§ Dr. Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will estimate how many separate notices of the poundage and amount levied by individual rating authorities and by each precepting authority will be received by domestic and business ratepayers in metropolitan areas if the proposals, outlined in paragraph 5.13 of the White Paper Cmnd. 9008, on rates, and for the establishment of joint boards as outlined in Cmnd. 9063, "Streamlining the Cities", were to be implemented;
(2) what will be the minimum and maximum numbers of new local rate precepting bodies that will be established 544W in the six metropolitan county areas and in Greater London under the proposals outlined in the White Paper, "Streamlining the Cities", Cmnd. 9063.
§ Mr. Patrick JenkinIn the metropolitan counties there will be three new precepting bodies: the joint boards responsible for police, fire and public transport. In London there will also be three new bodies issuing precepts: the fire board for the whole area; the education board in the inner area; and the body proposed to deal with debt, pensions and legal liabilities, which may need to issue a precept for any part of its expenditure that cannot be attributed directly to individual borough councils.
However, ratepayers will receive only one rate bill, on which will be clearly shown the amount of that bill attributable to each precepting body.