§ Mr. John Evansasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list in the Official Report the gross rateable value of industrial hereditaments in each of the metropolitan districts of England.
§ Mr. Shore,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 31st July 1978], gave the following information:
The values as at 1st April 1977 are attached.
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RATEABLE VALUES OF INDUSTRIAL HEREDITAMENTS(1) AS AT 1ST APRIL 1977 £ Greater Manchester Bolton 3,390,113 Bury 2,175,863
Manchester 6,694,112 Oldham 3,711,005 Rochdale 3,157,194 Salford 4,348,404 Stockport 3,615,166 Tameside 3,321,750 Trafford 7,320,568 Wigan 4,037,829 Merseyside Knowsley 6,046,541 Liverpool 8,652,288 St. Helens 3,734,001 Sefton 2,745,763 Wirral 4,498,018 South Yorkshire Barnsley 2,063,792 Doncaster 2,540,850 Rotherham 3,602,313 Sheffield 12,063,084 Tyne and Wear Gateshead 3,449,281 Newcastle upon Tyne 3,641,235 North Tyneside 2,330,920 South Tyneside 2,142,410 Sunderland 2,997,708 West Midlands Birmingham 26,766,885 Coventry 7,279,583 Dudley 7,249,704 Sandwell 14,122,268 Solihull 1,365,218 Walsall 8,007,338 Wolverhampton 8,185,766 West Yorkshire Bradford 6,028,372 Calderdale 2,537,509 Kirklees 5,196,511 Leeds 9,634,301 Wakefield 3,186,403 (1) Includes factories, mills and other premises of a similar nature, but excludes mineral producing hereditaments and coal, water and transport undertakings.