§ Lieut.-Colonel ACLAND-TROYTEasked the Minister of Health the average amount of rates in the £ paid in the following counties during the last year for which figures are available, and the amount produced by a 1d. rate in each case: Essex, Middlesex, Hants, Dorset, Devon, Somerset, Cornwall, and Yorks (West Riding)?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINThe following statement gives the desired information.
Name of Administrative County. Average rate per pound of assessable value of rates levied in the financial year 1927–28. Product of a penny rate in 1927–28 as estimated for the purposes of Section 9 of the Rating and Valuation Act,1925. 1. 2. 3. s. d. £ Essex 17 0 20,493 Middlesex 12 11 39,512 Southampton 11 6 10,049 Dorset 12 9 4,973 Devon 12 9 9,559 Somerset 12 1 8,371 Cornwall 14 10 5,018 York, West Riding. 14 4 32,683