HC Deb 15 February 1988 vol 127 cc457-8W
Sir Brandon Rhys Williams

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his estimate of the amount of the aggregate annual relief to business chargepayers benefiting from the concession in each of the relevant years if the uniform business rate proposed in the Local Authority Finance Bill were phased in with an upper limit on the extent of any increase(a) of 20 per cent. and (b) of 10 per cent. in any years, assuming currently estimated rates of inflation of rateable values.

Mr. Howard

It is not yet possible to make an accurate estimate of the cost of setting the proposed ceiling on year-on-year rate increases at any given level. The ceiling will

S.12 Caravan Sites Act 1968 as amended: Designated authorities
Type of authority Made Laid before Parliament Coming into operation
London boroughs
Barking 13 March 1973 21 March 1973 1 June 1973
Bexley 17 April 1975 25 April 1975 1 July 1975
Camden1 27 April 1981 6 May 1981 27 May 1981
Croydon 28 May 1974 7 June 1974 1 August 1974
Enfield 4 March 1975 13 March 1975 1 June 1975
Greenwich 28 May 1974 7 June 1974 1 August 1974
Hammersmith and Fulham 1 July 1975 10 July 1975 1 August 1975
Havering 13 March 1973 21 March 1973 1 June 1973
Hillingdon 15 August 1984 15 August 1984 17 August 1984
Islington1 27 April 1981 6 May 1981 27 May 1981
Kensington and Chelsea1 17 April 1975 25 April 1975 1 June 1975
Kingston upon Thames 10 January 1984 19 January 1984 10 February 1984
Lambeth 3 April 1979 5 April 1979 26 April 1979
Lewisham 3 April 1979 5 April 1979 26 April 1979
Merton 8 May 1973 16 May 1973 1 August 1973
Newham 13 March 1973 21 March 1973 1 June 1973
Redbridge 13 March 1973 21 March 1973 1 June 1973
Richmond-upon-Thames 13 December 1972 21 December 1972 1 April 1973
Sutton 28 May 1974 7 June 1974 1 August 1974
Waltham Forest 13 March 1973 21 March 1973 1 June 1973
Wandsworth 5 November 1981 16 November 1981 7 December 1981
Westminster1 30 October 1974 7 November 1974 1 January 1975
Former county boroughs
Bolton 2 January 1974 17 January 1974 31 March 1974
Bury 8 May 1973 16 May 1973 1 August 1973
Leeds 8 May 1973 16 May 1973 1 August 1973
Lincoln 2 January 1974 17 January 1974 31 March 1974
Manchester 13 December 1972 21 December 1972 1 April 1973

apply both to increases resulting from the introduction of the uniform business rate, and to those resulting from the non-domestic revaluation in 1990; and detailed forecasts of the distribution of charges in rateable value on revaluation are not yet available.