§ Dr. CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in theOfficial Reportfigures, based on tables 1 to 5 of the Non-Domestic 287W Rating: Transition consultation paper published on 15 February, showing separately the effects of (a) the revaluation and (b) the introduction of a unified business rate.
§ Mr. Ridley[holding answer 21 February 1989]: The information is set out in the tables. It must be emphasised that it is based on a preliminary sample survey of the effects of the revaluation of non-domestic properties and the introduction of a uniform business rate (UBR). The new valuations supplied for the sample of properties were best estimates, and not actual revaluations. The results therefore need to be interpreted with caution.
As in the consultation paper the tables are all in 1988–89 prices. They break down the aggregate figures, to show first the effect of introducing a uniform business rate with no revaluation and second the effect of the revaluation with the UBR in place. The tables given here exclude the effects of the transitional arrangements for the new system. Table 3, and part of table 5, of the consultation paper show the effects of the transitional arrangements, which will apply to the total changes in rate bills, and are not defined in a way which enables their effect to be disaggregated between the introduction of the uniform business rate and the revaluation.
Columns and rows may not sum due to rounding in these and the original tables.
Table 1A Amounts of overall increases and reductions in rate bills (excluding effect of transitional arrangements) Aggregate reduction (-) increase (+) Net change on UBR Net change on revaluation £ million £ million £ million England Gainers -1,550 -360 -1,190 Little change (less than ± 5 per cent) -4 +41 -45 Losers +1,550 +315 +1,235 Wales Gainers -40 -3 -39 Little change (less than ± 5 per cent) — — — Losers +40 +3 +40
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Table 2A Distribution of overall change in rate bills (excluding effect of transitional arrangements) Change in rate bill: reduction (-) increase (+) Net change on UBR Net change on revaluation £ million £ million £ million England Reductions 50 per cent, or more -570 -150 -420 5 per cent, to 50 per cent. -980 -210 -760 Little change (less than ± 5 per cent.) -4 +41 -45 Increases 5 per cent.to 50 per cent. +460 +200 +260 50 per cent, to 100 per cent. +450 +50 +400 100 per cent, or more +650 +70 +580 Wales Reductions 50 per cent, or more -12 — -11
Change in rate bill: reduction (-) increase (+) Net change on UBR Net change on revaluation £ million £ million £ million 5 per cent. to 50 per cent. -30 -3 -27 Little change (less than ± 5 per cent.) — — — Increases 5 per cent, to 50 per cent. +18 +2 +16 50 per cent, to 100 per cent. +16 — +15 100 per cent, or more +8 — +8
Table 4A: Possible change in rate bills by properly type, England and Wales (excluding effect of transitional arrangements) Property Type Overall reduction (-) increase (+) in rate bill Net change on UBR Net change on revaluation per cent per cent per cent. England Factories -25 -8 -18 Warehouses -12 -4 -8 Shops +14 -3 +17 Offices +14 +20 -5 Other properties +7 -3 +10 Wales Factories -16 -3 -14 Warehouses -9 +2 -10 Shops +18 0 +18 Offices +5 +4 +1 Other properties +6 +1 +5
Table 5A:Projected changes in rate bills by region, England (excluding effects of transitional arrangements.) Region Overall reduction (-) increase (+) Net change on UBR Net change on revaluation £ million £ million £ million North West -310 -160 -150 West Midlands -200 -20 -180 East Midlands -130 -70 -60 Yorkshire and Humberside -150 -150 0 Northern -50 -100 +50 East Anglia +40 +10 +30 South West +130 -20 +150 Inner London +390 +460 -70 Outer London +50 +80 -30 Rest of the South East +230 -10 +250