§ Mr. Gwilym JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the community charge for 1990–91 of(a) each district council and (b) each county council in Wales; and if he will show the relationship to the standard spending assessment for each of those councils.
§ Mr. GristLocal authorities in Wales are in the process of submitting information to the Welsh Office relating to community charges. I shall write to my hon. Friend with the information he has requested when all the returns have been received and checked.
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will provide the rate that would have had to have been levied as the equivalent of the community charge for 1990– 91 of(a) each district council and (b) each county council in Wales; and if he will show the increase each of those rates are over the rates for those same councils for 1989–90.
§ Mr. GristI shall write to my hon. Friend and place a copy of my reply in the Library of the House.
§ Mr. Ieuan Wyn JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the total amount collected in business rates(a) in Wales and (b) in each local authority in Wales in 1988–89; what is the amount projected to be collected in 1989–90; and what are the estimates for 1990–91 to 1994–95.
§ Mr. GristEstimates of business rate yield by local authority are available centrally only for 1990–91 as shown in the table. Information is not available for 1991–92 to 1994–95.
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Non-domestic rate yield1 Local authority 1988–89 £million 1989–90 £ million 1990–91 £million Alyn and Deeside — — 12 Colwyn — — 5 Delyn — — 6 Glyndwr — — 4 Rhuddlan — — 7 Wrexham Maelor — — 17 Carmarthen — — 5 Ceredigion — — 5 Dinefwr — — 2 Llanelli — — 8 Preseli Pembrokeshire — — 8 South Pembrokeshire — — 8
Local authority 1988–89 £million 1989–90 £ million 1990–91 £million Blaenau Gwent — — 7 Islwyn — — 5 Monmouth — — 8 Newport — — 27 Torfaen — — 13 Aberconwy — — 6 Arfon — — 6 Dwyfor — — 3 Meirionnydd — — 3 Ynys Mon — — 6 Cynon Valley — — 6 Merthyr Tydfil — — 6 Ogwr — — 15 Rhondda — — 5 Rhymney Valley — — 9 Taff Ely — — 15 Brecknock — — 3 Montgomeryshire — — 5 Radnor — — 2 Cardiff — — 48 Vale of Glamorgan — — 11 Port Talbot — — 17 Lliw Valley — — 6 Neath — — 9 Swansea — — 26 Central list2 — — 80 Government contribution in lieu of rates — — 27 Total Wales 368 414 461 1 Amount estimated to be collected. 2 Amount payable by Welsh central list ratepayers.
§ Mr. Win GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what minimum residence period in a financial year has been established by the community charge registration officer for the payment of poll tax in each local authority for people with a residence but who normally work abroad for most of the year.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerA person is subject to a charging authority's personal community charge on a given day if he or she has their sole or main residence in the charging authority's area on that day. The decision as to whether, on any day, a residence constitutes a sole or main residence is a matter for each community charges registration officer (CCRO) to decide on the facts of the individual case. Information about community charges registration officers's decisions is not held centrally.