Council Tax: North East
(asked on 15th March 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what they estimate will be the amount raised as a result of the two per cent flexibility increase in council tax rates by (1) Newcastle City Council, (2) Northumberland County Council, (3) North Tyneside Council, (4) South Tyneside Council, (5) Gateshead Council, (6) Sunderland City Council, and (7) Durham County Council, in the next financial year.
Answered by
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
Each of these authorities chose to use the full two per cent adult social care precept. Local authorities have estimated how much they expect to raise in council tax receipts, and this is among the information in the Department’s recent National Statistics publication, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2016 to 2017.
The additional receipts as a result of the adult social care precept for 2016-17 for these authorities are shown in the table.
Estimated additional council tax revenue in 2016-17 as a result of each local authority's use of the adult social care precept (£) | |
Durham | 3,574,000 |
Gateshead | 1,485,000 |
Newcastle upon Tyne | 1,752,000 |
North Tyneside | 1,512,000 |
Northumberland | 2,828,000 |
South Tyneside | 974,000 |
Sunderland | 1,602,000 |
Source: Table 9, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2016 to 2017, Department for Communities and Local Government (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/council-tax-levels-set-by-local-authorities-in-england-2016-to-2017)