§ Mr. Craigasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will give (a) details and the total rateable value of all agricultural hereditaments exempted from the payments of rates in each of the district council areas in Northern Ireland and (b) the same information for all other hereditaments exempted from paying rates or enjoying concessions in the respect of the payment of rates.
§ Mr. PendryI shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Craigasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will give the total rateable value of properties or hereditaments upon which rates are paid for each of the district council areas in Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. PendryThe information is as follows:
District Rateable Value £ Antrim 3,785,000 Ards 5,070,000 Armagh 2,992,500 Ballymena 4,820,000 Ballymoney 1,512,500 Banbridge 2,077,500 Belfast 37,732,500 Carrickfergus 2,537,500 Castlereagh 5,392,500 Coleraine 4,820,000 Cookstown 1,857,500 Craigavon 6,467,500 Down 3,670,000 Dungannon 2,625,000 Fermanagh 3,160,000 Larne 2,602,500 Limavady 1,737,500 Lisburn 7,640,000 Londonderry 7,177,500 Magherafelt 1,927,500 Moyle 972,500 Newry and Mourne. 4,697,500 Newtownabbey 6,675,000 North Down 6,740,000 Omagh 2,695,000 Strabane 1,850,000
Mr. Wm. Rossasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland under what statutory provisions the regional rate in Northern Ireland is raised.
§ Mr. PendryThe statutory provision under which the regional rate in
500WNorthern Ireland is raised is the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977, articles 6 and 7.
Mr. Wm. Rossasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland under what statutory provisions a ratepayer has the right to know how the district rate is struck in Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. PendryArticle 8(4)(6) of the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 lays a duty on a district council to publish a notice of the district rate struck. The statutory provision under which the district rate is struck is contained in articles 6, 7 and 8 of the order.
Mr. Wm. Rossasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland under what statutory provisions a ratepayer has the right to know how the percentages or sums embodied in the regional rate are divided among the services provided by the regional rate.
§ Mr. PendryThere is no statutory provision for making known to a ratepayer how the regional rate is struck.