§ Mr. Hardyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the 453W current rate and the increase in rates levied by English county councils for the current year.
§ Mr. Graham PageThe rate precepts to be levied by English county councils for 1971–72, together with the variation from the previous year, are as follows:
County Precept 1971–72 Increase on 1970–71 p p Bedfordshire 60.8 7.1 Berkshire 56.0 6.0 Buckinghamshire 55.0 8.3 Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely 63.0 8.0 Cheshire 61.0 7.3 Cornwall 50.0 5.4 Cumberland 65.0 8.1 Derbyshire 60.0 10.0 Devonshire 47.0 5.3 Dorset 55.0 2.9 Durham 62.0 12.0 Essex 54.1 3.3 Gloucestershire 61.0 5.2 Hampshire 53.0 8.4 Herefordshire 53.0 5.0 Hertfordshire 52.1 3.5 Huntingdom and Peter borough 63.5 6.8 Isle of Wight 55.0 7.9 Kent 58.5 9.3 Lancashire 57.5 7.9 Leicestershire 58.0 6.1 Lincoln, Parts of Holland 53.0 3.4 Lincoln, Parts of Kesteven 53.5 5.2 Lincoln, Parts of Lindsey 55.0 5.0 Norfolk 5.60 8.1 Northamptonshire 55.0 7.9 Northumberland 67.0 10.7 Nottinghamshire 53.0 8.4 Oxfordshire 59.0 5.2 Rutland 43.0 1.7 Salop 54.0 6.9 Somerset 58.5 8.5 Staffordshire 59.0 4.8 East Suffolk 56.0 7.7 West Suffolk 58.0 5.4 Surrey 53.4 8.0 East Sussex 57.3 8.5 West Sussex 56.0 13.9 Warwickshire 53.0 2.4 Westmorland 52.0 6.2 Wiltshire 56.0 4.8 Worcestershire 57.3 5.7 Yorkshire—East Riding 40.0 -0.4 Yorkshire—North Riding 57.0 7.0 Yorkshire—West Riding 56.0 11.0