§ Mr. David NicholsonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give the estimated community charge, assuming the grant regime and expenditure current at the time, payable in each of the Somerset districts for the financial years 1988–89 and 1989–90; and what estimate he has for 1990–91 assuming no changes in grant regime or spending plans.
§ Mr. GummerIllustrative 1988–89 community charges were placed in the Library on 23 June 1988. These assumed that the total grant available was the same as with rates. Illustrative 1989–90 figures will be published in due course. The 1988–89 community charges, disregarding the effects of the transitional safety nets, are as follows:
£ Mendip 209 Sedgemoor 222 Taunton Deane 211 West Somerset 214 South Somerset 214