HC Deb 17 February 1971 vol 811 cc465-6W
142. Mr. Judd

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT details of those local authorities in England and Wales which now levy rates on empty properties.

Mr. Graham Page

Yes.

The local authorities in England and Wales which are rating empty property in 1970–71 are as follows:

The county borough councils of:

Bournemouth. Oxford.
Coventry. Southport.
Eastbourne. West Bromwich.
Exeter.

The London borough councils of:

Barking. Hillingdon.
Barnet. Hounslow.
Bexley. Islington.
Brent. Kensington and Chelsea.
Camden.
Croydon. Lambeth.
Ealing. Newham.
Enfield Redbridge.
Greenwich Southwark.
Hackney. Tower Hamlets.
Hammersmith. Waltham Forest.
Haringey. Wandsworth.
Havering. Wastminster.

The non-county boroughs and urban district councils of:

Alsager. Neath.
Ashby de la Zouch Newbiggin by the Sea.
Beaumaris.
Bishop's Stortford. Newbury.
Cannock. Newcastle-under-Lyme.
Carmarthen.
Clay Cross. New Sarum.
Coalville. Petersfield.
Crawley. Portland.
Eccles. Potters Bar.
Gelligaer. Ramsgate.
Halstead. Royston (Herts).
Heanor. Royston (Yorks).
Hereford. St. Albans.
Hitchin. Shoreham-by-Sea.
Hornsea. Skelton and Brotton.
Horsham. Stevenage.
Leamington Spa. Tamworth.
Letchworth. Taunton.
Llandovery. Tonbridge.
Llanfairfechan. Tring.
Llanidloes. Tunbridge Wells.
Loughborough. Watford.
Maesteg. Wellington (Somerset).
Maidatone.
Mansfield. Wimborne Minster.
Melksham. Wisbech.
Melton Mowbray

The rural district councils of:

Ashby dela Zouch. Wantage.
Bakewell. Warminster and Westbury.
Cannock.
Cheadle. Warmley.
Long Ashton. Watford.
Sedgefield. West Dean.
South Cambridgeshire. Wycombe.
Isles of Scilly.
South Kesteven.
Vaynor and Penderyn.