§ Mr. RiddickTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what would be the estimated total payment of a couple on average earnings living in a house valued at(a) £60,000, (b) £30,000 in the area covered by Kirklees council in 1990–91 under a system of local income tax and rates based on capital values.
§ Mr. GummerThe level of bills under a system of local income tax and rates based on capital values would depend primarily on the level of expenditure undertaken by Kirklees council and the amount of support available from Government grants and business rates. Such figures for 1990–91 are not known. However, figures were placed in the Library on 23 June 1988 showing the tax rates which would have applied in 1988–89. Based on these figures, with capital value rates providing 80 per cent. of the total raised in local domestic taxes, a couple each earning average full-time wages, and with only the minimum tax allowance, would have paid £970 in a £60,000 house and £595 in a £30,000 house.