§ Mr. HarveyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what assessment the Government have made of the impact of the introduction of the uniform business rate on bankruptcy levels in the south-west.
§ Mr. Robin SquireWe have made no such assessment. Bankruptcy may be caused by a variety of factors.
The business rate transitional arrangements helped those businesses most seriously affected by the 1990 reforms. Many businesses in the south-west benefited from the arrangements. These have already been improved by some £1,250 million as a result of the Non-Domestic Rating Act 1992, with a proposed further £560 million of assistance in this year's Budget.
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