§ Mr. Michael Forsythasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list for each district council area (a)the average rateable value of domestic dwellings and (b) the average rate bill per domestic dwelling, before rebates of any kind, for each year since 1978.
§ Mr. WaldegraveThe information is published by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy in annual editions of its "Finance and General Statistics", known up to 1981–82 as "Financial, General and Rating Statistics". (In the most recent edition relating to 1983–84, for instance, average domestic rateable values as at 1 April 1982, and estimated average domestic rate bills in 1983–84 are shown in columns 22 and 24 respectively.) Copies of these are available in the Library.