§ Mr. Howieasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what is the rateable value per head of the population in each of the following, the County Borough of Luton, the Boroughs of Dunstable, Hemel Hempstead, St. Albans, and Watford, the Urban Districts of Leighton-Linslade, Berkhamsted, Bushey, Chorleywood, Harpenden and Rickmansworth and the Rural Districts of Luton, Ampthill, Elstree, Hemel Hempstead, St. Albans, Watford, Berkhamsted and Hitchin; and what is the product of a penny rate in each.
§ Mr. SkeffingtonFollowing is the information required for the year 1968–69:
Rateable value per head of population Estimated product of a penny rate £ £ County Borough of Luton 64.889 41,700 Boroughs of: Dunstable 87.678 10,250 Hemel Hempstead 64.119 17,560 St. Albans 62.051 13,400 Watford 80.877 26,100 Urban Districts of: Leighton-Linslade 49.175 3,700 Berkhamsted 52.453 3,150 Bushey 55.859 5,630 Chorleywood 60.843 1,970 Harpenden 56.439 5,240 Rickmansworth 73.930 9,225 Rural Districts of: Luton 41.747 6,775 Ampthill 34.764 4,400 Elstree 60.821 9,000 Hemel Hempstead 38.726 2,230 St. Albans 47.032 8,395 Watford 50.358 11,106 Berkhamsted 40.682 1,072 Hitchin 35.932 3,551
Sources: Rateable values at 1st April, 1968 "Rates and Rateable Values in England and Wales 1968–69". Estimate penny rate products 1968–69 Populations—Registrar General's estimates mid-1968.