§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table showing the average domestic rate poundage and the average domestic rate bill, respectively, for each district council in Wales for 1983–84, and those proposed for 1984–85.
§ Mr. Wyn Roberts[pursuant to his reply, 12 April]: The information requested is as follows:
1983–84 1984–85 Domestic rate poundage Average domestic rate bill Domestic rate poundage Average domestic rate bill (P) (£) (P) (£) Districts Alyn and Deeside 146.2 226 169.2 263 Colwyn 157.6 229 175.6 257 Delyn 160.4 238 174.9 261 Glyndwr 153.6 188 169.8 208 Rhuddlan 161.0 245 176.5 269 Wrexham Maelor 158.5 207 174.7 229 Carmarthen 133.4 134 145.7 147 Ceredigion 129.1 140 143.4 156 Dinefwr 127.9 112 141.4 125 Llanelli 140.5 143 155.8 159 Preseli 131.8 137 144.0 151 South Pembroke 133.1 158 146.4 174 Blaenau Gwent 155.1 144 155.6 146 Islwyn 146.5 152 154.5 161 Monmouth 143.9 208 150.3 219 Newport 153.1 231 156.9 237 Torfaen 160.7 198 168.7 208 Aberconwy 147.1 206 161.3 227 Arfon 144.3 138 157.5 152 Dwyfor 150.5 158 162.6 172 Meirionnydd 150.1 164 160.3 176
1978 1979 1980 1981 1982* 1983* Glasgow† Primary Industry 2.8 — — 3.3 — — Manufacturing Industry 159.9 — — 122.0 — — Construction Industry 38.2 — — 35.6 — — Services and Utilities 326.6 — — 317.5 — — Scotland Agriculture, forestry, fishing 48 48 45 45 44 43 Energy and water supply 69 73 75 74 75 73 Manufacturing Industry 609 606 566 511 478 447 Construction Industry 152 157 157 143 132 125 Services 1,188 1,222 1,242 1,230 1,226 1,214 Total 2,067 2,107 2,205 2,002 1,955 1,902 All the figures relate to June except for Glasgow 1981 figures which relate to September. * Provisional. There are estimated additions to the Scotland total estimates of 13,000 and 31,000 in 1982 and 1983 respectively. † The estimates for Glasgow are on SIC 1968 and relate to the Glasgow travel-to-work area. ‡ The estimates for Scotland are on SIC 1980; current estimates on SIC 1968 are no longer available.