Council Tax: Referendums
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Spending Review 2025, published on 11 June 2025, what assumptions have been made on the level of the (a) shire district, (b) police precept, (c) parish precept, (d) combined authority mayoral precept and (e) fire precept council tax referendum principles in each year of the Spending Review from 2026-27.
Answered by Jim McMahon
For the shire district and fire precept, the Spending Review assumes that precept levels increase in line with those in 2025/26 over the coming SR period (3%/£5, and £5 respectively). The SR assumes a fire precept level of £5. No assumptions were made in relation to mayoral combined authorities and parishes, as these have not historically been subject to referendum principles. The police council tax precept remains subject to final decision on precept levels which will be set out in the annual police funding settlement in the usual way. I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to question UIN 62597 on 2 July 2025.
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