Research Note 126 | 09 April 2013
Empty Property Rates: The £1.1 billion tax bombshell For the first time, the TaxPayers’ Alliance can reveal how much local authorities have collected in Business Rates levied on empty properties. Relief has traditionally been provided to landlords with empty commercial properties, exempting them from Business Rates for the first three months and charging them at 50 per cent thereafter. Empty industrial properties were exempt from all Business Rates. But at the 2007 Budget it was announced that after a three-month exemption period for non-industrial property, and a six-month exemption period for industrial property, full Business Rates would be payable on all empty commercial and industrial properties. Some relief was offered with all properties under a Rateable Value of £15,000 exempted for the 2009-10 financial year. This window was kept open for the 2010-11 financial year and the threshold was lifted to £18,000. The economic downturn has made it increasingly difficult to find new tenants quickly. This has led to some landlords choosing to demolish properties rather than pay full rates for long periods of time while seeking new tenants. Pensioners who own commercial units as a means of supplementing their retirement income are also struggling with higher bills. Senior politicians from both Coalition parties opposed the tax in opposition. Vince Cable said that penalising property owners for their properties being vacant was “a ludicrous situation, completely counterproductive and economically very damaging,” whilst Michael Gove described the removal of empty property rate relief as being “universally recognised as a wicked and ungodly act.”1 However, once in Government, both Coalition parties have justified it on revenue-raising grounds. At the 2008 Budget it was estimated that the “rationalisation of empty property relief” would increase revenue by £900 million in 2010-11. But there has never been a proper analysis of how much revenue is actually raised through empty property rates.
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The key findings of this research are:
More than £1.1 billion was paid in empty property rates in 2011-12.
The amount collected in empty property rates has increased by 19 per cent since 2009-10.
In some Local Authority areas, empty property rates are a much heavier burden than in others, even in the same region. For example:
Northampton property owners paid the most empty property rates in the East Midlands – £7.8 million. But Daventry had the highest empty property rates bill per head of population, at almost £50 per person or more than one tenth of total Business Rates paid.
Basildon property owners paid the highest empty property rates bill in the East of England, at more than £6.7 million.
City of Westminster property owners paid the most empty property rates amongst London Boroughs and the most of any local authority – £100.7 million. This was more than five times more than the next highest in London (Tower Hamlets with £18.3 million).
Newcastle-upon-Tyne property owners paid the most in empty property rates in the North East – over £6 million.
Liverpool property owners paid £13.8 million in empty property rates. This was the highest in the North West, and almost £3 million more than nearby Manchester which has a larger population.
Highland property owners paid the most in empty property rates in Scotland – almost £6 million – and almost £1 million more than those in Glasgow, which has a population two and a half times larger.
Reigate and Banstead property owners paid £9.3 million in empty property rates. This was the most in the South East. The next highest was Basingstoke and Deane with £6.5 million. This was also the highest amount per head of population outside of London – more than £67 per person and accounting for just under one fifth of Business Rates.
City of Bristol property owners paid £11.1 million in empty property rates, by far the most in the South West. The figure is almost three times that of the next highest in the region – Wiltshire with £3.8 million.
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Sources and methodology
The research was compiled using Freedom of Information (FoI) requests. Requests were submitted to all local authorities in England, Wales and Scotland responsible for the collection of non-domestic rates.
The information requested was: - The amount the local authority raised in non-domestic rates (Business Rates) in 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12. - The revenue raised by rates levied on empty properties in financial years 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12.
The majority of local authorities were able to fully answer the questions, but some gave partial answers. Therefore, values for local authorities which failed to fully detail the revenue raised by rates levied on empty properties have been projected.
If a response was only given for question one, the revenue raised on empty properties has been projected using the average ratio for empty property rates to total business rates for the type of local authority (unitary, district etc.).
These councils are marked with an asterisk (*) in the full table.
Projections for revenue raised on empty properties have not been used where a partial response to question 2 has been given.
Projections were made using population figures from the 2011 census, and averages from full responses. Councils with projected figures are not included in the key findings. They have only been used to produce an accurate estimate of the total amount of empty property rates paid in Great Britain.
