HC Deb 06 December 1974 vol 882 cc661-3W
Mr. Pardoe

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list all those local authorities in England in 1974–75 where the special rate relief for domestic ratepayers amounts to more than 15 per cent. of the original domestic rate declared, together with the original domestic rate, the special relief, the special relief as a percentage of the original domestic rate, and the net rate payable.

Mr. Oakes

This information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost to public funds.

Mr. Pardoe

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the total amounts given under the special rate relief for domestic ratepayers for each county in England in 1974–75.

Mr. Oakes

Total amounts paid to local authorities, based on claims received so far, are as follows:

County £ million
Avon 1.4
Bedfordshire 1.6
Berkshire 0.8
Buckinghamshire 0.8
Cambridgeshire 0.7
Cheshire 4.4
Cleveland 2.8
Cornwall 2.2
Cumbria 0.0
Derbyshire 2.0
Devon 2.5
Dorset 1.9
Durham 1.9
East Sussex 0.6
Essex 1.3
Gloucestershire 1.4
Hampshire 2.7
Herefordshire & Worcester 2.7
Hertfordshire 0.9
Humberside 1.7
Isle of Wight 0.1
Kent 1.3
Lancashire 2.1
Leicestershire 2.7
Lincolnshire 2.1
Norfolk 3.1
Northamptonshire 1.9
Northumberland 0.4
North Yorkshire 1.0
Nottinghamshire 3.0
Oxfordshire 1.4
Salop 1.4
Somerset 1.4
Staffordshire 2.8
Suffolk 1.1
Surrey 0.1
Warwickshire 2.6
West Sussex 0.3
Wiltshire 0.7
Greater Manchester 3.7
Merseyside 2.4
South Yorkshire 3.0
Tyne & Wear 4.1
West Midlands 7.3
West Yorkshire 6.2
Greater London 3.0