§ Mr. Stephen Rossasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what were the average annual payments of rates, both domestic and commercial, by rate-payers in the counties of the Isle of Wight, Hampshire, West Sussex and Dorset for the years 1978, 1979, 1980 and 1981.
§ Mr. KingDifferences in rate payments between different authorities are determined by the differences in rateable values and the differences in rate poundages levied by county and district authorities. The following table gives the average payments spread over each whole county, but cannot be properly interpreted without a comparison also of average rateable values.
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Average Unrebated Rate Payments by Country, 1978–79 to 1981–82 Domestic ratepayers* Commercial ratepayers 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Isle of Wight 121 156 183 200 531 652 749 816 Hampshire 144 167 216 243 1,071 1,228 1,547 1,732 West Sussex 138 171 206 233 966 1,167 1,354 1,539 Dorset 140 175 224 248 752 898 1,110 1,226 * Average rate payment per shop, office or other commercial hereditament, excluding lock-up garages.