§ Mr. Tylerasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many ratepayers are estimated to have received rate rebates in the financial year 1973–74.
§ Mr. Tylerasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the estimated cost to the Exchequer, and to the local authorities' rateborne expenditure, of the rate rebates paid in 1973–74.
§ Mr. Oakes£20–73 million to the Exchequer and £6.91 million to local authorities for England and Wales.
§ Mr. Tylerasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what is the estimated additional cost to the Exchequer, and the local authorities' rateborne expenditure, of extending rate rebates to cover water charges;
(2) what is the estimated additional cost to the Exchequer, and the local authorities' rateborne expenditure, of extending rate rebates to cover sewerage charges;
(3) what is the estimated saving to the Exchequer, from that paid in 1973–74 to that anticipated in 1974–75, of the exclusion from eligibility for rate rebates of sewerage costs, following the transfer of responsibility to the regional water authorities;
(4) what is the estimated effect on the ratepayer in Cornwall, with entitlement to maximum rate rebate, of the transfer of sewerage responsibilities to the South West Water Authority and the consequent ineligibility of sewerage charges for rebate.