§ Mr. Stephen Rossasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report. the average rate poundage for Conservative-controlled county councils for the years 1981–82 and 1985–86.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerThe average precept poundage for county councils that are Conservative-controlled was 112.9p in 1981–82 and is estimated to be 148..in 1985–86.
§ Mr. Stephen Rossasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report the average rate poundage for all county councils on England for the years 1981–82 and 1985–86.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerThe available information is as follows: 637W
1981–82 1985–86 Non-metropolitan county councils 114.7p* 157.3p Metropolitan county councils 39.2p* 55.1p * Including any supplementary precepts levied.
§ Mr. Stephen Rossasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report the rate poundage fixed by the Isle of Wight county council for the years 1981–82 and 1985–86; and what percentage increase over these four years they represent.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerThe Isle of Wight county precept was 113.5p in 1981–82 and has been set at 157.0p for 1985–86. This represents a 38 per cent. increase over the four-year period.
§ Mr. Stephen Rossasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report the percentage increase in rate poundage approved by the conservative-controlled county councils between the years 1981–82 and 1985–86.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerThe available information is as follows:
Percentage increases in precept poundages by Conservative-controlled county councils between 1981–82 and 1985–86 per cent. Buckinghamshire 26.1 Cambridgeshire 27.0 Devon 36.2 Dorset 25.2 East Sussex 30.4 Essex 38.2 Hampshire 28.5 Hereford and Worcester 29.6 Hertfordshire 35.7 Kent 30.0 Lincolnshire 24.8 Norfolk 33.3 North Yorkshire 32.5 Oxfordshire 29.1 Somerset 26.7 Suffolk 26.1 Surrey 36.6 West Sussex 31.2 Wiltshire 36.1
§ Mr. Stephen Rossasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the average amount charged to a householder for general rates in the city of Chichester, West Sussex, the boroughs of Camden and Westminster and the borough of Medina, Isle of Wight in the year 1984–85.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerEstimates are as follows:
Average domestic rate bills in 1984–85 £ Chichester 282 Camden 723 Westminster 701 Medina 252