§ Mr. AdleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the annual rates bill, at the latest available date, levied on the nationalised industries; and if he will make a statement on what arrangements he proposes for these industries following the reorganisation of local government finance.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyInformation on nationalised industries' rate bills is not held centrally. These industries will continue to be rated on a basis comparable with the private sector under the provisions of the Local Government Finance Act 1988. To the extent that rateable values are determined by statutory formula at present, this form of assessment will continue for the 1990 rating lists. The main exception will be the coal industry, all of whose property will be valued by conventional means from 1990.