§ Mr. Allasonasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what were the average county rates for England and Wales, and the county rates for Hertfordshire, in 1937–38 and yearly since 1952–53; and, in the current year, what the equivalent rates would have been under the old valuation lists.
§ Sir K. JosephThe average rate poundages for administrative counties are as follows. Information on which to calculate comparable figures for 1963–64 is not yet available. Separate figures of county precepts are not collated by the Department:
Estimated average rate for Hertfordshire County (1) Average rate for administrative Counties outside London (2) s. d. s. d. 1937–38 … 10 8 12 1¾ 1952–53 … 23 6 20 6 1953–54 … 25 11 22 9 1954–55 … 26 11 23 4 1955–56 … 26 4 23 4 1956–57 … 17 7 16 2 1957–58 … 18 10 18 0 1958–59 … 19 5 18 5 1959–60 … 19 1 19 3 1960–61 … 19 11 20 1 1961–62 … 21 9 21 2 1962–63 … 24 0 22 10 (1) The average rate for Hertfordshire is the estimated average rate of the county districts within Hertfordshire (including the county precepts). It is obtained by dividing the aggregate rate income of the districts by the aggregate of their penny rate products.
(2) The average rate for counties outside London is the estimated average rate of all county districts in England and Wales.