HC Deb 13 July 1988 vol 137 cc229-30W
Mr. Gould

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will update the table given in answer to the then hon. Member for Liverpool, Wavertree, in theOfficial Report, column 324–30, 14 May 1981, using the most recent statistics; and if he will extend the table to include any local authority whose area is covered by an urban development corporation city action team, or inner city task force.

Mr. Trippier

[holding answer 12 July 1988]: Statistics for the 43 districts then designated under the Inner Urban

Mr. Howard

A summary of the 1,217 responses received by 31 October 1986, when the consultation period on the Green Paper ended, was placed in the Library on 15 December 1986. Overall, those respondents who supported the abolition of domestic rates outnumbered those who supported retention by 2 to 1.

Since June 1987, my Department has received some 10,900 letters containing a variety of comments on specific aspects of our proposals, or requesting further information. The letters do not readily lend themselves to an analysis of correspondents' views.