 748 841 872 872 910 949 984 3.7% Carmarthenshire 463 553 557 613 666 724 747 801 867 907 941 988 1,033 1,074 4.0% Ceredigion 451 510 562 623 670 723 761 802 847 883 901 932 969 1,017 4.9% Conwy 394 401 403 460 488 551 600 655 730 777 827 868 915 960 4.9% Denbighshire 393 442 528 599 647 733 774 843 945 1,007 1,051 1,078 1,123 1,162 3.6% Flintshire 402 500 511 563 592 654 702 752 820 881 921 965 1,006 1,043 3.6% Gwynedd 385 481 515 571 618 673 695 761 837 890 961 1,008 1,060 1,102 4.0% Isle of Anglesey 399 417 424 477 534 621 647 711 798 843 877 911 959 980 2.1% Merthyr Tydfil 396 495 569 639 712 799 870 939 1,004 1,049 1,090 1,130 1,169 1,203 2.9% Monmouthshire 351 409 403 452 485 597 674 730 841 917 954 991 1,041 1,091 4.8% Neath Port Talbot 436 543 619 692 750 837 884 960 1,030 1,087 1,128 1,165 1,204 1,243 3.2% Newport 349 391 413 464 531 567 576 597 671 732 772 814 854 886 3.7% Pembrokeshire 423 436 451 507 542 603 609 628 674 707 734 764 796 829 4.2% Powys 383 434 426 501 552 628 673 713 787 868 901 946 985 1,023 3.9% Rhondda Cynon Taff 398 495 558 611 686 772 810 853 903 955 1,002 1,053 1,103 1,157 4.9% Swansea 432 455 478 548 596 681 710 755 832 880 910 956 990 1,027 3.7% The Vale of Glamorgan 355 435 443 495 532 600 655 709 783 829 866 913 959 1,003 4.5% Torfaen 354 438 483 532 564 624 654 716 824 892 940 986 1,030 1,070 3.9% Wrexham 405 489 520 575 633 701 729 784 850 911 931 962 1,002 1,035 3.2%

Wales 392 462 495 555 602 669 710 762 837 887 921 962 1,005 1,044 3.9%

Sources: CIPFA Council Tax Demands & Precepts: 2007-08 and earlier editions Council Tax Levels in Wales, Statistical Releases 44/2008

Annual % Average per 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 change dwelling 2008/09 Aberdeen 599 648 712 794 824 873 934 981 1,020 1,108 1,162 1,196 1,230 1,230 0.0% 1,064 Aberdeenshire 494 591 643 695 719 777 855 919 966 1,014 1,065 1,113 1,141 1,141 0.0% 1,122 Angus 593 659 679 709 734 771 821 881 933 985 1,037 1,072 1,072 1,072 0.0% 880 Argyll and Bute 642 675 801 881 881 938 984 1,009 1,034 1,075 1,117 1,156 1,178 1,178 0.0% 1,016 Clackmannanshire 630 692 753 831 872 913 951 978 995 1,043 1,074 1,127 1,148 1,148 0.0% 969 Dumfries & Galloway 525 590 714 731 766 817 857 899 931 964 988 1,018 1,049 1,049 0.0% 887 Dundee 708 801 920 990 1,034 1,056 1,046 1,079 1,089 1,135 1,180 1,211 1,211 1,211 0.0% 893 East Ayrshire 614 714 779 819 849 878 922 967 1,014 1,064 1,116 1,171 1,189 1,189 0.0% 913 East Dumbartonshire 642 668 771 790 830 830 872 915 966 1,033 1,078 1,121 1,142 1,142 0.0% 1,234 East Lothian 620 670 724 760 789 858 909 955 993 1,043 1,069 1,096 1,118 1,118 0.0% 1,064 East Renfrewshire 571 621 682 729 765 810 859 910 955 1,003 1,053 1,105 1,126 1,126 0.0% 1,246 Edinburgh 735 812 837 867 889 915 960 1,001 1,041 1,083 1,126 1,152 1,169 1,169 0.0% 1,087 Falkirk 548 624 680 699 719 757 813 863 906 951 999 1,045 1,070 1,070 0.0% 885 Fife 639 694 747 771 809 849 891 935 981 1,015 1,050 1,091 1,118 1,118 0.0% 930 Glasgow 676 805 982 1,074 1,074 1,094 1,120 1,141 1,163 1,185 1,213 1,213 1,213 1,213 0.0% 944 Highland 546 659 719 776 799 839 889 939 989 1,039 1,086 1,135 1,163 1,163 0.0% 1,006 Inverclyde 618 762 831 863 888 933 1,012 1,062 1,089 1,143 1,176 1,206 1,198 1,198 0.0% 911 Midlothian 640 718 858 892 736 963 1,001 1,036 1,072 1,126 1,176 1,210 1,210 1,210 0.0% 1,085 Moray 508 608 652 699 724 786 825 865 907 996 1,045 1,096 1,135 1,135 0.0% 949 North Ayrshire 616 660 718 751 788 827 877 927 977 1,025 1,075 1,125 1,152 1,152 0.0% 898 North Lanarkshire 652 758 787 812 844 876 907 939 972 1,006 1,041 1,077 1,098 1,098 0.0% 858 Perthshire & Kinross 587 699 732 732 758 795 875 936 983 1,037 1,088 1,136 1,158 1,158 0.0% 1,087 Renfrewshire 640 738 783 783 783 846 896 941 988 1,039 1,091 1,143 1,165 1,165 0.0% 986 Scottish Borders 509 558 612 639 670 725 785 864 935 985 1,019 1,064 1,084 1,084 0.0% 941 South Ayrshire 671 731 765 792 792 832 874 918 964 1,012 1,063 1,111 1,154 1,154 0.0% 1,058 South Lanarkshire 643 724 793 859 880 901 924 947 971 1,005 1,040 1,076 1,101 1,101 0.0% 947 Stirling 577 678 776 782 819 900 954 1,011 1,062 1,105 1,149 1,201 1,223 1,209 -1.1% 1,209 West Dumbartonshire 636 812 978 1,011 981 999 1,024 1,050 1,070 1,089 1,113 1,138 1,163 1,163 0.0% 921 West Lothian 581 678 792 829 858 888 919 951 984 1,028 1,074 1,101 1,128 1,128 0.0% 943 Eileanan Siar 524 550 599 656 689 724 756 815 867 911 956 999 1,024 1,024 0.0% 735 Orkney 467 480 515 595 624 690 754 824 900 940 973 1,007 1,037 1,037 0.0% 818 Shetland 428 443 486 558 621 684 747 810 873 936 981 1,017 1,053 1,053 0.0% 822 Scotland 624 708 783 827 849 886 929 971 1,009 1,053 1,094 1,129 1,149 1,149 0.0% 983

Note: 1st April 1996 - Regional and District councils re-organised into Local Authorities Source: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Local-Government-Finance/DatasetsCouncilTax