§ Mr. Robert Howarthasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government how many people in the county borough of Bolton are in receipt of individual rate relief in the current year; and what is the range of the relief being given.
§ Mr. MacCollI have no information about the current year but the Council have informed me that in 1966–67 there were 3,635 recipients of rate rebate in the first rebate period and 3,856 in the second. The average amount of rebate for the whole year was £9 8s.
The amount of the rebate due to an applicant who qualifies depends on the amount of his rate bill. The average domestic rate bill in Bolton in 1966–67 was only £28 18s., compared with the national average of £40 7s., and for this reason the average rate rebate was correspondingly less.