§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what will be the percentage increase in the domestic rate charge directly attributable to revaluation in each of the county boroughs in the West Midlands.
§ Mr. Graham PageThe following provisional estimates have been made of the percentage increases in domestic rates which would result from revaluation with the related change in resources element of rate support grants but without allowing for the increase in domestic element of rate support grant. The estimates were prepared on the basis of preliminary forecasts of the new rateable values and may be subject to considerable variation when the figures for April 1973 became available.
per cent. Birmingham 18 Coventry 14 Dudley 24 Solihull 9 Walsall 25 Warley 21 West Bromwich 19 Wolverhampton 18
§ Mr. Moateasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the estimated percentage cost of the collection of rates.
§ Mr. Graham PageAbout 1¼ per cent. of the yield.
§ Mr. Moateasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the total domestic rate produced in the United Kingdom in 1972–73 or in the latest year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Graham PageThe total domestic rate call for the United Kingdom in 1972–73 was approximately £1,120 million.