§ Sir Brandon Rhys WilliamsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his estimate of the amount of the aggregate annual relief to business chargepayers benefiting from the concession in each of the relevant years if the uniform business rate proposed in the Local Authority Finance Bill were phased in with an upper limit on the extent of any increase(a) of 20 per cent. and (b) of 10 per cent. in any years, assuming currently estimated rates of inflation of rateable values.
§ Mr. HowardIt is not yet possible to make an accurate estimate of the cost of setting the proposed ceiling on year-on-year rate increases at any given level. The ceiling will
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S.12 Caravan Sites Act 1968 as amended: Designated authorities Type of authority Made Laid before Parliament Coming into operation London boroughs Barking 13 March 1973 21 March 1973 1 June 1973 Bexley 17 April 1975 25 April 1975 1 July 1975 Camden1 27 April 1981 6 May 1981 27 May 1981 Croydon 28 May 1974 7 June 1974 1 August 1974 Enfield 4 March 1975 13 March 1975 1 June 1975 Greenwich 28 May 1974 7 June 1974 1 August 1974 Hammersmith and Fulham 1 July 1975 10 July 1975 1 August 1975 Havering 13 March 1973 21 March 1973 1 June 1973 Hillingdon 15 August 1984 15 August 1984 17 August 1984 Islington1 27 April 1981 6 May 1981 27 May 1981 Kensington and Chelsea1 17 April 1975 25 April 1975 1 June 1975 Kingston upon Thames 10 January 1984 19 January 1984 10 February 1984 Lambeth 3 April 1979 5 April 1979 26 April 1979 Lewisham 3 April 1979 5 April 1979 26 April 1979 Merton 8 May 1973 16 May 1973 1 August 1973 Newham 13 March 1973 21 March 1973 1 June 1973 Redbridge 13 March 1973 21 March 1973 1 June 1973 Richmond-upon-Thames 13 December 1972 21 December 1972 1 April 1973 Sutton 28 May 1974 7 June 1974 1 August 1974 Waltham Forest 13 March 1973 21 March 1973 1 June 1973 Wandsworth 5 November 1981 16 November 1981 7 December 1981 Westminster1 30 October 1974 7 November 1974 1 January 1975 Former county boroughs Bolton 2 January 1974 17 January 1974 31 March 1974 Bury 8 May 1973 16 May 1973 1 August 1973 Leeds 8 May 1973 16 May 1973 1 August 1973 Lincoln 2 January 1974 17 January 1974 31 March 1974 Manchester 13 December 1972 21 December 1972 1 April 1973 apply both to increases resulting from the introduction of the uniform business rate, and to those resulting from the non-domestic revaluation in 1990; and detailed forecasts of the distribution of charges in rateable value on revaluation are not yet available.