§ Mr. BOWENasked the Minister of Health what are the estimated annual amounts by which occupiers of agricultural land and buildings in each of the following counties will benefit through the provisions of the Local Government Act, 1929: Cheshire, Berkshire, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Derbyshire, Essex, Kent, Notts, Shropshire, Surrey, War wick and Norfolk?
§ Mr. GREENWOODThe Local Government Act, 1929, exempts the occupiers of agricultural land and agricultural buildings from rates in respect of those hereditaments. It is estimated, on the basis of the provisional claims received for the first half of the current financial year for grants under the Agricultural Rates Act, 1929, that the annual amount of rates which would, but for the above-mentioned exemption, have been payable by occupiers in respect of agricultural land and agricultural buildings situate in any administrative county mentioned in column 1 of the following table is approximately the amount set opposite the name of that county in column 2 of the table:
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Name of Administrative County. Amount. 1. 2. £ Cheshire 93,000 Berkshire 35,000 Hampshire 62,000 Isle of Wight 7,000 Derbyshire 79,000 Essex 85,000 Kent 105,000 Notts. 59,000 Shropshire 111,000 Surrey 31,000 Warwick 78,000 Norfolk 155,000