§ Dr. CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what, assuming the full replacement of rates by the community charge and the implementation of the proposals in the Local Government Finance Bill for non-domestic rates and the grant system, in 1988–89(a) for Wales, (b) for each class of local authority and (c) for each local authority, showing precepting authorities separately the following items in pounds per adult would be: (i) the community charge without safety net, (ii) the safety net, (iii) needs grant, (iv) redistributed non-domestic rate revenue, showing also the corresponding 1988–89 domestic rate poundage and in pounds per adult the average rate bill and local authority expenditure.
§ Mr. Grist[holding answer 28 March 1988]: Illustrative figures are given in the following table. These figures are provisional and will be updated as better information is received from local authorities. Calculations have been based on present needs assessments which are under review. The expenditure of individual community councils is not available and has been included with the appropriate district council's expenditure. The Government no longer propose to pay separate needs and standard grants to authorities. These have been replaced by a single revenue support grant as shown in column 3 of the table. Average rate bills per adult are on a basis comparable with the community charge figures and exclude any use of balances.
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Community Charge per adult Revenue Support Grant per adult Non-domestic Rate Revenue per adult Domestic Rate Poundage Safety Net (County and District) per adult Average Rate Bill per adult Expenditure per adult £ £ £ Pence £ £ £ Ynys Mon 24 72 29 227.82 -24 154 125 Cynon Valley 18 98 29 246.73 48 108 145 Merthyr Tydfil 30 112 29 254.76 44 124 171 Ogwr 27 62 29 260.55 13 151 118 Rhondda 19 125 29 258.50 71 85 173 Rhymney Valley 34 72 29 258.97 33 139 135 Taff Ely 26 62 29 255.83 18 145 116 Brecknock 21 57 29 225.45 2 131 107 Montgomeryshire 5 52 29 205.82 -11 128 86 Radnor 11 51 29 213 42 -11 135 91 Cardiff 0 93 29 207.05 -69 179 117 Vale of Glamorgan 11 57 29 213.48 -45 166 96 Port Talbot 42 80 29 283.82 51 154 150 Lliw Valley 22 56 29 285.83 43 142 107 Neath 12 63 29 287.87 21 154 104 Swansea 36 91 29 295.43 7 192 156 Clwyd 123 363 152 231.33 — — 637 Dyfed 131 391 152 235.29 — — 674 Gwent 120 383 152 235.83 — — 655 Gwynedd 105 411 152 232.13 — — 668 Mid Glamorgan 137 407 152 257.05 — — 696 Powys 112 482 152 214.23 — — 746 South Glamorgan 110 376 152 208.80 — — 638 West Glamorgan 164 377 152 291.35 — — 692 Districts 22 74 29 238.77 — — 125 Total counties 128 390 152 238.77 — — 670 Total Wales 150 465 180 238 77 — — 794