HC Deb 05 April 1977 vol 929 cc459-74W
Mr. Christopher Price

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report the

to 1977–78 are shown in the attached tables:

increases in rates in the £ sterling in each London borough, metropolitan district and non-metropolitan district in England and Wales for the years 1975–76, 1976–77 and 1977–78.

Mr. Guy Barnett

Owing to differential rating, it would be misleading to try and publish year-on-year changes in rates either as an amount or as a percentage, but average rate poundages for each rating authority are listed below for the three years 1974–75 to 1976–77and,

Average General Rate Poundage
1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78
Isles of Scilly 44.84 44.39 52.76
Greater Manchester—
Bolton 54.43 62.70 66.17 70.04
Bury 55.34 61.59 67.46
Manchester 66.65 83.70 88.70 108.90
Oldham 57.79 73.30 77.48 89.77
Rochdale 59.33 75.90 82.90 86.51
Salford 54.77 67.80 74.40 83.10
Stockport 53.01 60.75 70.50 90.00
Tameside 60.26 70.23 76.50 84.50
Trafford 62.71 73.48 75.58 75.74
Wigan 54.32 66.40 72.61 84.25
Merseyside—
Knowsley 73.40 82.19 88.34 92.89
Liverpool 64.60 69.10 71.10 90.96
St. Helens 58.19 70.20 77.20 96.75
Sefton 51.38 62.00 63.81 76.92
Wirral 58.19 71.17 77.20 89.77
South Yorkshire—
Barnsley 59.48 70.40 79.59 88.38
Doncaster 60.07 78.40 87.22 95.99
Rotherham 54.90 75.00 81.43 91.42
Sheffield 62.27 74.22 78.96 90.92
Tyne and Wear—
Gateshead 65.78 84.50 84.50 89.55
Newcastle upon Tyne 76.74 98.40 96.31 98.41
North Tyneside 69.02 82.30 84.81 91.45
South Tyneside 70.41 82.25 79.20 86.38
Sunderland 63.31 77.96 81.99 96.00
West Midlands—
Birmingham 56.27 71.48 73.55 77.55
Coventry 53.77 69.96 73.00 82.84
Dudley 45.33 55.99 61.40 75.76
Sandwell 52.90 69.75 74.50 77.90
Solihull 55.27 61.13 67.43 75.97
Walsall 44.93 60.40 66.50
Wolverhampton 49.60 59.90 66.60 73.30
West Yorkshire—
Bradford 61.39 80.78 82.50 84.80
Calderdale 56.55 71.73 73.64 78.63
Kirkless 59.80 68.61 69.70 72.22
Leeds 55.92 62.09 61.38 65.16
Wakefield 65.73 81.96 82.78 84.31
City of London 39.45 62.95 70.09 74.69
Camden 48.99 71.98 79.68 90.78
Greenwich 48.70 66.88 68.03 74.82
Hackney 43.50 60.00 62.00 65.00
Hammersmith 44.35 63.51 62.41 74.37
Islington 47.30 69.44 68.40 75.84
Kensington and Chelsea 38.60 55.62 56.20 64.14
Lambeth 47.60 64.48 67.81 75.32
Lewisham 48.72 65.10 65.62 72.80
Southwark 49.34 69.30 75.25 78.59
Tower Hamlets 55.70 76.01 74.64 82.33
Wandsworth 43.96 59.95 62.83 73.82
Westminster 40.29 60.47 67.62 73.82
Barking 53.60 75.50 79.27 82.00
Barnet 44.17 61.31 64.25 71.83
Bexley 55.28 73.40 71.50 86.51
Brent 53.09 77.80 75.77 75.65

where information has been received, for the year 1977–78. The rate poundages for 1977–78 are those taken from returns made to the Department but, in some instances, the rate poundages are subject to approval by the full council.

