HC Deb 19 June 1990 vol 174 cc477-9W
Mr. Sayeed

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when he will make an order under section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 confirming the charge caps on those local authorities which neither accepted the caps he proposed nor put forward alternative amounts within the statutory period of 28 days of their being designated for capping.

Mr. Chris Patten

I cannot make an order under section 106 of the 1988 Act unless a draft of it has been laid before and approved by resolution of the House of Commons. I have today laid before the House a draft section 106 order confirming the caps of the three authorities which did not respond to the caps which I proposed. As required by the

Region Property type
Shops Factories Hotels and boarding houses Offices Mines
Northern 8.89 5.31 12.75 6.69 11.16
Yorkshire and Humberside 9.95 6.54 13.18 7.41 22.28
East Midlands 8.73 5.78 14.38 6.89 15.65
East Anglia 10.46 6.94 12.89 8.53 —
Inner London 9.62 7.17 12.95 6.96 —
Outer London 9.41 6.32 11.99 7.24 —
Rest of South East 10.64 7.09 14.44 10.23 10.89
South West 11.10 7.18 10.90 9.80 5.96
West Midlands 7.22 4.53 12.91 6.47 18.22
North West 8.36 5.17 12.31 6.61 14.59
England 9.52 6.10 12.85 7.47 16.81

Mr. Richard Shepherd

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the overall increase or decrease in the total rates paid by non-domestic rate payers in each local authority in England, by authority, between 1989–90 statute, the amount of the cap is the same as that which I proposed for each of the authorities concerned. The authorities and the caps are as follows:

Implied reduction in budget
£ £ million £ per adult
Basildon 23,700,000 4.2 35
Bristol 56,600,000 7.6 26
Doncaster 178,500,000 11.6 53

This will be welcomed by the charge payers concerned.

Mr. Battle

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what representations he has received from local authorities and other interested bodies regarding(a) the new requirement for debt payments from capital receipts and (b) advanced leasing arrangements.

Mr. Chope

Since publication in July 1988 of the Government's proposals for a new system of local authority capital finance my Department has received numerous representations from local authorities and other interested bodies on many aspects of the new system. No detailed analysis is available of all the points raised.

Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list by local authority, the cost of collecting the community charge per individual.

Mr. Chope

I have today arranged for the available information on budgeted costs for 1990–91, as shown on returns made by local authorities, to be placed in the Library.

Mr. Richard Shepherd

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the overall increase in rateable values in the 1990 rating valuation list as compared with the rateable values previously in use for the categories of(a) shops, (b) factories, (c) hotels and boarding houses, (d) offices and (e) mines and (i) in total for England and (ii) by economic regions.

Mr. Chope

[holding answer 18 June 1990]: Revaluation factors indicating the increase in rateable values shown in the lists deposited with local authorities on 20 December 1989 for the property types requested are given in the table.

and 1990–91 (a) including the effects of transitional arrangements and (b) excluding the effects of transitional arrangements.

Mr. Chope

[holding answer 18 June 1990]: Estimates of the information requested by my hon. Friend, based on the rateable values shown in the lists deposited with local authorities on 20 December, have been placed in the Library today.

Sir George Young

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table showing the relationship of community charge to rates in both gross

Ranges of 1989–90 equivalent net household income (£ per week)
Under 75 75–100 100–150 150–200 200–250 250–300 300–350 350–400 400–500 500+ All Households
Domestic Rates
Gross 7.45 7.96 8.16 9.07 9.71 10.40 10.67 11.57 12.13 14.13 9.47
Net 2.46 3.01 5.59 8.67 9.56 10.34 10.67 11.54 12.12 14.13 7.99
As a percentage of net income in each range
Gross per cent. 9.8 9.3 6.8 4.3 3.6 3.2 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.0 4.0
Net per cent. 3.2 3.5 4.7 4.1 3.6 3.2 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.0 3.3
Community Charge
Gross 8.83 8.15 8.46 10.31 10.81 11.04 10.62 10.40 10.01 9.98 9.67
Net 2.34 2.76 5.58 9.15 10.08 10.46 10.18 10.06 9.76 9.72 7.71
As a percentage of net income in each range
Gross per cent. 10.9 8.9 6.5 4.5 3.7 3.1 2.7 2.3 2.0 1.3 3.7
Net per cent. 2.9 3.0 4.3 4.0 3.4 3.0 2.6 2.3 2.0 1.3 3.0

Notes:

  1. 1. Rates are 1989–90 actuals.
  2. 2. Community charges are 1990–91 settlement assumed charges.
  3. 3. Equivalent net household income is calculated using the McClements scale.