HC Deb 25 January 1984 vol 52 cc614-5W
Mr. Barry Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how much industrial rating was paid in Wales in each of the years since 1979.

Mr. Nicholas Edwards

Estimated amounts paid by industrial ratepayers in Wales are as follows:

£000's
1979–80 75,842
1980–81 95,463
1981–82 107,155
1982–83* 108,808
1983–84† 109,199

* Provisional outtum

†Local authorities' budgets