HC Deb 04 May 1983 vol 42 cc77-83W
Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the local authorities in order of the level of rates they impose starting with the highest.

Mr. Giles Shaw

[pursuant to his reply, 24 March 1983, c. 471–77]: Following is an amended list of local authorities placed in order of their local rates-precepts in 1982–83, along with the actual level of these local rates-precepts in that year.

List of local authorities placed in order of the level of their local rates* or precepts in 1982–83
Local rate or precept poundage in 1982–83 (pence)
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 197.5
Manchester 186.2
Haringey 181.8
Sheffield 181.8
Rochdale 173.5
North Tyneside 163.8
Brent 161.1
Waltham Forest 160.8
Walsall 158.1
Newham 157.0
Avon 156.0
Wigan 154.0
Humberside 153.0
Sunderland 151.8
Cleveland 150.0
Cheshire 149.4
Northumberland 149.0
Tameside 149.0
Bury 147.5
Bedfordshire 147.2
Doncaster 146.9
Liverpool 144.0
Barnsley 143.5
Isles of Scilly 143.3
Cumbria 143.0
Berkshire 142.8
St. Helens 140.8
Gateshead 139.8
Derbyshire 139.0
Nottinghamshire 139.0
Durham 137.0
Bradford 136.6
Knowsley 136.5
Staffordshire 134.0
Hertfordshire 134.0
Dorset 133.0
Sandwell 131.9
Gloucestershire 131.5
Hereford & Worcester 131.5
Oxfordshire 131.5
Calderdale 131.2
Suffolk 130.5
Northamptonshire 130.0
Coventry 130.0
Leicestershire 129.5
Warwickshire 129.3
South Tyneside 129.0
East Sussex 128.6
Hampshire 128.4
Buckinghamshire 128.1
Wirral 127.5

Local rate or precept poundage in 1982–83 (pence)
Isle of Wight 127.0
Rotherham 126.5
Lancashire 126.5
Wolverhampton 125.9
Essex 125.9
Birmingham 125.5
Wakefield 125.5
Harrow 125.0
North Yorkshire 125.0
Devon 124.8
Somerset 124.0
Kent 123.5
Shropshire 123.5
Wiltshire 122.6
Oldham 122.1
Surrey 121.3
Hounslow 121.2
Cambridgeshire 121.0
Lincolnshire 121.0
Bolton 120.1
Norfolk 120.0
West Sussex 119.0
Cornwall 117.5
Leeds 117.0
Dudley 116.1
Stockport 115.6
Salford 115.5
Solihull 114.5
Kirklees 113.2
Trafford 112.5
Bexley 111.8
Sefton 111.4
Hillingdon 108.5
Havering 105.6
Barking and Dagenham 105.4
Enfield 101.7
Ealing 97.2
Barnet 96.3
Merton 94.2
Sutton 92.4
Redbridge 89.4
Bromley 87.0
Kingston-upon-Thames 85.5
Richmond-upon-Thames 81.4
Southwark 80.6
Hackney 78.3
Camden 74.7
I.L.E.A. 71.0
South Yorkshire 69.8
Tower Hamlets 69.3
Croydon 67.2
Greenwich 62.3
Lewisham 59.9
Lambeth 59.2
Islington 59.1
Hammersmith and Fulham 57.5
Merseyside 54.0
Tyne and Wear 51.2
Thamesdown 50.5
Wansbeck 46.0
Harlow 45.1
West Yorkshire 44.5
Greater Manchester 42.0
West Midlands 40.3
Derwentside 40.2
Burnley 40.1
Darlington 40.0
Middlesbrough 39.5
Langbaurgh 39.2
Sedgefield 37.8
Stevenage 37.6
City of London 37.3
Blackburn 37.0
Norwich 36.8

