HC Deb 25 March 1974 vol 871 cc30-5W
Miss Boothroyd

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will amend his proposals for rate relief so as to ensure that the benefits to the ratepayers of Tipton, Wednesbury and West Bromwich are similar to those received by ratepayers in other urban areas.

Mr. John Silkin

The domestic rate relief is now the same for all districts in England. It was under the previous administration's proposals that some areas did better than others.

Miss Boothroyd

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT those local authorities which will have their rate relief reduced by the introduction of the 13p flat rate compared with the previous proposals.

Mr. Oakes

The local authorities in England whose domestic rate relief will be reduced by the introduction of the 13p flat rate compared with the previous proposals are:

Greater Manchester

  • Bolton.
  • Bury.
  • Rochdale.
  • Tameside.
  • Trafford.

Merseyside

  • St. Helens.

South Yorkshire

  • Barnsley.
  • Doncaster.
  • Rotherham.

West Midlands

  • Coventry.
  • Dudley.
  • Sandwell.
  • Solihull.
  • Wolverhampton.

West Yorkshire

  • Bradford.
  • Calderdale
  • Kirklees
  • Wakefield.

London

  • Bromley.
  • Croydon.
  • Harrow.
  • Havering.

Bedfordshire

  • Mid Bedfordshire.

Buckinghamshire

  • Aylesbury Vale.
  • Beaconsfield.
  • Chiltern.
  • Milton Keynes
  • Wycombe.

Cambridgeshire

  • East Cambridgeshire.
  • Fenland.
  • Huntingdon.
  • Peterborough.
  • South Cambridgeshire.

Cheshire

  • Chester.
  • Congleton.
  • Crewe.
  • Ellesmere Port.
  • Halton.
  • Macclesfield.
  • Vale Royal.
  • Warrington.

Cornwall

  • Caradon.
  • Carrick.
  • Kerrier.
  • North Cornwall.
  • Penwith.
  • Restormel.

Cumbria

  • Allerdale.
  • Barrow-in-Furness
  • Carlisle.
  • Copeland.
  • Eden.
  • South Lakeland

Derbyshire

  • Amber Valley
  • Bolsover.
  • Chesterfield
  • Derby.
  • Erewash.
  • High Peak
  • North East Derbyshire.
  • South Derbyshire.
  • West Derbyshire.

Devon

  • East Devon.
  • Exeter.
  • North Devon.
  • Plymouth.
  • South Hams.
  • Teignbridge.
  • Tiverton.
  • Torbay.
  • Torridge.
  • West Devon.

Dorset

  • Bournemouth.
  • Christchurch.
  • North Dorset.
  • Poole.
  • Purbeck.
  • West Dorset.
  • Weymouth and Portland.
  • Wimborne.

Durham

  • Chester-le-Street.
  • Darlington.
  • Derwentside.
  • Durham.
  • Easington.
  • Sedgefield.
  • Teesdale.
  • Wear Valley.

East Sussex

  • Wealden.

Essex

  • Braintree.
  • Rochford.
  • Colchester.

Gloucestershire

  • Cheltenham.
  • Cotswold.
  • Forest of Dean.
  • Gloucester.
  • Stroud.
  • Tewkesbury.

Hampshire

  • Basingstoke.
  • East Hampshire.
  • Eastleigh.
  • Fareham.
  • Hartley Wintney.
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  • Havant.
  • New Forest.
  • Portsmouth.
  • Southampton.
  • Test Valley.
  • Winchester.

Hereford and Worcester

  • Bromsgrove
  • Hereford.
  • Leominster.
  • Malvern Hills.
  • Redditch.
  • South Herefordshire.
  • Worcester.
  • Wychavon.
  • Wyre Forest.

Hertfordshire

  • Broxbourne.
  • Dacorum.
  • East Hertfordshire.
  • Hertsmere.
  • North Hertfordshire.
  • St. Albans.
  • Stevenage.
  • Three Rivers.
  • Watford.
  • Welwyn Hatfield.

Humberside

  • Beverley.
  • Boothferry.
  • Cleethorpes.
  • Glanford.
  • Grimsby.
  • Holderness.
  • Kingston-upon-Hull.
  • North Wolds.
  • Scunthorpe.

Isle of Wight

  • South Wight.

Kent

  • Ashford.
  • Canterbury.
  • Gillingham.
  • Medway.
  • Swale.
  • Tonbridge and Mailing.
  • Tunbridge Wells.

Lancashire

  • Blackburn.
  • Burnley.
  • Chorley.
  • Fylde.
  • Hynburn.
  • Lancaster.
  • Preston.
  • Ribble Valley.
  • Rossendale.
  • South Ribble.
  • West Lancashire.
  • Wyre.

Leicestershire

  • Blaby.
  • Bosworth.
  • Charnwood.
  • Harborough.
  • Leicester.
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  • Melton.
  • North West Leicestershire.
  • Oadby and Wigston.
  • Rutland.

Lincolnshire

  • Boston.
  • East Lindsey.
  • Lincoln.
  • North Kesteven.
  • South Holland.
  • South Kesteven.
  • West Lindsey.

Norfolk

  • Breckland.
  • Broadland.
  • Great Yarmouth.
  • North Norfolk.
  • Norwich.
  • South Norfolk.
  • West Norfolk.

Northamptonshire

  • Corby.
  • Daventry.
  • East Northamptonshire.
  • Kettering.
  • Northampton.
  • South Northamptonshire.
  • Wellingborough.

Northumberland

  • Alnwick.
  • Berwick-upon-Tweed.
  • Blyth Valley.
  • Castle Morpeth.
  • Tynedale.

North Yorkshire

  • Craven.
  • Hambleton.
  • Harrogate.
  • Richmondshire.
  • Ryedale.
  • Scarborough.
  • Selby.
  • York.

Nottinghamshire

  • Ashfield.
  • Gelding.
  • Newark.
  • Rushcliffe.

Oxfordshire

  • Cherwell
  • Oxford
  • South Oxfordshire
  • Vale of White Horse
  • West Oxfordshire

Salop

  • Bridgnorth
  • North Shropshire
  • Oswestry
  • Shrewsbury
  • South Shropshire
  • Wrekin

Somerset

  • Mendip
  • Sedgemoor
  • Taunton Deane
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  • West Somerset
  • Yeovil

Staffordshire

  • Cannock Chase
  • East Staffordshire
  • Lichfield
  • Newcastle-under-Lyme
  • South Staffordshire
  • Stafford
  • Staffordshire Moorlands
  • Stoke-on-Trent
  • Tamworth

Suffolk

  • Babergh
  • Forest Heath
  • Ipswich
  • Mid Suffolk
  • St. Edmundsbury
  • Suffolk Coastal
  • Waveney

Surrey

  • Elmbridge
  • Guildford
  • Reigate and Banstead
  • Runnymede
  • Surrey Heath
  • Tandridge
  • Waverley
  • Woking

Warwickshire

  • North Warwickshire
  • Nuneaton
  • Rugby
  • Stratford-on-Avon
  • Warwick

West Sussex

  • Chichester
  • Horsham

Wiltshire

  • Kennet
  • North Wiltshire
  • Salisbury
  • Thamesdown
  • West Wiltshire

The local authorities in Wales whose domestic rate will be reduced by the introduction of a 32.5p flat rate compared with the previous proposals are:

Dyfed

  • Carmarthen
  • Ceredigion
  • Dinefwr

Powys

  • Brecknock
  • Radnor