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Combined Authorities: Council Tax

Answer

The Government publishes data on the average Band D council tax set by each individual authority - including mayoral combined authorities - in the annual council tax levels publication. Band D is used as the standard for comparing council tax levels between and across local authorities. Individual local authorities also publish further details about their council tax charges.

The average Band D council tax set by each local authority for 2024-25 are as follows:

Authority	Average council tax for the authority (Band D) – general functions of the mayor £	Average council tax for the Authority (Band D) – Police and Crime Commissioner functions of the mayor £
West Midlands	0.00	N/A
Greater Manchester	112.95 (Note 1)	256.30
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough	36.00	N/A
Liverpool City Region	19.00	N/A
North of Tyne	0.00 (Note 2)	N/A
South Yorkshire	0.00	N/A
Tees Valley	0.00	N/A
West Yorkshire	0.00	249.28
Greater London Authority	166.27 (Note 3)	305.13

Note 1: Greater Manchester’s general functions includes the responsibility for Fire and Rescue provision. This is not the case for any other Authority and so the figure is not directly comparable.

Note 2: The North of Tyne Combined Authority will be replaced by the newly established North East Mayoral Combined Authority.

Note 3: Greater London Authority is not a Combined Authority and therefore the Mayor has different roles and responsibilities which are not directly comparable.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

22434

Session

2023-24

Subjects

Council tax Combined authorities

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

View this Written question on www.parliament.uk