§ Mr. DafisTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will list for each district council in constant 1995 prices the actual amount collected in council tax within each band and in average terms for each available year since its introduction, indicating also the corresponding amounts collected per household; [1850]
(2) if he will list for each unitary council and for Wales as a whole (a) the estimated council tax which would be collected based on the latest provisional assessments issued to councils by his office and (b) the actual council tax levied during 1995–96 for each band and in average terms, indicating also the corresponding amounts collected per household; and if he will make a statement. [1851]
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesThe available information is given in the following tables. Table 1 gives the amounts of council tax budgeted to be collected by each authority at the beginning of each financial year. This information is not collected by band. The average per dwelling is based on the number of dwellings liable for the council tax in the relevant year.
Table 2 gives the available, equivalent information for unitary authorities.
The figures for the implied council tax levels in 1995–96 have been derived from the final disaggregated budget and indicative standard spending assessments issued on 27 October. These redistribute 1995–96 budgets and SSAs for the existing councils to the new authorities. Weighted band D taxes, based on the actual 1995–96 taxes set in each district area within the new unitary boundaries, are given together with estimates of the amount which would have been raised by that level of tax. Per dwelling averages are not available.
On 30 October, I announced that a scheme would be introduced to damp the increases in council tax arising from the disaggregation exercise. 751W
Table 1: Amounts raised from the council tax, band D averages and per dwelling averages, 1993–94 to 1995–96 at constant 1995–96 prices Total amount of council tax budgeted to be collected £ million) Average band D council tax (£) Average council tax per dwelling (£) 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 Preseli Pembrokeshire 9.0 9.8 10.7 354 381 427 313 340 378 South Pembrokeshire 5.7 6.0 6.8 339 368 416 304 322 367 Blaenau Gwent 6.4 6.7 7.2 315 319 343 217 220 238 Islwyn 5.9 5.9 6.4 319 308 334 224 236 255 Monmouth 10.1 10.3 11.1 330 330 351 349 346 368 Newport 13.9 14.3 15.3 324 328 349 272 277 294 Torfaen 8.8 9.1 10.0 326 327 354 253 259 280 Aberconwy 7.2 7.2 8.4 345 361 400 307 323 359 Arfon 5.8 6.3 6.7 342 365 382 270 286 302 Dwyfor 3.9 4.2 4.7 327 347 384 288 307 340 Meirionnydd 4.7 4.7 5.2 359 356 391 295 291 318 Ynys Mon 9.1 9.3 10.0 353 370 399 304 323 349 Cynon Valley 5.2 6.3 7.0 299 356 390 208 249 274 Merthyr Tydfil 4.7 5.6 6.4 294 349 396 203 242 274 Ogwr 12.5 15.9 18.3 297 358 401 248 304 342 Rhondda 5.9 7.4 8.3 292 353 400 191 235 266 Rhymney Valley 8.7 10.5 11.9 299 357 402 227 271 305 Taff Ely 9.5 11.0 12.3 324 365 402 268 300 332 Brecknock 5.2 5.6 6.2 326 356 393 310 339 370 Montgomeryshire 6.2 6.8 7.6 312 341 377 284 311 343 Radnorshire 2.9 3.2 3.6 309 341 378 287 317 348 Cardiff 29.3 29.6 33.8 302 299 338 266 265 299 Vale of Glamorgan 13.1 13.3 15.4 310 313 353 308 310 348 Port Talbot 5.5 5.9 6.4 366 385 419 279 293 317 Lliw Valley 7.3 7.9 8.7 366 384 419 298 313 341 Neath 8.0 8.6 9.3 400 422 454 313 328 353 Swansea 22.3 24.7 26.6 376 397 435 317 339 366 Wales 321.6 344.4 379.1 341 358 392 287 303 330 Source:
Local authority returns.
Table 2: Band D council tax estimates for unitary authorities—estimates based on the latest budget and indicative SSAs compared with averages of actual taxes levied in component districts, 1995–96 (a) Estimates based on latest unitary budget figures and indicative SSAs for 1995–96 (b) Estimates based on weighted averages of actual band D taxes set in component districts in 1995–96 Implied band D council tax (£) Implied council tax to be collected (£ million) Weighted band D council tax (£) Implied council tax to be collected (£ million) Anglesey 320 8.0 399 10.0 Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire 422 18.1 385 16.5 Aberconwy and Colwyn 292 12.0 394 16.2 Denbighshire 491 16.1 393 12.9 Flintshire 426 21.4 402 20.2 Wrexham 367 14.5 405 15.9 Powys 348 16.1 383 17.7 Cardigan 590 14.8 451 11.3 Pembrokeshire 372 15.4 423 17.5 Carmarthenshire 443 25.2 463 26.4 Swansea 348 26.1 432 32.5 Neath and Port Talbot 515 21.9 436 18.5 Bridgend 392 17.1 401 17.6 Vale of Glamorgan 346 15.8 355 16.2 Rhondda, Cynon, Taff 490 32.8 398 26.7 Merthyr Tydfil 435 7.1 396 6.4 Caerphilly 407 19.8 375 18.3 Blaenau Gwent 524 10.2 343 6.7 Torfaen 351 9.9 354 10.0 Monmouthshire 242 8.0 351 11.7 Newport 246 10.7 349 15.3 Cardiff 371 38.1 339 34.9 Wales 392 379.1 392 379.1 Source:
Local authority returns.
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