HC Deb 10 June 1975 vol 893 cc125-7W
Mr. Michael Latham

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will now list the district authorities in England and Wales where individual domestic ratepayers have had an increase of more than 25 per cent. over last year's figure, excluding the special rebate, taking into account county precept, district rate, RWA general service charge and water charge.

Mr. Oakes

Details of water and RWA general service charges are not available for 1974–75. The following figures, based on reports to my Department, list those district authorities with increases over 25 per cent. in their 1975–76 average domestic rate poundage compared with that levied for 1974–75:

Authority Increase Percentage
Doncaster 27
Rotherham 33
Coventry 26
Sandwell 28
Walsall 31
Bradford 29
City of London 68
Camden 49
Greenwich 35
Hackney 36
Hammersmith 44
Islington 48
Kensington and Chelsea 45
Lambeth 33
Lewisham 30
Southwark 49
Tower Hamlets 35
Wandsworth 34
Westminster 54
Barking 40

Authority Increase Percentage
Barnet 37
Bexley 29
Brent 48
Bromley 57
Croydon 42
Ealing 66
Enfield 53
Harrow 44
Havering 27
Hillingdon 55
Hounslow 48
Kingston-on-Thames ... 44
Merton 26
Newham 61
Redbridge 44
Richmond-upon-Thames 46
Sutton 34
Waltham Forest 63
Bedford 26
Luton 45
Bracknell 28
Slough 29
Aylesbury Vale 31
Beaconsfield 37
Chilton 31
Milton Keynes 31
Wycombe 31
Caradon 30
South Lakeland 27
North Devon 34
North Dorset 29
Poole 35
Purbeck 35
Weymouth and Portland 30
Wimborne 35
Southampton 30
Redditch 27
Hertsmere 29
St. Albans 29
Watford 40
Canterbury 29
Gillingham 27
Tunbridge Wells 26
Leicester 37
Sedgemoor 33
Elmbridge 35
Epsom and Ewell 29
Guildford 39
Mole Valley 39
Reigate and Banstead 29
Runnymede 26
Spelthorne 29
Waverley 32
Woking 29
Alyn-Dee 46
Colwyn 54
Delyn 47

Authority Increase Percentage
Glyndwr 56
Rhuddlan 39
Wrexham Maelor 50
Carmarthen 46
Ceredigion 53
Dinefwr 28
Llanelli 59
Preseli 37
South Pembroke 36
Blaenau Gwent 26
Monmouth 43
Newport 27
Aberconwy 45
Arfon 51
Dwyfor 61
Meirionnydd 42
Cynon Valley 50
Merthyr Tydfil 48
Ogwr 51
Rhondda 47
Rhymney Valley 47
Taff-Ely 67
Brecknock 34
Montgomery 41
Radnor 31
Cardiff 66
Vale of Glamorgan 46

Scotland England Wales
1st January 1973 4,750 59.431 4,144
1st January 1974 4,538 57,776 5,426
1st January 1975 4,538 57,139 6.429