§ Mr. Blackburnasked the Secretary of State for the. Environment if he will publish in the Official Report the electorate in each council district in the West Midlands region on the current register; and if he will estimate the sum per elector which is to be raised in the current financial year in respect of (a) the county rate, (b) the district rate and (c) the total for the combined rates.
§ Mr. KingThe information requested for 1982–83 is given in the following table:
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Local Government Electors on 1982 electoral register County Precept† per elector District Rate† per elector Total Rate per elector £ £ £ Wolverhampton 190,309 90 282 372 Hereford and Worcester Bromsgrove 66,310 230 25 255 Hereford 36,649 241 43 284 Leominster 29,292 159 20 179 Malvern Hills 64,173 201 22 223 Redditch 48,423 281 45 326 South Herefordshire 36,101 177 14 191 Worcester 57,497 291 49 340 Wychavon 72,049 249 36 285 Wyre Forest 68,407 250 49 299 Shropshire Bridgnorth 36,350 199 23 222 North Shropshire 36,838 161 20 181 Oswestry 23,946 154 18 172 Shrewsbury and Atcham 66,478 222 31 253 South Shropshire 27,181 148 19 167 The Wrekin 89,209 216 44 260 Staffordshire Cannock Chase 63,124 230 21 251 East Staffordshire 72,672 233 30 263 Lichfield 64,189 249 31 280 Newcastle-under-Lyme 91,611 192 31 223 South Staffordshire 72,687 217 21 238 Stafford 87,372 245 27 272 Staffordshire Moorlands 72,808 175 18 193 Stoke-on-Trent 197,089 217 28 245 Tamworth 46,192 221 27 248 Warwickshire North Warwickshire 44,669 243 38 281 Nuneaton and Bedworth 84,549 205 42 247 Rugby 64,066 246 33 279 Stratford-on-Avon 76,623 261 36 297 Warwick 89,185 272 33 305 Source: OPCS Monitor "Electrical Statistics" (May 1982); DOE estimates.
* Inclusive of domestic rate relief grant.
† Derived from rateable value and general rate poundage.