§ Dame Peggy FennerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if, in view of the increasing value of mobile homes, he will review the percentage commission permitted to owners of sites where a mobile home is sold.
§ Mrs. RoeThe present maximum rate of commission of 10 per cent., set by the Mobile Homes (Commission) Order 1983, compares with the previous limit of 15 per cent, under the Mobile Homes Act 1975. We consulted widely before fixing the present maximum and we have no plans to amend it.
£ million 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 Northern 140 158 172 182 203 201 208 North West 194 211 225 240 271 243 251 Yorkshire and Humberside 249 280 299 321 362 363 380 East Midlands Region 101 115 129 136 147 131 141 West Midlands 29 29 29 40 42 (4) 2 East Anglia 31 33 34 37 36 19 23 South East (122) (143) (149) (165) (200) (323) (343) South West 126 142 146 158 176 160 168 Greater London (747) (825) (885) (949) (1,037) (789) (831) Note. Figures for 1984–85 differ from those shown in Figure 12 of Cmnd. 9714 as a result of later data and a different treatment of grant holdback.
Comparable figures cannot be given for 1980–81 because a different grant system was then in operation.
The figures show one way of assessing the contribution of both the domestic and non-domestic sector to resource equalisation. They are not a guide to the grant effects of replacing domestic rates with the community charge.