HC Deb 02 August 1978 vol 955 cc475-6W
Mr. John Evans

asked 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.

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.