§ Ms. GordonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether firms located in the Isle of Dogs enterprise zone at 26 April 1992, when the enterprise zone scheme ceases, will become liable for payment of unified business rates at the full amount.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyThe consultation document on the arrangements for phasing in the effects of the uniform business rate and the 1990 revaluation issued by the Department yesterday, copies of which are in the Library, proposes that phasing of rate bills should not apply to properties in enterprise zones when those come to an end.
§ Ms. GordonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will provide a breakdown on a year by year basis of the total rate allowance claimed in the Isle of Dogs enterprise zone.
§ Mr. TrippierThe information is as follows:
£ 1982–83 1,093,665 1983–84 1,509,245 1984–85 2,290,567 1985–86 2,192,527 1986–87 3,192,998 1987–88 5,077,452 1988–89 11,697,261