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Council Tax and Police: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Treasury's document entitled Spending Review 2025, published on 12 June 2025, what is the estimated increase in (a) council tax revenue raised in cash terms for and (b) the increase in the avera

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Treasury
Tabled
16 Jun 2025
Target answer date
18 Jun 2025
Answer
23 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 16 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Treasury's document entitled Spending Review 2025, published on 12 June 2025, what is the estimated increase in (a) council tax revenue raised in cash terms for and (b) the increase in the avera

  2. 18 Jun 2025

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  3. 23 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    As set out in the Spending Review 2025 document, published 11 June 2025, police core spending power includes projected spending from additional income, including estimated funding from the police council tax precept. The final police precept level and cor...

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