For example, for a district council: - All the full responses from district councils were used. - The mean population and mean revenue raised by business rates in district councils was calculated. - The mean business rates revenue was then divided by mean population to calculate a value for business rates raised per head of population. - This number was multiplied by the population for local authorities which failed to answer question 1 to project the revenue raised through business rates. - The mean revenue raised through empty property rates was divided by the mean total revenue raised by business rates to get a ratio of empty property rates to total business rates. - This ratio was then applied to the total business rates raised for the local authorities that didn’t provide an answer to question 2. - The process was carried out separately for district councils, unitary authorities, metropolitan districts, Scottish councils, Welsh councils and London Boroughs (due
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to the extremely high values of Westminster City Council and a partial response from The City of London, they were excluded from calculations to give a fairer projections).
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Table 1: Amount raised in Business Rates levied on empty properties, 2009-10 to 2011-12, broken down by region Region
Population
Non-Domestic Business Rates Levied on Empty Properties in 2011-12 (£)
East Midlands
4,533,500
68,268,097
East of England
5,846,800
100,978,346
London
8,174,100
350,343,791
North East
2,596,800
37,993,927
North West
7,052,300
102,876,149
Scotland
5,223,000
39,891,122
South East
8,530,700
151,062,753
South West
5,289,300
64,084,224
Wales
3,063,200
29,554,862
West Midlands
5,601,800
96,045,909
Yorkshire and Humber
5,283,700
79,036,212
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Table 2: Amount raised in Business Rates levied on empty properties, 2009-10 to 2011-12, broken down by local authority Council
Non-Domestic Business Rates Levied on Empty Properties (£) 2009-10
Aberdeen City
2010-11
2011-12
1,830,896
2,124,732
1,839,829
Aberdeenshire*
992,065
1,089,980
1,210,701
Adur-Worthing
524,494
546,322
1,110,964
1,180,394
1,089,640
1,217,830
Not available
1,005,478
1,303,345
Angus
231,728
218,414
274,021
Argyll and Bute
263,014
227,983
204,474
Arun
141,309
334,273
780,549
Ashfield
2,241,592
2,267,996
2,181,798
Ashford
Not available
Not available
381,630
Aylesbury Vale*
2,244,486
2,105,952
2,267,303
Babergh*
1,064,177
977,819
1,041,892
Barking and Dagenham
3,900,000
2,800,000
2,300,000
Barnet*
4,599,565
4,760,711
5,413,139
Barnsley
Not available
1,344,565
1,704,227
707,446
648,194
703,057
Basildon
7,955,080
7,411,619
6,714,827
Basingstoke and Deane
6,550,375
5,878,485
6,517,904
Bassetlaw*
1,894,034
1,738,407
1,854,119
Bath and North East Somerset*
1,505,379
1,674,241
1,861,567
Not available
2,970,000
2,820,000
3,103,637
3,016,243
3,315,455
15,667,822
15,325,219
20,180,722
Allerdale* Amber Valley
Barrow-in-Furness*
Bedford Borough Bexley Birmingham*
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Council
Non-Domestic Business Rates Levied on Empty Properties (£) 2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
Blaby*
1,948,073
1,770,410
1,922,074
