§ Mr. Raisonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his estimate of the likely impact of the proposed unified business rate after revaluation on non-domestic ratepayers in each of the districts of Buckinghamshire, expressed as a percentage change.
§ Mr. HowardThe table shows the effect on business rates in Buckinghamshire districts if a uniform non-domestic rate had been set in 1987–88 at the present national average poundage. Arrangements for the revaluation of non-domestic property are not yet sufficiently far advanced to predict what the impact will be in Buckinghamshire.
Present poundage Uniform poundage Per cent, change Aylesbury Vale 220.9p 224.1p +1.5 South Bucks 222.0p 224.1p +1.0 Chiltern 227.2p 224.1p -1.4 Milton Keynes 236.9p 224.1p -5.4 Wycombe 223.8p 224.1p +0.2