Rate Increases

HC Deb 15 April 1988 vol 131 cc273-80W

Mr. Latham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if, pursuant to the answer given by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, the hon. Member for Southampton, Itchen (Mr. Chope), on 13 April,Official Report, column 127, he will explain how the figure for local rate increases is made up; and if he will list in ascending order by class of authority the local rate poundages for all counties, boroughs and districts in England.

Mr. Chope

The local rate for a district or borough is made up from the rate charged by the district itself together with the average of parish precepts and special district expenses and precepts charged by certain other specialised bodies such as waste disposal authorities. It does not include the precepts charged by higher tier authorities, that is, county councils in the shires, police, fire and civil defence and transport authorities in metropolitan areas and London, and the Inner London education authority. A ranked list of the available information on local rates poundages in 1988–89 for districts and boroughs and precepts for county councils by class of authority is as follows.

Shire County Precepts 1988–89
	P
Hereford & Worcester	185.0
Norfolk	190.9
Kent	192.0
West Sussex	192.0
Berkshire	193.6
Shropshire	200.0
Hampshire	200.3
Surrey	202.7
Dorset	203.0
Lincolnshire	204.0
Suffolk	204.0
Cornwall	207.7
Devon	209.8
Staffordshire	215.0
Cambridgeshire	216.0
North Yorkshire	217.0
East Sussex	217.1
Gloucestershire	217.3
Wiltshire	219.3
Leicestershire	221.2
Somerset	224.0
Warwickshire	227.1
Isle of Wight	227.2
Buckinghamshire	227.7
Northamptonshire	229.0
Cheshire	232.0
Lancashire	234.0
Essex	235.0
Oxfordshire	238.6
Hertfordshire	240.4
Northumberland	1244.5
Durham	246.0
Bedfordshire	246.4
Avon	246.5
Nottinghamshire	253.0
Cumbria	260.0
Humberside	261.0
Cleveland	282.0
Derbyshire	297.5
1 includes Northumbria Police Authority precept

London boroughs local rates 1988–89
	P
City of London	67.1
Inner London
Kensington and Chelsea	4.2
Wandsworth	36.1
Westminster	51.0
Islington	89.7
Lambeth	92.3
Southwark	101.0
Camden	117.0
Tower Hamlets	123.2
Lewisham	131.8
Hammersmith and Fulham	133.3
Hackney	134.7
Greenwich	136.0

	P
Outer London
Redbridge	130.8
Croydon	136.9
Bromley	140.9
Merton	151.0
Havering	157.4
Ealing	167.0
Bexley	168.3
Kingston-upon-Thames	169.4
Harrow	173.4
Barnet	177.6
Sutton	178.9
Richmond-upon-Thames	180.0
Barking and Dagenham	181.4
Enfield	185.9
Hillingdon	190.7
Waltham Forest	199.1
Haringey	214.7
Hounslow	221.1
Brent	249.0
Newham	259.7

Metropolitan districts local rates 1988–89
	P
Solihull	170.7
Trafford	201.2
Stockport	209.6
Dudley	211.0
Leeds	212.1
Sefton	217.8
Wolverhampton	218.3
Bolton	218.8
Sandwell	219.6
Birmingham	220.3
Oldham	239.0
Walsall	239.5
Wirral	242.7
Bury	244.7
Coventry	250.6
St. Helens	253.2
Gateshead	254.6
South Tyneside	254.6
Salford	257.6
Barnsley	261.1
Wakefield	262.3
Kirklees	263.0
Rotherham	263.7
Doncaster	264.5
Sunderland	264.6
Knowsley	265.9
Liverpool	268.2
Tameside	268.5
Newcastle-upon-Tyne	270.0
Wigan	270.2
Bradford	277.6
Rochdale	281.6
Calderdale	283.9
Manchester	285.6
North Tyneside	289.8
Sheffield	290.4

