HC Deb 10 July 1928 vol 219 cc2052-6
66. Mr. FENBY

asked the Minister of Health whether he will state, for each administrative county, the estimated assessable value, at April, 1927, of urban areas, rural districts, and the county as a whole, and for county boroughs the assessable value of the county borough as a whole?

Sir K. WOOD

As the answer contains a number of figures, I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Following is the answer:

Name of Administrative County. Assessable value for the purposes of the Agricultural Rates Act, 1923, according to the Valuation Lists in force in April, 1927.
Urban Areas. Rural Districts. Total.
1. 2. 3. 4.
£ £ £
Dorset … … 725,437 573,788 1,299,225
Durham … … 2,139,040 1,863,694 4,002,734
Ely, Isle of … … 181,147 140,255 321,402
Essex … … 3,838,250 1,417,951 5,256,201
Gloucester … … 613,483 1,048,017 1,661,500
Hereford … … 225,113 408,024 633,137
Hertford … … 1,685,153 767,134 2,452,287
Huntingdon … … 145,563 184,487 330,053
Kent … … 5,204,573 2,005,248 7,209,821
Lancaster … … 9,094,570 1,964,654 11,059,224
Leicester … … 516,035 803,266 1,319,301
Lincoln, Parts of Holland … … 143,301 165,597 308,898
Lincoln, Parts of Kesteven … … 207,218 336,998 544,216
Lincoln, Parts of Lindsey … … 565,865 614,735 1,180,600
London … … 56,987,174 — 56,987,174
Middlesex … … 9,308,377 590,509 9,898,886
Norfolk … … 288,169 1,075,939 1,364,108
Northampton … … 427,625 647,103 1,074,728
Northumberland … … 1,469,273 722,695 2,191,968
Nottingham … … 1,104,589 809,510 1,914,099
Oxford … … 197,689 484,058 681,747
Peterborough, Soke of … … 217,403 77,481 294,884
Rutland … … 19,188 107,779 126,967
Salop … … 562,583 757,984 1,320,567
Somerset … … 894,769 1,280,513 2,175,282
Southampton … … 1,204,047 1,425,458 2,629,505
Stafford … … 1,911,671 1,055,737 2,967,408
Suffolk, East … … 436,866 480,737 917,603
Suffolk, West … … 195,585 242,490 438,075
Surrey … … 5,503,516 1,484,645 6,988,161
Sussex, East … … 1,185,230 963,139 2,148,369
Sussex, West … … 654,069 632,859 1,286,928
Warwick … … 922,217 1,074,722 1,996,939
Westmorland … … 202,934 275,682 478,616
Wight, Isle of … … 368,255 170,676 538,931
Wilts … … 748,051 835,146 1,583,197
Worcester … … 862,771 559,508 1,422,279
York, East Biding … … 414,778 641,057 1,055,835
York, North Riding … … 995,945 895,150 1,891,095
York West Riding … … 5,979,903 2,579,021 8,558,924
Wales (with Monmouthshire).
Anglesey … … 53,846 98,845 152,691
Brecon … … 66,236 209,611 275,847
Caernarvon … … 358,709 216,357 575,066
Cardigan … … 79,665 111,112 190,777
Carmarthen … … 274,499 321,491 595,990
Denbigh … … 334,692 381,995 716,687
Flint … … 230,200 285,024 515,224
Glamorgan … … 2,272,396 943,926 3,216,322
Merioneth … … 85,648 94,362 180,010
Monmouth … … 1,232,601 317,472 1,550,073
Montgomery … … 86,060 173,592 259,652
Pembroke … … 135,290 152,507 287,797
Radnor … … 44,216 135,194 179,410
Totals for Administrative Counties—England and Wales. 131,910,932 43,551,457 175,462,389
II.—County Boroughs.
Name of County Borough. Assessable Value according to Valuation Lists in force in April, 1927.
England (excluding Monmouthshire). £
Barnsley … 276,860
Barrow-in-Furness … 428,636
Bath … 443,401
Birkenhead … 928,621
Birmingham … 5,925,783
Blackburn … 756,795
Blackpool … 1,098,784
Bolton … 1,167,309
Bootle … 637,815
Bournemouth … 1,047,535
Bradford … 2,524,501
Brighton … 1,010,473
Bristol … 2,192,395
Burnley … 632,450
Burton-upon-Trent … 300,476
Bury … 374,932
Canterbury … 141,153
Carlisle … 335,095
Chester … 253,761
Coventry … 627,760
Croydon … 1,542,152
Darlington … 477,380
Derby … 786,199
Dewsbury … 307,753
Doncaster … 415,462
Dudley … 223,685
Eastbourne … 576,963
East Ham … 642,979
Exeter … 456,213
Gateshead … 482,903
Gloucester … 335,209
Great Yarmouth … 293,518
Grimsby … 373,313
Halifax … 662,515
Hastings … 550,068
Huddersfield … 869,520
Ipswich … 477,348
Kingston-upon-Hull … 1,789,835
Leeds … 3,127,726
Leicester … 1,474,083
Lincoln … 332,851
Liverpool … 7,089,814
Manchester … 6,911,175
Middlesbrough … 654,437
Newcastle-upon-Tyne … 2,383,422
Northampton … 476,973
Norwich … 640,048
Nottingham … 1,663,311
Oldham … 830,027
Oxford … 497,532
Plymouth … 1,179,284
Portsmouth … 1,283,990
Preston … 631,291
Reading … 567,574
Rochdale … 609,943
Rotherham … 360,794
St. Helens … 442,330
Salford … 1,399,062
Sheffield … 2,549,656

Name of County Borough. Asses-able Value according to Valuation Lists in force in April, 1927.
£
Smethwick … 347,522
Southampton … 1,073,495
Southend-on-Sea … 945,305
Southport … 755,775
South Shields … 615,378
Stockport … 797,096
Stoke-on-Trent … 1,125,104
Sunderland … 758,680
Tynemouth … 328,887
Wakefield … 346,275
Wallasey … 712,254
Walsall … 381,614
Warrington … 424,635
West Bromwich … 297,749
West Ham … 1,419,933
West Hartlepool … 300,401
Wigan … 406,751
Wolverhampton … 736,082
Worcester … 284,239
York … 458,942
Wales (with Monmouthshire).
Cardiff … 1,649,666
Merthyr Tydfil … 252,951
Newport … 639,320
Swansea … 885,976
Totals for County Boroughs—England and Wales. 83,416,903