§ Dr. CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will extract from the data used in constructing figures 9 to 11 of his Department's note on the relationship between local taxes and income and the distributional impact of the community charge in England (1) the number of households expected to receive community charge bills, (2) the total number of(a) primary and (b) secondary tax units in these households, (3) the total value of the gross bills for (a) primary and (b) secondary tax units in these households, (4) the number of households where one or more members is expected to receive a rebate, (5) the toal value of the net bills for the households receiving such rebates, (6) the total number of (a) primary tax units receiving rebates and (b) secondary tax units receiving rebates in these households, (7) the total value of the rebates for these (a) primary and (b) secondary tax units, and (8) the total value of the net bills for those (a) primary and (b) secondary tax units, the figures to be provided (a)) for all households in England and (b) separately for (i) one adult (non-retired), (ii) one adult (retired), (iii) pensioner couples, (iv) other two adult households, with or without children, (v) three adults, with or without children and (vi) four or more adults, with or without children.
§ Mr. Ridley[holding answer 22 February 1988]: It is not possible to provide the information in the precise form requested. The tables set out the estimates in the form which is available. Community charge bills and rebates will apply to individuals and not to households. Details of the community charge rebate system have not yet been decided. For the purposes of the exemplifications published on 13 January the arrangements due to come into force on 1 April have been carried forward. The figures are consistent with those exemplifications, but should be treated as indicative only. The estimated value of rebates does not include the benefit of the uprating of income support rates in respect of the 20 per cent. minimum contribution to rates in 1988–89. The net cost of community charges to tax unit types is not, therefore, the difference between gross community charges and the value of rebates.
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Millions1 Household type Single pensioner 1.5 Other single adult 0.7
Household type Two adults 2.5 Three + adults 1.1 All 5.8
Primary tax units Tax unit type Number paying charge (millions) Total gross community charge bills (£ millions) Number entitled to community charge rebate (millions) Total value of rebates (£ millions) Single pensioner 3.0 611 1.8 251 One parent family 0.7 147 0.3 56 Other single adult 2.4 514 0.5 74 Couple—no children 6.5 2,592 1.4 309 Couple—1 child 2.2 863 0.3 76 Couple—2 children 2.6 1,008 0.3 81 Couple—3 or more children 1.0 404 0.2 65 All 18.4 6,140 4.8 912 Note: Numbers may not add due to rounding.
Secondary tax units Tax unit type Number paying charge (millions) Total gross community charge bills (£ millions) Number entitled to community charge rebate (millions) Total value of rebates (£ millions) Single pensioner 0.4 85 0.3 39 One parent family 0.1 18 0.1 9 Other single adult 3.8 772 0.9 139 Couple—no children 0.1 35 0.0 6 Couple—1 child 0.0 15 0.0 3 Couple—2 children 0.0 9 0.0 3 Couple—3 or more children 0.0 5 0.0 1 All 4.4 939 1.3 199 Note: Numbers may not add due to rounding.