§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what will be the average cost per family in Newport that will be demanded by the community charge.
§ Mr. GristIf Welsh local authorities spend in line with standard spending assessments for 1990–91 the average community charge in Wales will be £175. However, until relevant population figures from community charge registers are available it would be misleading and unhelpful to produce illustrative figures for individual authorities for 1990–91. Ultimately it will be for local authorities themselves to set their budgets and fix actual community charge levels in spring 1990.