HC Deb 13 June 1975 vol 893 cc273-9W
Mr. Grist

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the average water service charge and the average domestic rate bill for each district authority in England in 1975–76.

Mr. John Silkin

Details of the water service charges are not available. The following table, based on reports to my Department, lists the average domestic rate bill for each district authority in England in 1975–76.

Authority Average domestic payment
£
Bolton 64
Bury 73
Manchester 103
Oldham 70
Rochdale 73
Salford 75
Stockport 88
Tameside 70
Trafford 123
Wigan 68
Knowsley 114
Liverpool 79
St. Helens 82
Sefton 87
Wirral 103
Barnsley 56
Doncaster 78
Rotherham 69
Sheffield 70
Gateshead 82
Newcastle 115
North Tyneside 92
South Tyneside 83
Sunderland 74
Birmingham 103
Coventry 98
Dudley 77
Sandwell 94
Solihull 112
Walsall 97
Wolverhampton 85
Bradford 72
Calderdale 53
Kirklees 52
Leeds 59
Wakefield 77
City of London 207
Camden 195
Greenwich 103
Hackney 102
Hammersmith 115
Islington 143
Kensington and Chelsea 199
Lambeth 113
Lewisham 106
Southwark 115
Tower Hamlets 131
Wandsworth 103
Westminster 224
Barking 123
Barnet 155
Bexley 125
Brent 166
Bromley 165
Croydon 177
Ealing 166
Enfield 140
Haringey 150

Authority Average domestic payment
£
Harrow 173
Havering 138
Hillingdon 158
Hounslow 150
Kingston-upon-Thames 142
Merton 151
Newham 132
Redbridge 146
Richmond-upon-Thames 152
Sutton 149
Waltham Forest 137
Bath 95
Bristol 94
Kingswood 73
Northavon 73
Wansdyke 77
Woodspring 91
Bedford 127
Luton 135
Mid Bedford 115
South Bedford 144
Bracknell 110
Newbury 87
Reading 106
Slough 113
Windsor and Maidenhead 115
Wokingham 111
Aylesbury Vale 105
Beaconsfield 162
Chiltern 160
Milton Keynes 93
Wycombe 133
Cambridge 111
East Cambridge 65
Fenland 58
Huntingdon 75
Peterborough 85
South Cambridge 93
Chester 112
Congleton 98
Crewe 93
Ellesmere Port 111
Halton 86
Macclesfield 129
Vale Royal 100
Warrington 97
Hartlepool 75
Langbourgh 94
Middlesbrough 95
Stockton-on-Tees 95
Caradon 57
Carrick 64
Kerrier 53
North Cornwall 61
Penwith 63
Restormel 63
Allendale 50
Barrow-in-Furness 46
Carlisle 52
Copeland 51
Eden 41
South Lakeland 58
Amlar Valley 63
Bolsover 52
Chesterfield 70
Derby 78
Erewash 67
High Peak 62
North East Derbyshire 67
South Derbyshire 66

Authority Average domestic payment
£
West Derbyshire 70
East Devon 71
Exeter 89
North Devon 59
Plymouth 77
South Hams 65
Teignbridge 71
Tiverton 50
Torbay 94
Tonidge 45
West Devon 50
Bournemouth 118
Christchurch 102
North Dorset 75
Poole 113
Purbeck 87
West Dorset 74
Weymouth and Portland 89
Wimborne 108
Chester-le-Street 78
Darlington 80
Derwentside 59
Durham 80
Easington 55
Sedgefield 69
Teesdale 51
Wear Valley 61
Brighton 110
Eastbourne 116
Hastings 85
Hove 112
Lewes 110
Rother 104
Wealden 83
Basildon 101
Braintree 75
Brentwood 110
Castle Point 93
Chelmsford 91
Colchester 78
Epping Forest 110
Harlow 112
Maldon 78
Rochford 91
Southend 102
Tendring 77
Thurrock 92
Uttlesford 92
Cheltenham 97
Cotswold 95
Forest of Dean 63
Gloucester 78
Stroud 86
Tewkesbury 91
Basingstoke 93
East Hampshire 94
Eastleigh 89
Fareham 82
Gosport 80
Hartley Wintney 104
Havant 94
New Forest 84
Portsmouth 99
Rushmoor 114
Southampton 103
Test Valley 94
Winchester 97
Bromsgrove 105
Hereford 79
Leominster 61

