§ Sir William SheltonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how much community charge payers in Lambeth, who are eligible, will benefit in 1991–92 from the community charge reduction scheme, where the property in which they live paid(a) average rates in 1989–90, (b) half the average rate and (c) quarter the average rate; and what was the average domestic rate in Lambeth in 1989–90.
§ Mr. PortilloAs a result of the Government's general £140 reduction in headline charges and of the community charge reduction scheme, a couple in Lambeth living in a property of average rateable value for the area will have to pay £568 between them, in a property of half average rateable value £310 between them and in one quarter of average rateable value £181 between them. The average domestic rates bill in Lambeth in 1989–90 was £516.