Blackburn with Darwen*
1,242,862
1,274,487
1,387,077
Not available
Not available
1,391,717
413,971
408,572
494,332
Bolsover
1,200,000
1,100,000
1,200,000
Bolton
2,610,034
2,521,950
3,129,002
Boston
106,579
122,206
313,017
Bournemouth
1,999,501
1,967,587
2,182,124
Bracknell Forest*
1,432,706
1,552,781
1,684,661
Bradford
6,535,000
5,151,000
9,998,000
Braintree
3,900,000
3,890,000
3,120,000
Breckland
2,098,426
1,919,012
1,725,682
Brent
5,195,191
4,956,705
6,204,319
Brentwood
1,034,119
1,265,299
725,551
Bridgend*
825,570
814,802
985,832
Brighton and Hove*
2,755,674
2,883,318
3,071,409
Bristol, City of
5,718,000
11,371,000
11,094,000
Broadland*
1,302,391
1,202,129
1,312,489
Bromley
2,693,865
1,979,490
2,954,730
Bromsgrove
3,895,379
3,182,150
3,066,968
Broxbourne
912,662
1,018,597
775,408
Broxtowe*
1,217,549
1,108,015
1,202,682
Burnley*
1,247,105
1,176,787
1,295,450
Bury
3,505,280
4,277,370
3,340,264
Caerphilly
1,156,774
1,205,441
1,252,202
Blackpool Blaenau Gwent*
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Council
Non-Domestic Business Rates Levied on Empty Properties (£) 2009-10
Calderdale
2010-11
2011-12
686,821
1,081,350
2,317,928
5,134,137
4,973,551
5,432,522
10,826,980
13,701,042
16,511,125
Cannock Chase
1,634,454
3,166,957
2,540,794
Canterbury*
2,318,658
2,201,191
2,424,104
Cardiff*
4,461,875
4,763,697
5,747,586
Carlisle*
1,795,683
1,713,871
1,900,410
Carmarthenshire
694,000
743,000
1,513,000
Castle Point
194,545
266,709
546,835
9,983,128
7,359,604
6,652,447
Ceredigion
361,214
287,591
380,182
Charnwood
1,708,091
1,320,468
2,108,303
Chelmsford
1,988,802
2,287,742
2,833,599
Cheltenham
1,827,831
1,814,072
2,390,091
Cherwell*
3,341,404
2,985,610
3,229,447
Cheshire East
4,878,341
2,814,527
1,602,814
Cheshire West and Chester
3,419,518
3,251,682
5,072,106
Chesterfield
939,054
233,592
672,801
Chichester*
2,085,659
1,848,191
1,906,459
Chiltern
2,015,134
2,210,310
2,378,993
Chorley
Not available
465,397
807,902
488,353
447,451
485,323
28,786,472
30,195,764
35,482,610
243,069
136,786
130,182
1,111,340
1,122,682
1,626,074
Cambridge* Camden
Central Bedfordshire
Christchurch* City of London* Clackmannanshire Colchester
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Council
Non-Domestic Business Rates Levied on Empty Properties (£) 2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
Conwy*
771,233
767,611
841,059
Copeland*
722,803
662,265
718,319
Not available
1,366,660
1,406,617
1,098,837
1,279,687
2,975,415
848,731
777,645
843,465
4,031,814
3,560,042
5,622,746
915,428
751,912
825,239
5,644,874
4,978,612
5,335,070
Croydon
Not available
Not available
7,715,968
Dacorum
3,141,360
3,177,088
2,470,119
Darlington
1,956,165
1,718,048
1,425,937
Dartford
2,249,696
2,178,776
3,326,420
Daventry
2,234,030
2,703,968
3,855,426
617,128
658,110
837,722
4,795,771
2,921,358
3,709,934
147,334
110,298
438,459
Doncaster
1,755,282
1,918,090
3,422,299
Dover*
1,675,331
1,503,937
1,631,181
Dudley*
2,642,680
2,566,447
3,302,233
291,000
375,000
376,000
Dundee City
1,196,828
1,393,928
1,350,028
Durham*
3,139,233
3,167,281
3,456,643
Ealing
8,100,000
7,200,000
7,100,000
East Ayrshire
1,812,312
2,173,173
Not available
East Cambridgeshire
1,222,619
1,189,261
1,073,471
Corby* Cornwall Cotswold* Coventry Craven* Crawley*
Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Dales
Dumfries and Galloway
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Council
Non-Domestic Business Rates Levied on Empty Properties (£) 2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
East Devon*
1,456,515
1,197,296
1,211,261
East Dorset*
892,754
817,981
887,215
East Dunbartonshire*
352,659
334,218
355,021
East Hampshire
693,275
653,141
1,038,854
East Hertfordshire
1,351,284
1,341,216
1,607,146
East Lindsey*
1,628,745
1,455,218
1,553,440
219,569
228,014
198,257
1,087,183
892,200
1,019,206
East Lothian East Northamptonshire* East Renfrewshire
Renfrewshire responsible for collection of Business Rates
East Riding of Yorkshire East Staffordshire
1,255,339
1,035,384
1,743,404
1,326,861
984,980
484,084
Eastbourne
1,000,000
1,000,000
490,000
Eastleigh
424,760
535,502
807,638
Eden*
538,519
493,415
535,178
Edinburgh*
4,992,990
4,712,531
5,119,754
Eilean Siar*
187,984
666,570
207,303
Elmbridge*
2,488,271
2,394,632
2,605,584
Enfield*
4,845,585
4,767,903
5,311,742
Epping Forest
718,266
726,410
1,110,886
Epsom and Ewell*
768,874
704,477
764,104
Erewash
1,914,196
2,094,953
1,800,527
Exeter*
3,163,395
3,097,450
3,446,268
Falkirk*
1,123,913
1,167,626
1,287,884
Fareham
2,100,884
1,794,994
2,082,788
Fenland
1,016,919
758,783
400,388
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Council
Non-Domestic Business Rates Levied on Empty Properties (£) 2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
Fife*
2,618,446
2,882,288
3,159,833
Flintshire
2,763,479
2,574,869
1,719,507
Forest Heath
1,056,847
1,074,340
987,635
636,670
855,939
1,943,384
Not available
Not available
746,293
3,326,710
3,308,505
4,261,481
473,214
349,382
707,286
Glasgow City
4,301,418
3,862,731
5,075,310
Gloucester
1,593,718
1,592,440
2,068,880
Gosport
140,688
159,954
589,064
Gravesham*
951,040
907,743
1,033,092
Great Yarmouth*
1,339,134
1,263,274
1,359,236
Greenwich*
2,631,122
2,509,078
2,803,698
Guildford
3,964,432
3,068,643
3,929,752
Gwynedd
Not povided
319,833
469,056
Hackney*
10,310,687
10,367,532
11,892,263
3,243,521
2,716,174
3,776,196
66,593
644,410
700,438
8,940,000
11,170,000
14,990,000
Not available
257,252
943,113
Haringey
1,098,497
1,000,101
579,200
Harlow
3,201,240
2,728,874
3,731,790
Harrogate*
2,657,666
2,513,157
2,802,688
10,009,278
10,064,461
11,544,621
3,618,767
3,217,698
3,951,732
Forest of Dean Fylde Gateshead* Gedling
Halton Hambleton* Hammersmith and Fulham Harborough
Harrow* Hart
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Council
Non-Domestic Business Rates Levied on Empty Properties (£) 2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
Hartlepool
565,079
561,824
1,089,888
Hastings*
875,645
903,185
1,013,998
Havant
844,007
1,025,802
1,455,144
6,162,048
5,117,876
5,173,358
Not available
288,396
950,870
Hertsmere*
2,536,611
2,226,801
2,461,336
High Peak*
930,635
852,689
924,861
5,145,433
63,113,036
5,999,709
15,864,594
1,537,907
16,161,316
Hinckley and Bosworth
Not available
822,067
1,030,911
Horsham
Not available
1,179,918
1,378,571
Havering Herefordshire
Highland Hillingdon*
Hounslow
10,487,344
8,261,955
7,243,377
Hull
7,743,868
7,155,114
7,424,312
Huntingdonshire*
2,933,975
2,685,430
2,967,681
Hyndburn*
956,656
853,101
970,153
Inverclyde*
311,926
284,891
311,520
1,064,177
977,819