Authority Average domestic payment
£
Malvern Hill 92
Redditch 102
South Hereford 74
Worcester 97
Wychavon 111
Wyre Forest 102
Broxbourne 114
Dacorum 121
East Hertfordshire 101
Hertsmere 139
North Hertfordshire 112
St. Albans 123
Stevenage 121
Three Rivers 143
Watford 124
Welwyn Hatfield 119
Beverley 68
Boothferry 51
Cleethorpes 68
Glanford 60
Grimsby 69
Holderness 55
Kingston-upon-Hull 56
North Wolds 54
Scunthorpe 87
Medina 79
South Wight 86
Ashford 72
Canterbury 78
Dartford 83
Dover 70
Gillingham 63
Gravesham 86
Maidstone 81
Medway 79
Sevenoaks 88
Shepway 87
Swale 62
Thanet 89
Tonbridge and Malling 75
Tunbridge Wells 83
Blackburn 66
Blackpool 72
Burnley 48
Chorley 59
Fylde 82
Hyndburn 49
Lancaster 71
Pendle 43
Preston 71
Ribble Valley 65
Rosendale 59
South Ribble 64
West Lancashire 96
Wyre 75
Blaby 82
Charnwood 86
Harborough 80
Hinckley and Bosworth 77
Leicester 75
Melton 76
North West Leicestershire 62
Oadby and Wigston 87
Rutland 72
Boston 66
East Lindsey 64
Lincoln 76
North Kesteven 66
South Holland 67
South Kesteven 69

Authority Average domestic payment
£
West Lindsey 65
Breckland 68
Broadland 73
Great Yarmouth 81
North Norfolk 64
Norwich 87
South Norfolk 70
West Norfolk 59
Corby 94
Daventry 84
East Northamptonshire 66
Kettering 78
Northampton 91
South Northamptonshire 80
Wellingborough 75
Arnwick 61
Berwick-upon-Tweed 57
Blyth Valley 72
Castle Morpeth 80
Tynedale 66
Wansbeck 69
Craven 48
Hambleton 62
Harrogate 61
Richmondshire 68
Ryedale 52
Scarborough 66
Selby 56
York 57
Ashfield 55
Bassetlaw 64
Broxtowe 73
Gedling 69
Mansfield 67
Newark 61
Nottingham 86
Rushcliffe 77
Cherwell 83
Oxford 99
South Oxfordshire 97
Vale of White Horse 90
West Oxfordshire 79
Bridgnorth 69
North Shropshire 66
Oswestry 62
Shrewsbury and Archam 76
South Shropshire 59
The Wrekin 78
Mendip 72
Sedgemoor 86
Taunton Deane 76
West Somerset 69
Yeovil 71
Cannock Chase 73
East Staffordshire 71
Lichfield 91
Newcastle-under-Lyme 68
South Staffordshire 88
Stafford 78
Staffordshire Moorlands 65
Stoke-on-Trent 71
Tamworth 92
Basbergh 81
Forest Heath 73
Ipswich 86
Mid Suffolk 69
St. Edmundsbury 74
Suffolk Coastal 82
Waveney 73
Flimbridge 156

Authority Average domestic payment
£
Epsom and Ewell 149
Guildford 117
Mole Valley 129
Reigate and Banstead 118
Runnymede 100
Spelthorne 111
Surrey Heath 125
Tandridge 98
Waverley 128
Woking 131
North Warwickshire 79
Nuneaton 91
Rugby 97
Stratford on Avon 104
Warwick 112
Adur 85
Arun 92
Chichester 86
Crawley 86
Horsham 79
Mid Sussex 85
Worthing 96
Kennet 77
North Wiltshire 62
Salisbury 82
Thamesdown 74
West Wiltshire 63