Shire Districts local rates 1988–89
	P
Spelthorne	4.2
Hove	4.9
Melton	5.8
Bath	7.0
Gillingham	7.0
Vale of White Horse	9.2
Basingstoke and Deane	9.7
Rochester on Medway	10.2
Slough	10.3
Cherwell	11.9

	P
East Northampton	12.2
Wansdyke	12.4
Aylesbury Vale	12.7
South Northampton	13.0
Salisbury	13.0
East Cambridgeshire	13.5
South Cambridgeshire	14.1
Purbeck	14.3
Bracknell	14.8
York	14.8
Newbury	15.1
Wycombe	15.6
Hereford	15.8
West Dorset	15.9
Exeter	16.0
Windsor and Maidenhead	16.1
Huntingdonshire	16.1
South Buckinghamshire	16.4
South Herefordshire	16.4
Kingswood	16.5
Tewkesbury	16.7
West Oxfordshire	16.7
Colchester	16.8
South Oxfordshire	16.9
Runnymede	17.0
North Dorset	17.1
Tandridge	17.6
Charnwood	18.2
North Norfolk	18.5
Bridgnorth	18.6
South Kesteven	18.7
St. Edmundsbury	18.7
Brentwood	18.9
Maldon	18.9
Cotswold	18.9
Hinckley and Bosworth	18.9
Poole	19.0
Castle Point	19.0
Wellingborough	19.0
Taunton Deane	19.0
Tamworth	19.0

Local rates 1988–89
	P
East Devon	19.1
Blaby	19.3
South Shropshire	19.4
South Lakeland	19.5
Forest Heath	19.5
Chelmsford	19.6
Cheltenham	19.7
Rutland	19.9
Mendip	19.9
Chiltern	20.1
Chichester	20.1
Bromsgrove	20.2
Stafford	20.2
Breckland	20.6
Guildford	20.6
Kennet	20.6
Surrey Heath	20.7
South Staffordshire	20.8
Teesdale	20.9
Southend on Sea	21.0
Dacorum	21.0
Broadland	21.0
Fenland	21.1
Stratford-on-Avon	21.2
Erewash	21.3
Plymouth	21.5
Maidstone	21.5
Oadby and Wigston	21.5
Christchurch	21.6
Uttlesford	21.6
Test Valley	21.6

	P
West Somerset	21.6
Macclesfield	21.8
Gloucester	22.0
Boston	22.0
South Norfolk	22.2
Kings Lynn/West Norfolk	22.2
Broxbourne	22.3
North Bedfordshire	22.4
Epping Forest	22.5
Ryedale	22.5
Worthing	22.5
Lichfield	22.6
Wokingham	22.7
Restormel	22.7
Eden	22.7
Lewes	22.8
Sedgemoor	22.9
Mole Valley	22.9
Horsham	22.9
Weymouth and Portland	23.0
Braintree	23.0
Babergh	23.0
East Staffordshire	23.2
Cambridge	23.5
Rother	23.5
Eastleigh	23.5
Gosport	23.5
Mid Bedfordshire	23.8
Caradon	23.8
Alnwick	23.8
Havant	24.1
Berwick-upon-Tweed	24.2
South Somerset	24.2
North Shropshire	24.5
Kettering	24.6
Northavon	24.7
Ashford	24.7
Amber Valley	24.8
Derby	25.0
Bournemouth	25.0
Tendring	25.0
Forest of Dean	25.0
Rushmoor	25.0
Glanford	25.0
Wyre	25.0
Broxtowe	25.0
Mid Devon	25.1
Craven	25.1
Dover	25.2
Warwick	25.2
West Devon	25.3
Leominster	25.3
Wavenley	25.3
Hambleton	25.4
Elmbridge	25.4
Dartford	25.5
Corby	25.5
South Hams	25.6
Daventry	25.6
North Cornwall	25.7
West Wiltshire	25.8
East Hertfordshire	25.9
Copeland	26.0
Hastings	26.0
Southampton	26.0
Allerdale	26.1
Winchester	26.2
Holderness	26.2
Mid Suffolk	26.2
South Derbyshire	26.3
Gravesham	26.3
Shrewsbury and Atcham	26.3
Rugby	26.3
Rochford	26.5
St. Albans	26.5
Arun	26.5
Luton	26.6