1,041,892
Isle of Anglesey*
413,378
407,986
493,624
Isle of Wight*
939,699
939,343
995,128
Isles of Scilly*
68,289
65,389
70,389
Islington*
6,950,731
7,490,750
8,830,951
Kensington and Chelsea
9,019,972
8,153,588
9,861,284
Not available
433,420
768,001
King's Lynn and West Norfolk*
1,790,134
1,811,014
1,935,157
Kingston upon Thames*
3,610,769
3,437,867
3,755,754
Ipswich*
Kettering
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Council
Non-Domestic Business Rates Levied on Empty Properties (£) 2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
Kirklees*
3,568,337
3,465,401
4,458,911
Knowsley
1,190,077
1,014,523
1,744,054
Lambeth
3,074,434
3,021,530
4,338,536
Lancaster
1,789,731
1,601,747
1,512,229
13,686,574
14,381,110
17,715,802
3,235,000
2,874,000
5,598,000
Not available
345,853
629,208
Lewisham
2,782,174
2,249,041
2,913,658
Lichfield*
1,030,967
944,619
1,024,571
Lincoln*
2,204,693
1,987,492
2,206,534
Liverpool
13,388,889
14,484,416
13,831,755
964,436
2,841,828
1,895,853
1,676,450
1,461,516
1,676,437
209,050
136,671
365,327
1,891,816
1,737,693
1,878,894
Not available
10,222,000
11,065,000
Mansfield*
1,446,123
1,184,740
1,397,802
Medway*
2,153,590
2,202,181
2,515,735
Melton
58,274
74,008
129,121
Mendip
375,726
542,063
760,246
Merthyr Tydfil
661,312
675,290
571,451
Not available
6,850,888
6,429,344
Mid Devon*
606,129
595,986
660,201
Mid Suffolk*
1,064,177
977,819
1,041,892
Not available
783,421
1,298,444
Leeds Leicester Lewes
Luton Maidstone Maldon Malvern Hills* Manchester
Merton
Mid Sussex
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Council
Non-Domestic Business Rates Levied on Empty Properties (£) 2009-10
Middlesbrough
2010-11
2011-12
1,511,856
950,563
1,180,748
358,307
368,534
412,981
Milton Keynes*
4,969,066
4,490,125
4,780,304
Mole Valley
1,642,149
1,434,880
1,639,793
Monmouthshire*
607,903
566,756
714,354
Moray
267,780
275,144
277,542
Neath Port Talbot
526,441
490,566
734,015
New Forest*
2,805,611
3,067,444
3,334,926
Newark and Sherwood
2,260,827
2,039,858
1,880,982
Newcastle upon Tyne
4,557,273
4,794,338
6,002,386
Newcastle-under-Lyme
2,982,467
2,981,841
3,072,573
Newham*
4,386,785
4,619,691
5,116,491
Newport
1,703,349
1,909,566
2,815,233
North Ayrshire
356,829
295,914
324,973
North Devon
286,935
251,362
731,077
North Dorset*
702,327
643,504
697,970
North East Derbyshire*
830,652
690,041
779,251
North East Lincolnshire
1,134,473
1,290,290
1,928,588
North Hertfordshire
2,374,540
2,853,512
1,925,810
North Kesteven
1,080,317
986,606
1,118,748
North Lanarkshire
2,276,664
2,014,010
2,023,140
North Lincolnshire
446,600
1,013,371
789,960
North Norfolk
618,769
713,627
595,977
North Somerset
2,688,047
2,813,979
2,194,234
North Tyneside
3,509,000
2,635,000
3,700,000
Midlothian*
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2010-11
2011-12
North Warwickshire*
2,114,057
1,876,616
2,024,398
North West Leicestershire*
2,311,467
2,232,802
2,253,203
10,556,822
7,167,069
7,817,566
Northumberland*
6,102,820
6,253,794
6,697,233
Norwich*
3,724,289
3,420,238
3,715,153
Nottingham*
5,903,899
6,049,952
6,478,937
Nuneaton and Bedworth*
1,282,822
1,175,379
1,274,863
46,706
185,138
457,596
1,526,129
1,494,663
2,462,840
50,485
55,922
49,968
Not available
2,830,604
2,404,885
1,094,311
1,356,534
1,571,005
916,302
839,557
