HC Deb 27 March 1990 vol 170 cc113-4W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Great Grimsby of 19 March, how he calculates the figures of(a) £9 and (b) £5.

Mr. Chope

The figures are calculated by applying the appropriate monetary weights given in paragraph 3.29 of the revenue support grant distribution report (England) to the values of the specified indicators for Humberside, multiplying the result by the appropriate scaling factor for fire and expressing the result as an amount per relevant adult (rounded to the nearest £1).

Mr. Paice

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give the amounts received by each district and borough in Cambridgeshire from(a) the commercial rate in 1989–90 and (b) the unified business rate in 1990–91.

Mr. Chope

[holding answer 26 March 1990]: The amounts received from the commercial rate in 1989–90 and the unified business rate in 1990–91 are shown in the table.

Non-domestic rate yield
1989–90 £ million
Cambridge 34.8
East Cambridgeshire 5.6
Fenland 9.8
Huntingdonshire 18.4
Peterborough 35.4
South Cambridgeshire 15.9
Business rate income (£292.51 per adult)
1990–91 £ million
Cambridge 21.7
East Cambridgeshire 13.2
Fenland 16.5
Huntingdonshire 16.5
Peterborough 32.5
South Cambridgeshire 26.0

Note: The figures shown are not comparable due to changes in the system of local government finance, in particular changes in the way Revenue Support Grant is distributed and in the pattern of precepting by the county council.

Mr. Win Griffiths

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment 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. Chope

[holding answer 26 March 1990]: No minimum residence period has been prescribed for the purposes of establishing whether a person is solely or mainly resident in a charging authority's area. It is for the community charge registration officer to consider each case on its merits.