§ 24. Mr. FENBYasked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the last complete year for which the Local Taxation Returns (England and Wales) have been published is 1924–25; and whether he will state when the Returns for 1926–27 will be made available?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. Part I of the Local Taxation Returns for 1925–26 has been published and the remaining Parts are now passing through the Press. The date when publication of the Local Taxation Returns for 1926–27 will be complete depends to a large extent on the date when the local authorities furnish my Department with the information to be included in the Returns. More than 100 of them have not yet sent me the required particulars. Information as to the poundage of the rates levied in 1926–27 in teach urban area and as to the amount and poundage of the rates levied in 1927–28 in each rating area in England and Wales has already been published.