Mr. R. C. Mitchellasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government how many persons in Southampton have benefited by the rate rebate scheme since its inception to the latest available date.
§ Mr. SkeffingtonIn 1966–67, 3,578 Southampton ratepayers were granted rebates in the first half year and 4,046 in the second. The average rebate for the year was £17 6s.
1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 £ £ £ £ Birmingham … … … … 21,091,487 23,467,867 26,634,436 28,635,918 Liverpool … … … … 18,800,067 19,932,760 22,578,463 24,807,466 Manchester … … … … 14,668,980 15,656,267 18,067,914 18,648,313 Sheffield … … … … … 8,746,047 10,132,002 10,564,535 11,679,487 Leeds … … … … … 10,282,689 11,744,092 13,221,269 14,306,670 Bristol … … … … … 8,408,983 9,229,860 9,681,993 10,565,769 Nottingham … … … … 5,518,195 6,066,892 7,087,894 7,594,152 Bradford … … … … 7,252,454 7,834,480 8,869,858 9,786,943 Kingston-upon-Hull … … … 8,377,838 9,123,287 10,242,949 11,180,913 Cardiff … … … … … 4,652,385 5,056,425 5,811,547 6,849,911 Newcastle-upon-Tyne … … … 5,244,254 5,720,627 6,875,075 7,607,581 Plymouth … … … … 4,284,267 4,513,102 4,979,879 5,548,335 Sunderland … … … … 4,634,642 4,892,998 5,599,803 5,971,228 Portsmouth … … … … 4,137,486 4,179,044 4,531,698 4,924,990 Southampton … … … … 3,979,974 4,265,637 4,877,586 5,710,130 Swansea … … … … … 3,602,312 3,726,446 4,063,336 4,508,437 Southend … … … … … 2,582,461 2,760,243 3,381,318 3,991,614 Brighton … … … … … 2,343,641 2,547,673 2,995,857 3,405,700 Bolton … … … … … 3,623,087 3,930,080 4,310,903 4,959,140 Middlesbrough … … … … 4,427,804 4,782,958 5,323,009 5,771,117 Total for the County Boroughs listed … 146,659,053 159,562,740 179,699,322 196,453,814 The County Boroughs are listed in descending order of population as at June, 1967 omitting those where alterations of area during the period have altered the population by more than 1 per cent. Source: Epitomes of Accounts and Departmental records.