910,617
Perth and Kinross*
1,070,063
1,087,509
1,180,030
Peterborough
2,737,782
2,416,678
3,629,098
Plymouth*
2,711,984
2,913,314
3,071,313
Poole
1,151,689
1,349,808
2,022,889
Portsmouth*
2,209,745
2,199,940
2,458,032
Powys*
857,311
851,021
1,052,237
Preston
3,578,426
3,331,464
2,737,172
Purbeck
48,936
186,850
363,191
Reading*
3,006,991
3,081,379
3,299,871
Redbridge*
2,308,537
2,347,406
2,513,656
558,966
1,435,868
958,943
2,179,247
1,451,436
1,024,473
Northampton
Oadby and Wigston Oldham Orkney Islands Oxford Pembrokeshire* Pendle*
Redcar and Cleveland Redditch
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Non-Domestic Business Rates Levied on Empty Properties (£) 2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
Reigate and Banstead
9,423,012
8,555,831
9,313,391
Renfrewshire
1,125,440
1,128,180
1,183,567
Rhondda, Cynon, Taf
1,524,000
1,752,000
1,749,000
584,590
535,628
580,963
3,622,741
3,528,916
3,795,355
66,593
644,410
700,438
Rochdale
Not available
700,000
3,400,000
Rochford
220,446
435,643
708,351
Rossendale*
616,683
585,082
635,028
Rother
184,740
120,939
519,776
Rotherham*
2,719,198
2,678,858
3,510,201
Rugby
3,551,458
3,901,427
3,472,695
Runnymede*
2,242,679
2,055,564
2,150,498
Rushcliffe
366,235
352,163
598,785
Rushmoor
2,137,597
1,599,668
2,461,192
Rutland
82,844
91,061
120,260
Ryedale
18,551
30,249
177,934
Salford*
3,467,385
2,969,667
4,133,259
Sandwell*
4,471,726
4,229,660
5,529,725
Scarborough*
1,679,291
1,645,328
1,793,118
242,862
218,886
899,034
Sedgemoor
1,224,342
1,094,100
1,505,503
Sefton
1,053,263
1,364,307
1,813,306
Selby*
1,431,402
1,388,766
1,663,726
Sevenoaks
1,271,666
1,157,953
2,043,999
Ribble Valley* Richmond upon Thames* Richmondshire*
Scottish Borders
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Sheffield*
2010-11
2011-12
4,667,975
4,533,318
5,832,995
217,627
335,108
540,736
56,920
61,537
65,294
Shropshire*
2,174,052
2,083,159
2,209,850
Slough
5,496,515
5,619,318
5,138,724
Solihull*
4,488,864
4,297,209
5,484,125
South Ayrshire
402,738
391,545
430,059
South Bucks
138,591
215,126
122,930
3,134,530
2,906,451
3,153,265
487,439
764,360
648,963
4,994,434
4,948,512
3,669,081
Shepway Shetland Islands
South Cambridgeshire* South Derbyshire South Gloucestershire South Hams
146,296
296,138
570,138
South Holland*
1,118,423
972,607
1,097,568
South Kesteven*
1,888,459
1,713,609
1,826,788
South Lakeland
1,584,909
1,357,790
1,106,601
South Lanarkshire
1,939,618
1,761,622
2,063,474
South Norfolk
1,174,000
1,361,000
1,320,000
872,278
799,220
866,866
1,227,324
1,889,984
1,700,966
Not available
501,448
797,736
1,651,391
1,513,078
1,641,145
922,112
924,245
464,420
South Tyneside*
1,169,658
1,142,985
1,496,184
Southampton
2,559,978
3,342,513
4,655,616
Southend-on-Sea*
3,352,689
3,435,629
3,679,239
South Northamptonshire* South Oxfordshire South Ribble South Somerset* South Staffordshire
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Southwark*
2010-11
2011-12
9,067,531
9,820,410
11,040,153
Spelthorne
900,742
964,189
1,344,236
St Albans*
3,068,996
2,684,585
2,784,580
St Edmundsbury
3,279,857
3,042,443
2,651,826
271,386
1,401,211
1,849,436
2,528,377
2,760,177
1,515,117
Staffordshire Moorlands*
994,110
910,849
987,943
Stevenage
443,274
1,860,892
1,790,017
Stirling*
642,573
588,532
616,343