Average General Rate Poundage
1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78
Bromley 49.58 76.06 76.49 77.38
Croydon 54.50 74.20 69.03 69.03
Ealing 48.76 79.41 78.12 78.12
Enfield 47.17 70.85 69.79 69.84
Haringey 62.12 78.80 83.03 89.65
Harrow 53.34 76.45 75.08 78.02
Havering 53.97 70.62 73.78 81.68
Hillingdon 51.35 78.03 76.88 76.62
Hounslow 52.70 77.38 75.26 77.70
Royal Kingston upon Thames 48.16 69.10 72.90 77.50
Merton 57.00 73.91 75.20 78.00
Newham 54.10 84.50 84.50 84.50
Redbridge 49.30 70.87 70.50 72.61
Richmond upon Thames 49.20 71.40 73.30 76.30
Sutton 53.98 73.62 72.38 72.38
Waltham Forest 50.36 79.50 79.20 84.74
Avon—
Bath 59.05 73.00 75.22 81.59
Bristol 62.59 74.04 77.03 85.24
Kingswood 49.88 59.30 63.78 70.57
Northavon 48.86 58.90 63.80 70.86
Wansdyke 48.94 60.80 67.03
Woodspring 49.59 62.10 66.86 75.92
Bedfordshire—
Bedford 62.07 80.00 84.12 93.94
Luton 52.75 76.80 84.50 96.00
Mid Bedfordshire 58.23 72.93 78.25 88.71
South Bedfordshire 65.40 78.66 83.61 94.18
Berkshire—
Bracknell 48.05 64.10 68.27 77.93
Newbury 43.42 56.50 61.59 71.62
Reading 57.00 69.04 73.80 83.00
Slough 50.61 67.09 73.30 81.71
Windsor-Maidenhead 48.08 61.30 65.88 75.06
Workingham 42.69 56.50 60.73 70.53
Buckinghamshire—
Aylesbury Vale 50.23 67.60 69.61 77.04
Beaconsfield 47.08 65.06 67.01 74.63
Chiltern 49.57 66.70 68.39 75.34
Milton Keynes 50.46 68.70 71.00 81.60
Wycombe 49.31 66.07 68.56 76.56
Cambridgeshire—
Cambridge 52.75 64.50 68.50 78.50
East Cambridgeshire 52.86 60.30 63.07 75.27
Fenland 52.39 59.00 63.61 76.82
Huntingdon 50.54 59.14 63.92 76.29
Peterborough 57.67 67.45 54.61
South Cambridgeshire 50.31 57.90 61.21 72.50
Cheshire—
Chester 60.25 74.83 79.99 85.98
Congleton 57.10 71.70 77.35 84.55
Crewe and Nantwich 57.97 73.37 78.14 85.27
Ellesmere Port 57.91 73.77 78.80 84.80
Halton 57.40 73.10 80.63 87.82
Macclesfield 58.75 74.20 78.52 83.83
Vale Royal 60.58 75.60 82.05 87.79
Warrington 62.37 75.70 79.49 84.46
Cleveland—
Hartlepool 68.40 75.90 78.99 86.05
Langbaurgh 72.74 79.00 83.21 88.88
Middlesbrough 75.97 82.51 87.48 95.00
Stockton on Tees 73.41 77.16 79.33 85.44
Cornwall—
Caradon 43.09 57.10 60.67 68.93
Carrick 49.95 61.20 64.03
Kerrier 50.22 57.70 60.97 66.42
North Cornwall 49.49 59.70 62.09 67.57
Penwith 51.02 63.90 67.49 72.34
Restormel 51.17 59.98 62.78 68.17
Average General Rate Poundage
1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78
Cumbria—
Allerdale 50.97 61.30 66.58 81.30
Barrow in Furness 47.98 61.80 70.00 83.00
Carlisle 46.70 59.63 63.56 76.21
Copeland 52.68 65.60 71.07 84.10
Eden 49.50 54.60 61.29 73.69
South Lakeland 44.25 57.60 64.60 78.34
Derbyshire—
Amber Valley 53.02 62.30 71.74 77.95
