HC Deb 05 February 1990 vol 166 cc475-7W
Mr. Livsey

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the number of extra staff employed by Welsh district authorities to administer and collect the poll tax in each named district.

Mr. Grist

The information requested is not held centrally.

Mr. Jack

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what proportion of local authority expenditure in 1990–91 he estimates will be met by community charge payers.

Commercial and industrial rating information1
Commercial Industrial
Average Rateable Value

1989–90 1990–91 Average Rateable Value

1989–90 1990–91
1973 Value

£

1989 Value

£

Percentage Increase Average Rate Bill

£

Average Rate Bill

£

1973 Value

£

1989 Value

£

Percentage Increase Average Rate Bill

£

Average Rate Bill

£

Alyn and Deeside 706 6,421 809 2,042 2,234 4,871 29,269 501 14,091 13,944
Colwyn 681 6,102 796 2,043 2,192 1,371 9,678 606 4,115 4,071
Delyn 598 6,333 960 1,728 2,013 1,589 12,889 711 4,593 4,854
Glyndwr 384 3,764 880 1,130 1,268 1,708 10,004 486 5,029 5,014
Rhuddlan 866 7,625 780 2,494 2,764 1,377 8,051 485 3,965 3,978
Wrexham Maelor 872 7,709 784 2,591 2,815 4,430 24,370 450 13,159 12,897
Carmarthen 577 6,746 1,070 1,626 1,986 1,031 9,062 779 2,909 3,135
Ceredigion 463 4,851 948 1,271 1,507 516 4,263 726 1,417 1,498
Dinefwr 292 3,409 1,069 797 950 1,580 16,593 950 4,320 4,705
Llanelli 574 6,230 985 1,733 1,984 3,711 23,469 532 11,203 11,065
Preseli Pembrokeshire 505 4,775 845 1,368 1,592 6,185 53,344 763 16,748 19,475
South Pembrokeshire 546 5,098 834 1,517 1,717 8,959 87,870 881 24,902 32,037
Blaenau Gwent 401 3,386 746 1,143 1,218 3,521 21,920 523 10,049 9,767
Islwyn 463 3,940 751 1,283 1,395 2,669 15,520 482 7,392 7,160
Monmouth 752 8,669 1,052 2,113 2,463 3,510 25,454 625 9,856 10,027
Newport 1,217 9,272 662 3,359 3,580 9,205 53,115 477 25,402 24,925
Torfaen 894 6,797 660 2,586 2,721 3,463 17,718 412 10,017 9,650
Aberconwy 649 6,391 884 1,817 2,107 1,270 7,804 515 3,554 3,673
Arfon 524 5,772 1,002 1,451 1,711 1,107 7,625 589 3,066 3,177
Dwyfor 555 5,354 865 1,545 1,805 320 3,093 867 891 1,022
Meirionnydd 389 3,514 803 1,096 1,214 432 3,857 793 1,216 1,287
Ynys Mon 410 4,131 908 1,134 1,318 3,174 16,739 427 8,778 8,510
Cynon Valley 418 3,291 688 1,218 1,277 4,148 28,540 588 12,097 11,968
Merthyr Tydfil 663 5,585 743 1,995 2,090 3,596 30,716 754 10,829 11,090
Ogwr 800 7,378 822 2,491 2,714 2,775 18,280 559 8,639 8,456
Rhondda 395 3,373 753 1,206 1,261 2,176 12,226 462 6,639 6,427
Rhymney Valley 537 4,749 785 1,667 1,778 3,194 20,255 534 9,918 9,709
Taff Ely 1,028 9,178 793 3,111 3,401 4,727 30,220 539 14,307 14,206
Brecknock 281 3,166 1,028 749 895 985 10,004 916 2,629 2,806
Montgomeryshire 476 4,517 848 1,183 1,363 1,253 6,301 403 3,112 3,062
Radnorshire 333 3,671 1,004 834 1,017 1,335 8,902 567 3,350 3,459
Cardiff 1,494 13,079 776 3,594 4,140 2,817 19,623 597 6,778 7,214
Vale of Glamorgan 786 7,842 898 1,953 2,343 3,668 27,049 637 9,118 9,686
Port Talbot 682 6,151 803 2,184 2,289 16,261 94,979 484 52,102 50,535
Lliw Valley 401 4,084 918 1,301 1,455 3,829 20,415 433 12,413 12,197
Neath 627 6,197 888 2,043 2,195 4,291 30,780 617 13,978 14,020
Swansea 1,060 10,225 864 3,540 3,883 2,366 13,461 469 7,899 7,6 I 2
Total Wales 757 6,979 822 2,124 2,377 3,482 22,403 543 10,080 10,138
1 For properties shown on the Valuation list at 31 December 1989.

A large increase in the average rate bill for industrial properties in South Pembrokeshire is due to the large upward revaluation of the Milford Haven oil refinery complex.

Mr. Peter Walker

If local authorities budget in line with the settlement that I have announced for 1990–91, after allowing for community charge benefit and transitional relief, community charge payers should expect to contribute 14 per cent. of local authorities' expenditure for that year.

Mr. Nicholas Bennett

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will give the average business rate to be paid by (i) commercial and (ii) industrial premises in each Welsh district in 1990–91;

(2) if he will set out the average rateable value for (a) commercial and (b) industrial premises in each Welsh district following revaluation together with the average figure for each category prior to revaluation and the percentage increase as a result of the 1989 revaluation.

Mr. Walker

The information requested is shown in the following table:

The average rateable values requested are not representative of the majority of premises. Inevitably they are weighted towards the upper end by the existence of a few companies with very large properties—viz British Steel at Port Talbot. A more appropriate measure would have been the median rateable values. That information is not available.

Mr. Nicholas Bennett

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give the figures and percentages for the income of each Welsh district for the latest year for which figures are available broken down into the following categories: central Government grant, domestic rate, business rate, mixed hereditament rate, income from fees and charges.

Mr. Peter Walker

The information requested can be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Mr. Nicholas Bennett

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will give the general rate for each Welsh district in 1989–90 broken down into its component parts of county precept and community and district council levies;

(2) what was the (a) domestic rate, (b) hereditament rate and (c) business rate for each Welsh district in 1989–90;

(3) what was the average rate paid by (i) commercial and (ii) industrial premises in each Welsh district in 1989–90.

Mr. Peter Walker

The information requested is published in table 9.3 of Welsh Local Government Financial Statistics No. 13, 1989.