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Council Tax

Asked by Sir James CleverlyConservativeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 7 November 2025UIN 86216

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the amount that was received from (a) parish precepts, (b) mayoral precepts excluding police and (c) police precepts (i) in cash terms as receipts and (ii) on the average Band D bill in the latest period for which data is available.

Answered by Miatta Fahnbulleh

We do not collect data on the amount of receipts collected broken down by precepting authorities or in relation to the precept that they have set.

Data on the average Band D council tax and council tax requirement set by precepting authorities for 2025-26 can be found in Table 10 on gov.uk here.

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