Local rate or precept poundage in 1982–83 (pence)
Wear Valley 35.6
Kensington and Chelsea 35.2
Leicester 34.7
Crawley 34.5
Greater London Council 34.4
Brighton 34.2
Reading 34.0
Rossendale 33.2
Carlisle 33.0
Hyndburn 32.8
Chester le Street 32.8
Chesterfield 32.5
Basildon 32.4
Bristol 32.2
Adur 31.3
Great Yarmouth 31.2
Harrogate 30.8
Hertsmere 30.5
Scunthorpe 30.0
Blyth Valley 29.5
Corby 29.0
Cleethorpes 28.8
Easington 28.6
Pendle 28.0
Peterborough 28.0
Durham 27.7
Thanet 27.6
Copeland 27.4
Portsmouth 27.1
Nuneaton and Bedworth 26.5
Mansfield 26.5
Bassetlaw 26.3
N.E. Derbyshire 26.2
Wyre Forest 26.1
Dartford 26.1
Bolsover 25.8
Kingston-upon-Hull 25.7
Ipswich 25.6
Stockton on Tees 25.1
Eastbourne 25.0
Blackpool 25.0
Hartlepool 25.0
Elmbridge 25.0
The Wrekin 24.8
Westminster 24.7
Bournemouth 24.5
Warrington 24.0
Lincoln 24.0
Hereford 23.8
Welwyn Hatfield 23.6
Preston 23.6
Thurrock 23.5
Lancaster 23.5
Chester 23.4
Watford 22.8
Canterbury 22.7
Rushcliffe 22.6
Northampton 22.5
RibbleValley
22.4
Allerdale 22.1
Barrow-in-Furness 22.0
Rushmoor 22.0
South Wight 22.0
Halton 22.0
Worcester 22.0
Worthing 22.0
Scarborough 21.9
Newcastle-under-Lyme 21.7
Shepway 21.6
Southampton 21.5
Ashfleld 21.4
High Peak 21.3
Crewe and Nantwich 21.1

Local rate or precept poundage in 1982–83 (pence)
Ellesmere and Neston 21.0
Redditch 21.0
Sevenoaks 20.9
Tonbridge and Malling 20.9
Erewash 20.8
Derby 20.7
Luton 20.6
Glanford 20.5
North Warwickshire 20.4
Richmondshire 20.2
North West Leicester 20.2
Three Rivers 20.0
East Yorkshire 20.0
Medina 20.0
Wellingborough 20.0
East Hertfordshire 19.8
Milton Keynes 19.7
Basingstoke and Deane 19.6
Vale Royal 19.5
Nottingham 19.5
Boothferry 19.4
Kettering 19.2
Ashford 19.2
Tendring 19.1
Wy Chavon 19.1
Epsom and Ewell 19.1
Tynedale 19.1
Fareham 19.0
Rother 18.9
West Derbyshire 18.9
Melton 18.8
Gedling 18.8
Gravesham 18.7
Oxford 18.7
Hart 18.5
South Bedfordshire 18.4
Tunbridge Wells 18.4
Waverley 18.4
Woodspring 18.2
West Lindsey 18.2
Amber Valley 18.1
Southend-on-Sea 18.0
West Norfolk 18.0
Stratford-upon-Avon 17.9
North Wiltshire 17.9
Dacorum 17.8
Rugby 17.6
Great Grimsby 17.5
Stoke-on-Trent 17.5
Epping Forest 17.5
Craven 17.5
Shrewsbury and Atcham 17.4
Bracknell 17.3
North Hertfordshire 17.3
East Staffordshire 17.1
South Holland 17.1
North Bedfordshire 17.0
Weymouth and Portland 17.0
Hastings 17.0
Congleton 16.9
East Lindsey 16.6
West Lancashire 16.6
Christchurch 16.5
Wyre 16.5
Lichfield 16.5
Tamworth 16.5
Leominster 16.4
Alnwick 16.4
Carrick 16.2
Guildford 16.2
East Hampshire 16.1
Winchester 16.1
Rutland 16.1