Bolsover 50.46 63.50 71.84 79.59
Chesterfield 53.70 69.43 79.62 87.03
Derby 53.80 65.50 73.50 79.00
Erewash 49.68 63.70 72.01 78.60
High Peak 54.85 64.75 72.59 80.05
North East Derbyshire 52.48 63.98 74.60 83.17
South Derbyshire 49.87 60.80 69.82 75.89
West Derbyshire 49.45 61.43 70.21 76.95
Devon—
East Devon 45.45 58.60 63.45 72.53
Exeter 59.77 70.30 73.03 76.97
North Devon 44.93 62.00 66.87 76.21
Plymouth 48.00 59.50 64.00 71.60
South Hams 45.28 57.51 62.91 72.14
Teignbridge 47.03 60.10 65.05 73.64
Tiverton 43.92 53.74 60.32 68.97
Torbay 52.30 66.19 70.61 76.26
Torridge 46.51 57.70 61.36 70.47
West Devon 38.97 51.00 57.81 67.62
Dorset—
Bournemouth 56.10 72.00 77.00 84.00
Christchurch 50.38 64.80 69.87 77.87
North Dorset 46.62 62.00 66.72 73.92
Poole 49.44 68.00 73.00 80.00
Purbeck 46.05 64.00 68.81 75.79
West Dorset 48.95 63.40 67.13 74.27
Weymouth and Portland 50.52 67.29 73.71
Wimborne 46.17 63.80 67.86 74.22
Durham—
Chester-le-Street 63.57 76.20 79.29 81.16
Darlington 68.57 76.90 75.81 79.50
Derwentside 66.03 74.00 75.06 81.05
Durham 68.34 77.70 79.09 80.83
Easington 57.89 71.00 73.79 77.28
Sedgefield 66.96 77.99 81.03 86.88
Teesdale 55.02 68.10 70.08 72.83
Wear Valley 67.94 82.20 84.49 87.89
East Sussex—
Brighton 60.50 72.20 83.20 93.30
Eastbourne 58.30 65.80 77.83 91.28
Hastings 52.40 63.35 73.60 81.80
Hove 51.05 64.74 71.40 79.30
Lewes 51.54 65.10 71.71 80.80
Rother 49.45 63.70 70.63 79.22
Wealden 45.18 57.20 65.30 73.48
Essex—
Basildon 47.50 60.63 70.20 82.56
Braintree 47.28 57.40 62.79 74.00
Brentwood 44.74 55.60 61.84 71.54
Castle Point 46.20 58.50 66.90 76.43
Chelmsford 44.79 55.80 62.45 72.35
Colchester 48.40 57.60 64.28 72.08
Epping Forest 45.26 57.90 67.42 78.36
Harlow 52.80 65.50 73.60 86.15
Maldon 46.25 55.90 62.65 73.09
Rochford 42.60 55.20 62.57 73.07
Southend-on-Sea 48.82 59.78 68.95 78.41
Tendring 48.31 57.70 64.81 71.59
Thurrock 45.30 57.60 64.60 74.10
Uttlesford 44.40 56.90 64.04 73.59
Average General Rate Poundage
1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78
Gloucester—
Cheltenham 52.40 65.97 70.76 76.45
Cotswold 51.40 65.12 69.34 75.91
Forest of Dean 53.20 64.90 68.30 74.38
Gloucester 51.10 66.25 70.00 75.50
Stroud 53.61 67.93 71.75 75.73
Tewkesbury 52.49 63.20 69.93 75.76
Hampshire—
Basingstoke 50.16 65.10 70.92 84.21
East Hampshire 49.09 59.20 66.97 76.72
Eastleigh 49.13 60.80 68.63 78.48
Fareham 51.00 60.30 68.80 78.90
Gosport 50.35 60.20 67.10 78.20
Hart 49.71 58.80 64.49 74.03
Havant 49.30 61.60 68.00 77.70
New Forest 48.35 61.60 69.76 78.87
Portsmouth 61.00 74.00 79.00 91.00
Rushmoor 53.00 67.20 76.00 86.20
Southampton 58.00 77.16 81.50 90.20