Stockport*
2,392,686
2,323,664
2,989,845
Stockton-on-Tees
5,830,415
4,733,574
3,942,298
Stoke-on-Trent*
4,808,868
4,927,831
5,277,250
Stratford-on-Avon
4,304,486
4,689,199
3,802,310
Stroud
1,856,825
2,095,266
2,009,224
777,922
360,472
674,075
Sunderland
2,789,775
2,418,004
3,782,187
Surrey Heath*
1,763,522
1,614,735
1,803,114
Sutton*
2,417,829
2,223,795
2,428,162
686,482
901,433
1,202,345
Swansea
2,048,285
1,516,782
2,747,876
Swindon*
3,225,711
3,162,185
3,303,359
Tameside
Not available
Not available
1,792,644
Tamworth
1,181,172
1,160,331
1,203,967
Tandridge
760,409
532,852
883,788
Taunton Deane
429,926
426,120
810,433
St. Helens Stafford
Suffolk Coastal
Swale
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Teignbridge
2010-11
2011-12
890,066
1,152,785
363,042
2,524,314
4,228,178
4,576,480
372,523
429,735
312,951
Test Valley*
1,191,704
1,091,893
1,184,310
Tewkesbury
1,130,599
316,750
975,580
Thanet*
1,469,646
1,378,856
1,523,161
The Vale of Glamorgan*
1,113,431
1,077,743
1,438,962
Three Rivers*
1,510,766
1,342,254
1,451,764
Thurrock*
2,901,800
3,292,909
3,481,520
Tonbridge and Malling*
2,497,131
2,292,914
2,566,941
Torbay
555,744
466,584
1,256,130
Torfaen
132,449
216,234
234,287
Torridge*
653,185
598,477
649,132
13,377,084
16,759,297
18,287,738
Trafford
7,900,000
6,700,000
8,300,000
Tunbridge Wells
1,392,667
1,323,420
1,522,868
Uttlesford
1,182,247
1,199,035
1,234,641
Vale of White Horse
2,568,292
1,934,692
2,620,843
Wakefield
6,520,967
5,782,949
7,621,833
Walsall
1,507,164
1,431,259
1,540,607
Waltham Forest
1,292,972
1,163,819
2,095,010
Wandsworth*
5,102,215
4,988,336
5,538,713
Warrington*
3,905,033
4,001,636
4,285,381
Warwick
4,304,486
4,689,199
3,802,310
Watford*
3,615,848
3,307,728
3,765,284
Telford and Wrekin Tendring
Tower Hamlets
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2010-11
2011-12
Waveney
1,760,679
1,550,064
1,951,134
Waverley
2,647,831
2,894,440
3,656,217
Wealden*
1,524,439
1,396,760
1,514,981
Wellingborough
2,162,188
2,037,936
1,422,804
Welwyn Hatfield
1,549,823
1,181,254
2,376,528
West Berkshire
1,814,476
4,054,930
2,634,261
West Devon*
547,733
501,858
544,335
West Dorset
194,558
133,252
509,588
West Dunbartonshire*
1,128,923
1,169,753
1,267,892
West Lancashire*
1,384,044
1,293,375
1,429,045
West Lindsey
678,401
432,918
652,403
West Lothian
2,012,000
1,737,000
1,997,000
West Oxfordshire
8,777,297
746,604
1,543,547
355,259
325,504
353,055
67,399,728
95,039,927
100,702,065
68,821
76,548
169,493
Wigan*
2,684,065
2,606,637
3,353,946
Wiltshire
1,552,704
2,140,289
3,794,485
Winchester
1,469,825
1,812,791
1,181,106
Windsor and Maidenhead
4,246,431
3,784,713
4,333,190
Wirral
1,250,934
1,100,774
2,399,084
Not available
2,939,816
3,030,988
Wokingham
6,035,268
5,174,321
5,228,413
Wolverhampton
2,367,532
1,981,404
3,375,486
Worcester*
1,891,816
1,737,693
1,878,894
West Somerset* Westminster Weymouth and Portland
Woking
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2010-11
2011-12
Wrexham*
1,054,932
961,583
1,192,342
Wychavon*
1,761,897
1,661,762
1,878,894
Wycombe
4,270,731
3,772,607
2,421,434
Wyre*
1,047,337
1,008,687
1,152,441
Wyre Forest
2,571,624
2,483,347
2,597,646
York
1,433,714
905,936
1,904,172
940,102,923
970,042,426
1,120,135,393
Totals
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