§ Mr. Goodladasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table showing his latest estimate of the yield of rates in Cheshire; what proportion derives from (a) domestic properties, (b) industrial premises and (c) commercial premises; what are the comparable figures for each year from 1974–75; and what each figure would have had to have been exactly to have matched the rate of inflation in each year since 1974–75.
§ Mr. Guy BarnettThe information is as follows:
Estimated rate yield* in Cheshire Hypothetical rate yield of annual percentage increase followed general inflation†r £ million £ million 1974–75 55.52 ֵ 1975–76 73.16 69.18 1976–77 82.72 84.34 1977–78 89.38 94.30 1978–79 104.42 ֵ‡
Approximate derivation of total yield m 1977–78 Type of hereditament Percentage Domestic 44.4 Industrial 16.7 Commercial 20.3 Other 18.6 * Before allowing for rate rebates, and fo special domestic relief in respect of 1974–75. † Derived by multiplying the previous year's rate yield by the increase in the retail price index between the two financial years. ‡ The average level of the retail price index in 1978–79 is not yet available.