HC Deb 24 July 1989 vol 157 cc467-8W
Mr. David Nicholson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what estimates he has for the total amounts raised by domestic rates in(a) Somerset, (b) Dorset, (c) Devon and (d) Wiltshire in the last three financial years for which comparable figures are available.

Mr. Gummer

The figures sought are:

£ million
1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
Somerset 67 76 85
Dorset 109 120 129
Devon 135 154 172
Wiltshire 78 86 95

Note: Figures are net of rate relief grant and gross of rebates. The figures for 1989–90 are based on budgets.