§ Mr. Ieuan Wyn JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales by how much council tax rates rose in 1997–98; and what estimate he has made of the amount by which they will rise in 1998–99, by unitary authority. [31360]
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§ Mr. Win GriffithsThe information requested is given in the table.
Increases in average band D council tax in 1997–98 and 1998–99 Increase between 1996– and 1997–98 payable council tax,1 Increase between 1996– and 1997–98 payable council tax,2 Unitary authority £ % £ % Isle of Anglesey 7 2 52 13 Gwynedd 35 7 70 14 Conwy 1 0 53 14 Denbighshire 69 15 67 13 Flintshire 10 2 51 11 Wrexham 31 6 52 11 Powys -8 -2 70 17 Ceredigion 52 10 70 13 Pembrokeshire 15 4 53 12 Carmarthenshire 4 1 54 10 Swansea 23 5 70 15 Neath Port Talbot 78 14 70 12 Bridgend 39 8 60 11 The Vale of Glamorgan 8 2 50 12 Rhondda Cynon Taff 65 13 70 13 Merthyr Tydfil 74 15 70 12 Caerphilly 53 II 62 12 Blaenau Gwent 64 15 70 14 Torfaen 45 10 47 10 Monmouthshire -6 -1 48 12 Newport 22 6 52 13 Cardiff 61 14 60 12 Wales 33 7 60 12 1 Payable council taxes for 1996–97 and 1997–98 including amounts collected for community councils and discretionary non-domestic rate relief and derived from local authority returns. 2 The estimated council tax figures for 1998–99 are those that would be set if each local authority set its budget at the maximum allowable under capping, but exclude council tax raised for community councils and discretionary non-domestic rate relief as these lie outside the capping regime.