§ Mr. Hoosonasked the Secretary of State for Wales what estimate he has made of Welsh local authorities' planned expenditure and rates for 1984–85.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsWelsh local authorities' claims for block grant show they plan to spend in aggregate £1,300 million in 1984–85. This is 19.6 million or 1.5 per cent. more than the sum of the individual authority total expenditure targets I set in this year's rate support grant report.
1984–85 general rate poundages range from 151.6p to 218.5p and domestic rate poundages from 133.4p to 200p, giving all-Wales average general and domestic rate poundages of 181.9p and 163.8p, respectively. The all-Wales average general and domestic rate poundages are 13.5p—8 per cent.-and 13.7p—9.1 per cent. —higher respectively than the all-Wales average general and domestic rate poundages for 1983–84.