§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the rate rise, expressed as a percentage on the old rate, for ratepayers living in the metropolitan council areas; and which metropolitan council charged the biggest percentage increase, which was second, third, and fourth biggest and which the lowest.
§ Mr. KingThe estimated increase in domestic rate poundages in 1980–81 in the metropolitan council areas is 29.8 per cent. The four highest increases and the lowest increase in these areas are:
Highest Percentage Wolverhampton 55.9 Liverpool 49.9 Sheffield 45.1 Sandwell 42.2 Lowest Oldham 16.0