§ Mr. Gwilym JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales further to his statement of 18 December 1989, if he will now provide further information on the operation of his scheme for community charge transitional relief in Wales.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerI am today placing in the Library revised calculations showing the effects of the scheme in Wales in 1990–91. Further calculations will be required for future years.
The calculations show that personal chargepayers in 320 Welsh communities will receive relief in 1990–91. I expect 750,000 chargepayers, more than one in three of all personal chargepayers, to benefit from the scheme. Chargepayers in most valleys communities, and in many rural communities, can expect to see reductions in their charges.
I will be laying regulations implementing the scheme shortly.