HC Deb 05 May 1976 vol 910 cc370-1W
Mr. Andrew F. Bennett

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the rate poundage of each metropolitan district council and each non-metropolitan county council in England and Wales for 1976–77, indicating the actual and percentage increase that this represents over the previous two financial years.

Metropolitan District 1976–77 Average non-domestic rate 1976–77 Increase over 1975–76 1976–77 Increase over 1974–75
P P % P %
Bolton 66.2 3.9 6 11.8 22
Bury 67.5 5.9 10 12.2 22
Manchester 88.7 6.0 7 22.0 33
Oldham 76.3 3.4 5 18.5 32
Rochdale 82.9 5.9 8 23.6 40
Salford 74.4 7.0 10 19.6 36
Stockport 70.5 9.6 16 17.5 33
Tameside 76.5 6.0 9 16.2 27
Trafford 75.6 2.2 3 12.9 21
Wigan 72.6 5.9 9 18.3 34
Knowsley 88.3 6.1 7 14.9 20
Liverpool 71.1 2.0 3 6.5 10
St. Helens 77.2 6.8 10 19.0 33
Sefton 63.8 1.8 3 12.4 24
Wirral 77.2 6.0 8 19.0 33
Barnsley 79.6 10.0 14 20.1 34
Doncaster 87.2 8.8 11 27.1 45
Rotherham 81.4 6.8 9 26.5 48
Sheffield 79.0 4.8 6 16.7 27
Gateshead 84.5 0.7 1 18.7 28
Newcastle 96.3 -1.8 -2 19.6 26
North Tyneside 84.8 3.1 4 15.8 23
South Tyneside 79.1 -3.3 -4 8.7 12
Sunderland 82.0 4.0 5 18.7 30
Birmingham 73.6 2.1 3 17.3 31
Coventry 73.0 3.0 4 19.2 36
Dudley 61.4 5.4 10 16.1 36
Sandwell 74.5 4.7 7 21.6 41
Solihull 67.4 6.3 10 12.1 22
Walsall 66.5 6.1 10 21.6 48
Wolverhampton 66.6 7.0 12 17.0 34
Bradford 82.5 1.7 2 21.1 34
Calderdale 73.6 1.7 2 17.0 30
Kirklees 69.7 0.7 1 9.9 17
Leeds 61.4 -1.1 -2 5.5 10
Wakefield 82.8 0.8 1 17.1 26
Non-metropolitan districts—England 71.0 5.4 8 17.8 33
Non-metropolitan districts—Wales 86.9 6.9 9 23.4 37