§ Mr. Beaneyasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs if he will give the estimated totals of rateable value on which are based the percentage figures given in the table on page 4 of Command Paper No. 1663 showing the expected change in the rate burden after the revaluation for rates in 1963.
Dr. HillThe figures are as follows:
TOTAL RATEABLE VALUE £000s — Before revaluation After revaluation Houses 342,958 913,227 Dwellings combined with other properties 23,795 53,941 Industry and freight-transport 78,099 302,810 Electricity, gas, water and Crown 71,069 147,013 Shops, offices and other properties assessed to gross value 184,407 433,938 Other properties assessed direct to net annual value (sports grounds, etc.) 12,698 22,343 713,026 1,873,272