HC Deb 20 March 1989 vol 149 cc428-9W
Mr. Greg Knight

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what a ward sister would pay(a) in community charge and (b) in a system of capital value rates plus local income tax paid in the proportions of 80–20, respectively, if she lived in a typical one bedroom flat in Paddington.

Mr. Gummer

A ward sister earning £15,000 living in a flat in Paddington worth £70,000 would pay a community charge of £373 (disregarding the transitional safety net) and £1,165 under a system of capital value rates plus local income tax.