§ Mr. SummersonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what information his Department has on(a) how many commercial and industrial buildings and sites are owned by each London borough, (b) how many of them are let, (c) how much rent they produce, (d) how many of them are empty and (e) whether the borough owns them freehold or leasehold.
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Local Rates and Precepts 1987–88—1988–89 Local rate or precept 1987–88 (p) Local rate or precept 1988–89 (p) Percentage change Local rate or precept 1987–88 £ per hereditament Local rate or precept 1988–89 £ per hereditament Political control at 1.4.88 Avon 228.50 246.50 7.9 422 456 None Bedfordshire 232.20 246.40 6.1 544 577 None Berkshire 178.50 193.60 8.5 466 505 Conservative Buckinghamshire 208.50 227.70 9.2 579 632 Conservative Cambridgeshire 206.00 216.00 4.9 429 450 None Cheshire 211.00 232.00 10.0 430 473 None Cleveland 252.00 282.00 11.9 413 462 Labour Cornwall 184.00 207.70 12.9 288 325 None Cumbria 246.50 260.00 5.5 329 347 None Derbyshire 262.00 297.50 13.5 426 484 Labour Devon 188.50 209.75 11.3 335 373 None Dorset 189.00 203.00 7.4 409 439 Conservative Durham 214.00 246.00 15.0 281 323 Labour East Sussex 190.30 217.10 14.1 432 493 Conservative Essex 199.50 235.00 17.8 493 580 None Gloucestershire 194.26 217.30 11.9 372 417 None Hampshire 184.10 200.30 8.8 400 436 None Hereford and Worcester 168.50 185.00 9.8 365 401 Conservative Hertfordshire 205.60 240.40 16.9 541 633 None Humberside 217.00 261.00 20.3 326 392 None Isle of Wight 207.14 227.23 9.7 366 402 Liberal
§ Mr. WaldegraveThis information is not available to my Department.