	P
Eastbourne	26.6
Waverley	26.6
Teignbridge	26.7
East Dorset	26.7
Penwith	26.8
Tunbridge Wells	26.8
North Kesteven	26.8
Woodspring	26.9
North Devon	26.9
East Hampshire	26.9
Lancaster	27.0
Gedling	27.2
Carrick	27.3
Torridge	27.3
Wealden	27.3
Medina	27.3
South Holland	27.4
Tynedale	27.4
South Bedfordshire	17.7
Richmondshire	27.7
Congleton	27.8
Rushcliffe	27.8
Reading	28.0
Fareham	28.0
East Lindsey	28.1
Harhorough	28.2
West Lancashire	28.6
North Hertfordshire	28.7
Canterbury	28.7
Three Rivers	28.9
Great Grimsby	29.0
Nottingham	29.0
Stoke-on-Trent	29.0
Woking	29.0
Derbyshire Dales	29.1
Sevenoaks	29.1
Reigate and Banstead	29.1
Swale	29.2
South Ribble	29.2
New Forest	29.3
Milton Keynes	29.6
Chester	29.6
Kerrier	29.6
Beverley	29.7
Fylde	29.7
Cannock Chase	29.9
Brighton	30.0
Portsmouth	30.0
Staffordshire Moorlands	30.0
Chorley	30.1
Worcester	30.2
Wychavon	30.3
Newcastle under Lyme	30.3
Stroud	30.4
Malvern Hills	30.4
Great Yarmouth	30.5
Oswestry	30.5
Carlisle	30.8
Watford	30.9
Lincoln	31.0
Hertsmere	31.1
Selby	31.2
Newark and Sherwood	31.3
Ellesmere and Neston	31.5
Vale Royal	31.5
West Lindsey	31.7
Scarborough	31.8
Tonbridge and Malling	31.9
Middlesbrough	32.2
Ribble Valley	32.7
Thanet	32.8
North Wiltshire	33.0
Mid Sussex	33.1
Ashfield	33.2
Halton	33.5
Castle Morpeth	33.5
Boothferry	33.8

	P
Crewe and Nantwich	33.9
Epsom and Ewell	33.9
Torbay	34.5
Northampton	34.6
Chesterfield	34.7
South Wight	34.9
Warrington	35.1
Barrow in Furness	35.2
North West Leicester	35.7
High Peak	35.8
Cleethorpes	35.8
Mansfield	36.0
Hart	36.3
Redditch	36.5
Suffolk Coastal	36.6
Peterborough	37.0
Stockton on Tees	37.2
Shepway	37.3
Wyre Forest	37.4
Welwyn Hatfield	38.5
Blackpool	38.5
Hartlepool	40.0
Harrogate	40.1
The Wrekin	40.2
Ipswich	40.5
Stevenage	41.3
Oxford	41.6
Bassetlaw	43.2
Chester le Street	43.8
Hyndburn	43.9
Nuneaton and Bedworth	44.1
Scunthorpe	45.0
Preston	45.1
Norwich	45.5
East Yorkshire	46.0
North East Derbyshire	46.2
North Warwickshire	46.3
Thurrock	46.9
Kingston-upon-Hull	47.0
Blackburn	47.0
Adur	47.3
Bristol	47.4
Crawley	48.0
Langbaurgh-on-Tees	48.4
Durham	49.0
Basildon	49.7

	P
Bolsover	50.2
Thamesdown	51.1
Pendle	51.5
Leicester	52.3
Blyth Valley	54.0
Rossendale	54.2
Easington	55.5
Wansbeck	58.0
Darlington	62.2
Burnley	63.0
Derwentside	64.3
Sedgefield	66.6
Wear Valley	66.7
Harlow	92.9