§ Mr. Gristasked the Secretary of State for Wales what are the estimated water and sewerage charges as a percentage of the most recently notified average domestic rate for each district authority in Wales.
§ Mr. John MorrisWater and general service, including sewerage, charges do not form part of the domestic rate. The average water services charge and average domestic rate bill for each district in 1975–76 are shown below. The figures for rate bills are the average amounts204W paid by domestic ratepayers after the deduction of the domestic element of the rate suppor grant—36p in the £.
Water Services Charge (water plus general services charge) Average Domestic Rate Payments (after plus allowing domestic rate relief) £ £ Clwyd Alyn-Dee 43.80 * Colwyn 43.94 58.19 Delyn 41.35 58.98 Glyndwr 34.55 42.81 Rhuddlan 45.34 62.44 Wrexham-Maelor 29.47 44.06 Dyfed Carmarthen 29.86 35.85 Ceredigion 31.91 38.14 Dinefwr 26.83 27.55 Llanelli 31.25 41.80 Preseli 29.30 37.49 South Pembrokeshire 34.46 55.40 Gwent Blaenau Gwent 28.32 40.29 Islwyn 32.14 38.63 Monmouth 40.46 50.98 Newport 44.87 55.42 Torfaen 33.51 46.51 Gwynedd Aberconwy 42.68 60.31 Arfon 29.91 * Dwyfor 30.78 38.27 Meirionnydd 31.73 45.34 Ynys Mon 35.43 49.86 Mid Glamorgan Cynon Valley 24.86 37.60 Merthyr Tydfil 26.13 46.95 Ogwr 35.29 53.58 Rhondda 21.56 32.87 Rhymney Valley 31.53 56.51 Taff-Ely 30.88 * Powys Brecknock 32.17 36.22 Montgomery 20.17 29.95 Radnor 29.34 31.04 South Glamorgan Cardiff 49.81 70.20 Vale of Glamorgan 47.90 61.57 West Glamorgan Afan 31.40 62.62 Lliw Valley 29.09 42.15 Neath 31.96 45.52 Swansea 38.69 69.55 * Information not yet available.