Test Valley 51.54 62.04 67.48 77.85
Winchester 50.49 62.90 68.18 77.93
Hereford and Worcester—
Bromsgrove 51.54 62.60 68.30 80.21
Hereford 54.50 67.50 73.28 83.78
Leominster 53.88 62.90 68.22 79.72
Malvern Hills 53.41 63.80 69.03 80.91
Redditch 54.00 70.38 75.00 84.00
South Herefordshire 52.85 63.50 67.93 79.34
worcester 55.51 64.40 71.50 82.40
Wychavon 56.93 68.20 74.70 86.10
Wyre Forest 60.12 73.43 77.67 88.56
Hertfordshire—
Broxbourne 52.55 68.60 75.31 86.39
Dacorum 55.74 67.30 76.40 87.16
East Hertfordshire 49.62 62.90 72.76 82.44
Hertsmere 52.40 69.20 79.67 94.20
North Hertfordshire 52.36 65.00 74.68 83.83
St. Albans 48.13 63.84 72.58 83.26
Stevenage 54.78 70.30 82.54 95.47
Three Rivers 53.16 68.30 78.04 88.80
Watford 50.10 70.30 81.12
Welwyn Hatfield 50.21 64.26 75.47 86.90
Humberside—
Beverley 43.96 53.75 59.87 69.01
Boothferry 51.78 62.10 64.26 73.06
Cleethorpes 55.37 63.10 66.11 76.68
Glanford 51.80 60.20 65.84 74.81
Grimsby 59.80 67.30 66.97 77.00
Holderness 47.01 56.30 63.45 72.40
Kingston upon Hull 59.99 66.73 70.06 76.45
North Wolds 52.26 61.10 67.39 75.77
Scunthorpe 65.50 74.30 75.48 81.50
Isle of Wight—
Medina 53.88 67.80 67.34 76.84
South Wight 55.60 67.46 67.92 79.07
Kent—
Ashford 46.53 57.40 63.46 72.75
Canterbury 47.54 63.50 71.62 82.65
Dartford 51.89 66.41 72.46 83.17
Dover 53.60 63.80 70.07 80.02
Gillingham 40.06 52.90 58.76 67.98
Gravesham 51.69 64.30 68.97 76.44
Maidstone 50.96 62.50 67.63 76.28
Medway 52.09 63.40 68.99 77.46
Sevenoaks 52.05 65.40 71.34 80.48
Shepway 54.60 64.05 71.51 82.96
Swale 49.99 63.38 69.88 78.67
Thanet 54.51 68.40 71.69 82.23
Tonbridge and Malling 46.96 61.00 66.99 77.96
Tunbridge Wells 48.34 63.13 67.36 76.73
Average General Rate Poundage
1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78
Lancashire—
Blackburn 66.58 80.80 87.77 94.48
Blackpool 48.11 61.10 66.56 73.93
Burnley 56.85 72.50 77.08 82.39
Chorley 49.77 58.01 64.04
Fylde 50.63 60.70 68.43 73.90
Hyndburn 55.37 68.10 75.80 81.54
Lancaster 54.63 65.60 71.65 78.36
Pendle 52.49 65.60 73.50 79.03
Preston 57.44 70.10 84.51 86.19
Ribble Valley 50.78 60.80 66.16 71.09
Rossendale 61.58 76.97 80.57 86.50
South Ribble 50.31 61.60 68.17 73.63
West Lancashire 57.26 68.90 73.67 76.65
Wyre 52.04 62.10 66.34 70.98
Leicestershire—
Blaby 50.26 59.03 56.32 63.52
Charnwood 48.32 60.10 57.78 64.84
Harborough 48.65 59.08 57.52 64.60
Hinckley/Bosworth 49.90 60.89 59.95 66.12
Leicester 50.10 69.50 67.00 73.49
Melton 48.24 59.13 56.51 65.19
North West Liecester 51.89 58.50 58.50 66.39
Oadby-Wigston 48.50 59.15 57.00 64.50
Rutland 46.44 54.97 60.30 66.40
Lincolnshire—
Boston 49.78 62.11 66.53 76.58
East Lindsey 53.40 65.77 65.99 76.42