Local rate or precept poundage in 1982–83 (pence)
Poole 16.0
Castle Point 16.0
St. Albans 16.0
Newark 16.0
Runnymede 16.0
Beverley 16.0
North Norfolk 15.9
Daventry 15.9
Teesdale 15.9
Fylde 15.9
Wandsworth 15.8
Dover 15.8
Castle Morpeth 15.8
South Shropshire 15.8
Waveney 15.8
South Derbyshire 15.7
Mid Suffolk 15.7
Mid Sussex 15.7
Gosport 15.7
Rochford 15.6
Surrey Heath 15.6
Lewes 15.6
Restormel 15.5
Caradon 15.5
Cheltenham 15.5
Warwick 15.5
Slough 15.4
Teignbridge 15.4
Woking 15.4
North Kesteven 15.3
Hambleton 15.3
Kerrier 15.2
Penwith 15.2
North Shropshire 15.1
Charnwood 15.1
Macclesfield 15.0
South Kesteven 15.0
Stafford 15.0
Maidstone 15.0
Boston 15.0
Northavon 14.9
Harborough 14.9
North Devon 14.9
Reigate and Banstead 14.9
Horsham 14.9
Swale 14.8
Broxtowe 14.8
Braintree 14.7
Mole Valley 14.7
Spelthorne 14.7
Eastleigh 14.6
Torbay 14.5
Oswestry 14.5
Malvern Hills 14.4
Bromsgrove 14.4
Ryedale 14.4
Newbury 14.3
Arun 14.3
Bridgnorth 14.3
Test Valley 14.2
Sedgemoor 14.2
Fenland 14.2
Staffs. Moorlands 14.2
South Ribble 14.1
South Hams 14.1
Torridge 14.1
Forest of Dean 14.1
St. Edmundsbury 14.1
Vale of White Horse 14.0
Mid Bedfordshire 14.0
Taunton Deane 13.9
Chorley 13.8
Blaby 13.7

Local rate or precept poundage in 1982–83 (pence)
Huntingdon 13.5
North Cornwall 13.5
Oadby and Wigston 13.5
Mid Devon 13.5
Plymouth 13.4
Rochester upon Medway 13.4
Havant 13.4
Holderness 13.4
Kennet 13.4
Stroud 13.3
Chichester 13.1
Exeter 13.0
Cambridge 13.0
South Staffordshire 13.0
Broxbourne 12.9
Wokingham 12.8
East Devon 12.8
South Oxfordshire 12.6
Berwick-upon-Tweed 12.5
York 12.5
Cannock Chase 12.5
Tandridge 12.3
South Bucks 12.1
New Forest 12.1
Cotswold 12.0
Salisbury 12.0
Chiltern 11.9
Eden 11.9
Colchester 11.8
West Somerset 11.8
Hinckley & Bosworth 11.8
Cherwell 11.8
West Devon 11.7
Hove 11.7
Purbeck 11.7
Tewkesbury 11.6
Suffolk Coastal 11.6
Windsor and Maidenhead 11.6
Aylesbury Vale 11.6
Forest Heath 11.4
Wycombe 11.4
Maldon 11.3
Breckland 11.3
East Northampton 11.3
Brentwood 11.2
Wimborne 11.0
Kingswood 11.0
Babergh 10.8
Wansdyke 10.7
Broadland 10.6
South Norfolk 10.6
South Lakeland 10.5
South Herefordshire 10.4
West Wiltshire 10.4
Selby 10.3
West Oxfordshire 10.1
Wealden 9.9
South Northampton 9.8
Uttlesford 9.3
South Cambridgeshire 9.2
Gloucester 9.0
West Dorset 8.8
Mendip 8.3
East Cambridgeshire 8.2
Chelmsford 7.9
Yeovil 7.9
Bath 7.7
North Dorset 7.6
Gillingham 6.1

Notes:

(1) Local rates are inclusive of special district expenses and parish precepts.