§ Dr. CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will estimate, on the basis of the 1987–88 budgets and consistent with figures published by his Department during 1987, the total fully-introduced community charge bills of households with one, two, three, four, five and six adults for each authority in Great Britain.
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§ Mr. RidleyYes. The answers are respectively one, two, three, four, five and six times the figures for illustrative community charges published on 29 June in respect of England, 3 July in respect of Wales and 10 July in respect of Scotland. For those on low incomes, assistance will be available through income support and community charge rebates.
§ Dr. CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will estimate, on the basis of 1987–88 budgets, and consistent with figures published by his Department during 1987, the total fully-introduced community charge bills of households with one, two, three, four, five and six adults, where each of those adults is on maxim um benefit, for each authority in Great Britain.
§ Mr. RidleyYes. The answers are respectively 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, one and 1.2 times the illustrated community charge figures published on 29 June in respect of England and 3 July in respect of Wales. For Scotland the answers are respectively one, two, three, four, five and six times the illustrative rebated community charge figures given to the hon. Member for Edinburgh, South (Mr. Griffiths) on 1 December at column520, by my hon. Friend the Minister of State, Scottish Office.