Lincoln 67.10 74.47 69.98 83.90
North Kesteven 50.86 61.06 63.66 73.63
South Holland 52.45 66.54 69.16 78.48
South Kesteven 51.54 63.09 66.24 75.32
West Lindsey 52.29 64.00 65.28 73.56
Norfolk—
Breckland 53.55 61.12 66.08 73.28
Broadland 49.62 57.00 63.63 69.65
Great Yarmouth 59.27 71.29 73.20 82.42
North Norfolk 52.33 60.01 66.57 74.59
Norwich 62.00 72.28 79.10 86.40
South Norfolk 50.84 58.82 64.77 70.93
West Norfolk 52.73 59.32 65.47 75.02
Northamptonshire—
Corby 56.70 72.43 76.11 82.22
Daventry 51.53 60.37 64.95 73.27
East Northampton 51.78 60.97 65.13 73.06
Kettering 53.08 66.60 69.72 77.98
Northampton 60.56 68.81 73.82 82.59
South Northampton 49.91 58.74 63.88 70.83
Wellingborough 52.14 63.59 66.92 74.48
Northumberland—
Alnwick 54.95 65.00 69.05 78.03
Berwick-on-Tweed 54.02 63.97 68.28 75.72
Blyth Valley 58.42 71.22 75.76 84.25
Castle Morpeth 53.42 62.59 67.50 76.44
Tynedale 59.48 66.64 71.71 80.06
Wansbeck 62.61 76.66 81.05 90.50
North Yorkshire—
Craven 48.17 57.45 63.88 75.22
Hambleton 46.22 56.33 63.48 72.69
Harrogate 43.19 54.50 63.14 73.70
Richmondshire 47.12 57.74 65.50 76.15
Ryedale 45.22 56.07 62.80 72.50
Scarborough 55.14 65.73 71.82 81.12
Selby 48.30 59.12 67.68 77.05
York 51.00 63.60 65.30 73.30
Average General Rate Poundage
1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78
Nottinghamshire—
Ashfield 52.02 61.10 69.92 75.01
Bassetlaw 54.53 65.63 71.96 74.14
Broxtowe 52.92 62.10 70.10 72.86
Gedling 51.92 58.11 67.30 71.08
Mansfield 53.11 66.70 74.50 81.28
Newark 51.12 59.27 69.32 72.29
Nottingham 62.39 78.63 77.90 79.90
Rushcliffe 50.66 58.93 68.00 72.30
Oxfordshire—
Cherwell 49.78 59.40 68.27 80.46
Oxford 51.60 61.42 70.50 83.30
South Oxford 48.03 60.24 69.30 79.73
Vale of White Horse 49.95 59.49 67.87 81.71
West Oxford 51.29 58.85 66.61 79.01
Salop—
Bridgnorth 47.64 55.96 56.92 70.50
North Salop 49.22 59.79 59.54 72.39
Oswestry 49.56 62.63 64.48 73.52
Shrewsbury 49.13 61.25 61.87 73.60
South Salop 55.89 62.52 59.75 71.52
The Wrekin 54.62 65.65 67.65 80.65
Somerset—
Mendip 47.14 60.35 63.56 71.68
Sedgemoor 49.68 67.21 71.80 77.50
Taunton Deane 51.53 62.94 65.77 74.75
West Somerset 48.24 59.14 64.64 72.37
Yeovil 50.77 60.01 64.64 72.69
Staffordshire—
Cannock Chase 49.89 61.20 66.85 81.47
East Stafford 48.21 62.10 65.44 80.60
Lichfield 47.08 59.54 64.56 79.34
Newcastle under Lyme 50.45 59.64 67.30 82.93
South Stafford 48.20 59.45 64.94 78.55
Stafford 47.85 58.55 63.40 79.25
Stafford Moorlands 48.09 58.81 64.90 79.60
Stoke 61.30 68.25 72.06 85.50
Tamworth 56.30 67.79 73.50 90.10
Suffolk—
Babergh 50.17 63.13 67.25 74.16
Forest Health 40.62 62.75 66.10 75.14
