HC Deb 13 December 1974 vol 883 cc272-3W
Mr. Pardoe

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table of the figures necessary to make a comparison between the impact of the domestic rate relief for 1974–75 on Wales, Cornwall and the six other most comparable English counties.

Mr. Oakes

Domestic rate relief in 1974–75 had the following impact on domestic rate poundages in the South-West of England, and Wales:

1974–75 AVERAGE RATE POUNDAGES (including water and sewerage charges)
Gross Net of domestic rate relief
P P
Avon 68.9 55.9
Cornwall 67.4 54.4
Devon 62.4 49.4
Dorset 60.0 47.0
Gloucestershire 65.3 52.3
Somerset 63.7 50.7
Wiltshire 63.2 50.2
Wales 82.2 48.7