§ Mr. Wakehamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) how many domestic ratepayers there are in England and Wales; how many there were in 1974 and 1975; and what percentage of
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CASUALTIES IN ACCIDENTS INVOLVING HEAVY GOODS VEHICLES Fatal Seriously injured Slightly injured Number Percentage of all casualties Number Percentage of all casualties Number Percentage of all casualties 1971 … … 1,492 19 8,415 9 20,650 8 1972 … … 1,417 18 7,844 9 19,790 8 1973 … … 1,376 19 7,859 9 19,406 8 1974 … … 1,168 17 6,827 8 16,329 7 1975 … … 1,044 16 6,136 8 15,870 7 those pay less than the full domestic rate, receiving some form of help or subsidy;
(2) whether, in allocating the rate support grant, he is aware of the number of domestic ratepayers in any local authority area and of the percentage of these paying less than the full domestic rate, receiving some form of help or subsidy; and if not whether he will arrange for the necessary statistics to be available.
§ Mr. Guy BarnettThe number of domestic hereditaments in each rating areas in England and Wales—which approximates to the number of domestic ratepayers—is shown in Her Majesty's Stationery Office publication "Rates and Rateable Values in England and Wales". Details of householders receiving supplementary benefit is given in Her Majesty's Stationery Office publication Social Security Statistics ". This information is not available by rating area.
Estimated numbers of rate rebates granted are as follows:
1973–74 0.9 million 1974–75 2.2 million 1975–76 not yet available Details of rate rebates by rating area granted during the period April-September 1974 were included in DoE Press notice No. 264 dated 25th March 1975 which is available in the Library. Later figures will be published in due course.