§ Mr. Alexander W. Lyonasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government how many cities or towns in England have populations of between 90,000 and 110,000; and what is the product of a penny rate in these boroughs.
§ Mr. MacCollThe information is as follows:
Population mid-1966 Estimated Penny Rate Product 1966–67 £ Exeter C.B. … 92,360 20,830 Halifax C.B. … 94,950 10,960 Grimsby C.B. … 95,030 14,700 Poole Boro. … 96,390 20,600 Swindon Boro. … 98,410 15,550 Cambridge Boro. … 99,830 22,400 Gateshead C.B. … 101,200 13,070 Blackburn C.B. … 101,790 13,002 Wallasey C.B. … 102,840 14,825 Solihull C.B. … 103,600 18,740 St. Helens C.B. … 103,780 14,120 York C.B. … 106,010 15,000 Preston C.B. … 107,400 17,580 South Shields C.B. … 108,110 12,958 Oxford C.B. … 109,510 29,000 These figures take no account of rate-deficiency grant or of the resources element of the rate support grant, which are payable to local authorities whose penny rate product per head of population is below the national average.