Rents and Rates

HC Deb 07 February 1990 vol 166 c632W

Sir Peter Hordern

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table showing the total and annual increase in local authority rents and domestic rates in each of the last five years.

Mr. David Hunt

Information for England is as follows:

Local authority rents
	Average unrebated rent £ per week	Increase over previous year per cent.	Culmulative increase since 1984–85 per cent.
1985-86	15.63	6	6
1986-87	16.48	5	11
1987-88	17.40	6	18
1988-89	19.01	9	29
1989-90	120.83	10	41
1Provisional figure

Domestic rates
Average domestic rate poundage 1pence	Increase over previous year per cent.	Cumulative increase since1984–85 per cent.
173	8	8
197	14	23
210	7	31
229	9	43
250	9	56
1Domestic rate poundage is the average rate (in pence) per £ of rateable value levied on domestic properties.