HC Deb 04 March 1980 vol 980 cc156-7W
Mr. Richard Wainwright

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the annual average amount of rates paid by a family in the years 1977, 1978 and 1979 and in the areas covered by each passenger transport authority in England.

Mr. King

The estimated average domestic rate payments for England as a whole and for each of the transport authority areas were as follows:

1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
£ £ £
England 119 131 155
Greater Manchester 113 123 145
Merseyside 120 127 154
South Yorkshire 93 101 124
Tyne and Wear 104 118 142
West Midlands 120 128 151
West Yorkshire 69 76 99