Ipswich 51.30 65.98 68.95 78.70
Mid Suffolk 47.58 59.64 66.40 75.55
St. Edmundbury 49.43 60.59 65.39 75.20
Suffolk Coastal 47.06 60.63 63.51 74.68
Waveney 50.10 64.17 69.64 78.64
Surrey—
Elmbridge 48.90 66.96 76.93 87.34
Epsom & Ewell 50.45 66.71 76.53 85.74
Guildford 44.01 61.51 75.55 85.85
Mole Valley 48.56 68.00 75.90 84.16
Reigate and Banstead 46.71 62.10 74.77 87.84
Runnymede 45.66 60.30 70.30 81.50
Spelthorne 47.75 63.35 71.36 83.75
Surrey Heath 47.88 61.71 72.45 81.71
Tandridge 44.56 58.50 69.40 79.36
Waverley 48.49 65.30 75.48 86.31
Woking 48.70 65.10 75.03 85.75
Warwickshire—
North Warwickshire 52.14 61.44 66.26 75.65
Nuneaton 53.33 67.50 72.20 81.20
Rugby 52.67 66.40 71.68 79.40
Stratford 50.60 61.26 66.51 75.85
Warwick 52.17 64.30 67.99 76.25
Average General Rate Poundage
1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78
West Sussex—
Adur 51.80 60.98 65.50 51.73
Arun 51.33 61.80 68.00 76.36
Chichester 49.53 59.54 65.56 74.13
Crawley 51.00 63.76 69.80 80.00
Horsham 47.11 55.61 60.21 70.85
Mid Sussex 46.90 55.26 60.21 70.85
Worthing 51.60 63.63 69.31 78.20
Wiltshire—
Kennet 47.62 60.76 64.02 74.77
North Wiltshire 47.16 57.44 62.02 72.41
Salisbury 48.09 59.00 64.58 74.85
Thamesdown 56.24 67.57 74.24 86.18
West Wiltshire 46.33 57.82 61.32 70.92
Clwyd—
Alyn and Deeside 59.54 74.04 82.57 89.73
Colwyn 59.66 77.14 86.68 94.90
Delyn 62.63 78.92 88.97 97.26
Glyndwr 57.62 73.69 85.56 90.76
Rhuddlan 63.33 74.80 90.75 101.35
Wrexham Maelor 57.66 72.70 82.84 91.88
Dyfed—
Carmarthen 59.60 74.07 79.49 84.97
Ceredigion 58.15 73.84 77.65 84.49
Dinefwr 59.68 69.45 73.40 78.15
Llanelli 60.21 78.36 81.79 87.11
Preseli 61.43 74.24 76.08 80.29
South pembrokeshire 66.96 81.39 82.53 86.91
Gwent—
Blaenau Gwent 69.73 81.78 87.63 105.10
Islwyn 64.85 76.90 87.63 99.40
Monmouth 59.66 73.38 79.30 94.35
Newport 63.58 74.08 86.09 98.30
Torfaen 65.38 74.46 87.70 100.61
Gwynedd—
Aberconwy 63.81 80.02 81.94
Arfon 61.09 77.71 82.77 86.66
Dwyfor 58.81 76.82 82.00 86.11
Meirionnydd 64.65 80.37 83.93 86.17
Ynys Mon 72.70 80.73 84.19 86.65
Mid Glamorgan—
Cynon Valley 67.16 87.60 96.97 102.23
Merthyr Tydfil 73.27 94.88 100.30
Ogwr 64.54 84.40 88.67 93.96
Rhondda 69.50 89.00 94.00 99.00
Rhymney Valley 72.14 92.86 96.36 101.78
Taff-Ely 64.27 87.31 93.93 98.41
Powys—
Brecknock 59.88 69.74 70.00 74.62
Montgomery 55.56 67.18 67.99 69.31
Radnor 57.76 67.87 73.05 73.14
South Glamorgan—
Cardiff 58.47 77.52 82.50 89.03
Vale of Glamorgan 59.89 74.46 81.43 89.76
West Glamorgan—
Afan 80.42 102.99 109.50 111.80
Lliw Valley 63.63 81.66 90.94 97.50
Neath 63.30 80.07 92.85
Swansea 62.60 89.80 96.45 102.08

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