HC Deb 29 March 1938 vol 333 cc1840-3W
Mr. Ede

asked the Minister of Health whether he will give for each of the administrative counties of England and Wales the total rate in the £ levied for the financial year ending 31st March, 1938, and the similar figure to be levied for the financial year ending 31st March, 1939?

[NOTE.—The amounts in the £ for each county shown in columns 3 and 6 represent the aggregates of the rate poundages for each special county purpose for which a separate rate is levied. There are areas in each county which are exempt from contributing to one or more of the special county purposes, and consequently the amounts entered in columns 3 and 6, and the totals entered in columns 4 and 7 are greater than the actual rate poundages of the precepts issued by the county council in respect of such areas.]

Name of Administrative County. 1937–38. 1938–39.
Amount in the £ for Amount in the £ for
General County purposes. Special County purposes. Total amount in £ of County Council precepts. General County purposes. Special County purposes. Total amount in £ of County Council precepts.
1. 2. 3. 4 5. 6. 7.
ENGLAND. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
Bedford 3 9.3 5 11.7 9 9 4 6.6 6 1.2 10 7.8
Berks 4 7 3 1.5 7 8.5 4 7.9 3 2.1 7 10
Buckingham 4 4.5 2 10.5 7 3 4 10.5 2 10.5 7 9
Cambridge 4 4 7 4 11 8 5 0.8 7 2.5 12 3.3
Chester 4 4.8 2 10.2 7 3 4 6.2 2 10.8 7 5
Cornwall 4 11.5 4 0.5 9 0 4 11.5 4 0.5 9 0
Cumberland 5 10.2 4 11.8 10 10 6 3.5 4 11.5 11 3
Derby 4 3.5 4 2.7 8 6.2 2 1(a) 2 2.3(a) 4 3.3(a)
Devon 4 2 3 4 7 6 4 2.6 3 4.4 7 7
Dorset 5 11.2 3 2.8 9 2 6 9.8 3 4.7 10 2.5
Durham 7 4 6 10 14 2 4 4(a) 3 8(a) 8 0(a)
Ely, Isle of 11 0 — 11 0 10 0 — 10 0
Essex 5 2 4 1.5 9 3.5 5 4.3 4 3.5 9 7.8
Gloucester 4 10 4 8 9 6 4 11 4 9 9 8
Hereford 5 0 4 9 9 9 5 3 4 8 9 11
Hertford 4 7.5 2 4.5 7 0 2 3(a) 1 3(a) 3 6(a)
Huntingdon 8 6 — 8 6 9 0 — 9 0
Kent 4 7.5 3 10.5 8 6 4 11 4 0 8 11
Lancaster 4 9 4 2.9 8 11.9 5 4 4 9.2 10 1.2
Leicester 6 5.2 3 7.8 10 1 7 3 4 0 11 3
Lincoln, Parts of Holland 4 9 5 9 10 6 5 5 6 1 11 6
Lincoln, Farts of Kesteven. 8 6.8 2 5.2 11 0 8 9 2 3 11 0
Lincoln, Parts of Lindsey. 8 8 10.5 9 6.5 9 0 10.8 9 10.8
Middlesex 4 6 2 8.2 7 2.2 4 11 2 10.8 7 9.8
Norfolk 6 0.8 6 5.2 12 6 5 5.2 6 3.8 11 9
Northampton 5 9.5 3 8.5 9 6 5 10 3 5 9 3
Northumberland 4 1.8 3 6.2 7 8 4 4.5 3 8.5 8 1
Nottingham 4 1.5 4 9 8 10.5 4 2.5 4 9.4 8 11.9
Oxford 5 1.2 3 8.8 8 10 5 6.5 3 9.5 9 4
Peterborough, Soke of 4 1 4 9 8 10 4 1 4 9 8 10
Rutland 7 4 — 7 4 3 9(a) — 3 9(a)
Salop 5 3 4 11 10 2 5 6 5 0 10 6
Somerset 5 1.2 3 7.8 8 9 5 4.2 3 7.8 9 0
Southampton 4 5 2 9 7 2 2 2.5(a) 1 4.5 (a) 3 7(a)
Stafford 4 3 5 5 9 8 4 1 5 7 9 8
Suffolk, East 5 0 3 9 8 9 5 4 3 11 9 3
Suffolk, West 5 10 6 2 12 0 5 10.5 5 10.5 11 9
Surrey 3 8 2 3.5 5 11.5 4 0 2 5.5 6 5.5
Sussex, East 4 3.5 2 8.5 7 0 4 3.5 2 8.5 7 0
Sussex, West 4 0 2 6 6 6 4 0 2 7 6 7
Warwick 4 3.2 3 9.1 8 0.3 4 4.1 3 8.9 8 1

Sir K. Wood

The following statement shows of rate poundages of the precepts of the county councils (other than the London County Council) in England and Wales for general county purposes and special county purposes in respect of each of the financial years 1937–38 and 1938–39, after deducting the block grants payable to those councils under the Local Government Act, 1929, and other credits.

1937–38. 1938–39.
Name of Administrative County. Amount in the £ for Amount in the £ for
General County purposes. Special County purposes. Total amount in £ of County Council precepts. General County purposes. Special County purposes. Total amount in £ of County Council precepts.
1. 2. 3. 4 5. 6. 7.
s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
Westmorland … 3 6.5 3 7.5 7 2 3 9 3 7 7 4
Wight, Isle of … 4 3.3 1 8.5 5 11.8 4 9.2 1 11.4 6 8.6
Wilts … 5 1 5 2 10 3 5 1 5 2 10 3
Worcester … 5 2 4 2 9 4 4 8 4 8 9 4
York, East Riding … 3 10.5 3 7.5 7 6 3 10.5 3 7.5 7 6
York, North Riding … 3 10.5 4 9.5 8 8 4 2.8 4 11.2 9 2
York, West Riding … 5 9.1 5 5.9 11 3 6 6.8 5 8.2 12 3
WALES.
Anglesey … 11 2.5 0.5 11 3 11 2 1 11 3
Brecknock … 12 2 — 12 2 12 9 — 12 9
Caernarvon … 10 0 4.5 10 4.5 10 9.3 5.5 11 2.8
Cardigan … 14 0 2 14 2 7 4(a) 1.5(a) 7 5.5(a)
Carmarthen … 6 7.2 8 8.8 15 4 7 1.2 9 2.8 16 4
Denbigh … 7 0 4 3 11 3 6 11.5 4 3.5 11 3
Flint … 7 6 1.5 7 7.5 8 0 1.5 8 1.5
Glamorgan … 5 10.5 10 1.3 15 11.8 6 7.5 10 0.9 16 8.4
Merioneth … 10 7 1.5 10 8.5 11 1 1.5 11 2.5
Monmouth … 7 9.5 5 6.5 13 4 8 1.2 5 10.8 14 0
Montgomery … 10 8 — 10 8 11 6 — 11 6
Pembroke … 7 0.8 5 11.2 13 0 3 4(a) 2 8(a) 6 0(a)
Radnor … 7 10 — 7 10 8 4 — 8 4
(a) Columns 5, 6 and 7.—The particulars marked (a) relate to the first half of the financial year 1938–39 only.
The precept of the London County Council for the year 1937–38 was equivalent to a rate of 7s. 3½d. in the £, comprising 7s. 0½d. for general county purposes and 3d. for special county purposes. The precept of the Council for the year 1938–39 will be equivalent to a rate of 7s. 9½d. in the £, comprising 7s. 6½d. for general county purposes and 3d. for special county purposes.