Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department holds data on parish precepts levied by (a) town and (b) parish councils.

The Ministry publishes detailed statistics on the precepts set by town and parish councils each year. The 2024-25 statistics are available at this address: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-council-tax.

The 2025-26 statistics are provisionally scheduled to be published on 7 May 2025. The overall average parish council precept increase for 2025-26 is 7.4% and all statistics related to the parish precept are published here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/council-tax-levels-set-by-local-authorities-in-england-2025-to-2026/council-tax-levels-set-by-local-authorities-in-england-2025-to-2026#parishes-and-other-local-precepting-authorities-in-england.