HC Deb 09 March 1989 vol 148 cc665-6W
Mr. Harry Greenway

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will express the Ealing domestic rates of 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 and 1989 as a notional community charge; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Gummer

The illustrative community charges published by the Department are based on local authority returns. The figures for Ealing from 1985–86 to 1988–89 are as follows.

Illustrative community charge in Ealing
£
1985–86 172
1986–87 164
1987–88 278
1988–89 234

Mr. Barry Porter

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list in theOfficial Report the Department's estimate of the community charge for 1990 for the district authorities in (a) Merseyside, (b) Greater Manchester and (c) the London boroughs.

Mr. Gummer

[holding answer 7 March 1989.]: The Government have made no estimates of future community charges. Illustrative figures are published on 23 June showing what the community charge would have been i:n each area had the new system been in force in 1988–89. Those illustrative figures assume existing levels of spending and existing local authority responsibilities.

Mr. Franks

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list in theOfficial Report the estimate of the community charge that his Department expects for each district in (a) Cumbria, (b) Merseyside and (c) the London boroughs.

Mr. Gummer

The Government have made no estimates of future community charges. Illustrative figures were published on 23 June showing what the community charge would have been in each area had the new system been in force in 1988–89. Those illustrative figures assume existing levels of spending and existing local authority responsibilities.