§ Mr. Ioan Evansasked the Secretary of State for Wales what the standard rate levied in each Welsh district was in 259W 1974–75; and how these figures compare with 1973–74.
§ Mr. John MorrisThe average rates levied for district purposes in each Welsh district in 1974–75 are as follows:
District Rate poundage Clwyd Alyn and Deeside 14.2 Colwyn 16.0 Delyn 17.2 Glyndwr 13.5 [...]huddlan 17.3 [...]exham Maelor 13.0 Dyfed Carmarthen 15.9 Ceredigion 15.5 Dinefwr 15.6 Llanelli 13.9 Preseli 14.8 South Pembrokeshire 20.1 Gwent Blaenau Gwent 22.9 Islwyn 17.2 Monmouth 12.1 Newport 15.8 Torfoen 15.8 Gwynedd Aberconwy 17.8 Arfon 15.0 Dwyfor 12.5 Merionnydd 16.0 Ynys Môn 15.9 Mid-Glamorgan Cynon Valley 18.0 Merthyr Tydfil 27.0 Ogwr 14.1 Rhondda 20.0 Rhymney Valley 22.2 Taff Ely 13.5 Powys Brecknock 13.0 Montgomery 12.0 Radnor 13.8 South Glamorgan Cardiff 15.9 Vale of Glamorgan 13.5 West Glamorgan Afan 31.9 Lliw Vallev 15.0 Neath 14.2 Swansea 14.6 The information for 1973–74—before local government reorganisaion—is shown in the booklet "Rates and Rateable Values in England and Wales 1973–74" published by the Department of the Environment and Welsh Office.