Mr. PorterTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what would on present estimates(a) a ward sister and (b) a teacher of five years experience and living in an average three bedroom terraced house in Waveney pay under (a) domestic rates, (b) community charge and (c) a combination of local income tax and capital value rates.
§ Mr. GummerA ward sister earning £13,000 living in a house in Waveney worth £60,000 and with a rateable value of £200 would pay a rates bill of £422, a community charge of £194 (disregarding the transitional safety net) and £485 under a system of capital value rates plus local income tax (LIT). A teacher on a similar salary, living in an identical property, would pay the same rates and community charge bills as the ward sister, and broadly the same capital value rates/LIT bill. In both cases the capital value rates/LIT bill would vary somewhat, depending on the taxable income of the individuals.
§ Mr. BurnsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his estimate of what a married couple
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§ Mr. TrippierThe average annual cost to my Department in recent years is calculated to have been £383,000. Details of the annual cost to local government are not held centrally. Within my Department 19 full-time equivalent staff have been employed on this work.
The table shows the gross and the net area added to the registers, in acres, in each of the last five calendar years:
with one child, and only one parent working, earning (a) £8,000 per annum living in a two bedroomed house valued at £65,000, (b) £12,000 per annum living in a three bedroomed house valued at £85,000, and (c) £18,000 per annum living in a three bedroomed house valued at £100,000, would pay in (i) a system of capital value rates plus local income tax paid in the proportions of 80:20 and (ii) rates if they lived in Chelmsford.
§ Mr. Gummer[holding answer 2 February 1989]: The figures are given in the table, together with the assumptions used in each case. It has been necessary to supply assumptions about rateable value and taxable incomes.
Example A Married couple; gross income £8,000; taxable income £1,000; capital value £65,000; rateable value £175 £ Rate bill 413 Community charge (no safety net) 1458 Capital value rate/LIT bill 525 1 2 × £229.
Example B Married couple; gross income £12,000; taxable income £5,000;capital value £85,000; rateable value £275 £ Rate bill 649 Community charge (no safety net) 1458 Capital value rate/LIT bill 730 1 2 × £229.
Example C Married couple; gross income £18,000; taxable income £11,000;capital value £100,000; rateable value £375 £ Rate bill 885 Community charge (no safety net) 1458 Capital value rate/LIT bill 920 1 2 × £229.