§ Mr. ColvinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in theOfficial Report a list of local district councils indicating the multiplier that they are using for standard community charge on second properties.
§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he has any plans to end the exemption from charge capping for local authorities with budgets of less than £15 million.
§ Mr. Chris PattenI am reviewing the operation of all aspects of the community charge and will make an announcement when decisions have been reached.
98W(a) Tyne and Wear and (b) Cleveland; and in each case how much waste of this nature was disposed of (i) within the county, and by what means and (ii) by sea dumping.
§ Mr. TrippierThe figures on arisings and disposal of dangerous or difficult waste, which correspond to "special wastes" as defined by the Control of Pollution (Special Waste) Regulations 1980, are provided annually to the Department by waste disposal authorites. For Cleveland and Tyne and Wear these are as follows:
§ Mr. TrippierI refer the hon. Member to the reply that I gave earlier today to the hon. Member for Tynemouth (Mr. Trotter).
The figures on arisings and disposal of dangerous or difficult waste, which correspond to "special wastes" as defined by the Control of Pollution (Special Waste) Regulations 1980, are provided annually to the Department by waste disposal authorities. For the purposes of this question I shall take the North East region to comprise the administrative areas of Cleveland, Durham, Northumberland and Tyne and Wear. The figures are as follows:
§ Mr. GouldTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will deposit in the Library, in respect of each charging authority, information on(a) the charging authority's demand on the collection fund, (b) the appropriation from and to their financial reserves, (c) income from specific and supplementary grants, (d) income from sales, fees, charges and other income, (e) gross revenue expenditure showing (i) capital charges net of capital financing grants, (ii) levies and (iii) unallocated contingencies, (f) estimated general and city fund revenue reserves at 1 April, (g) aggregate parish precepts and (h) other precepts, using the information provided by authorities on forms DAP1 and DAP2, corrected by his Department where necessary;
(2) if he will place in the Library information in respect of each collection fund on (a) total demands and precepts, (b) revenue support grant, (c) payments from NNDR 99W pool, (d) safety net adjustment and special grants, (e) other adjustments, (f) amount of community charge income and (g) the average charge, using the information provided by authorities on forms DAP1 and DAP2, corrected by his Department where necessary;
(3) if he will place in the Library information in respect of each precepting authority on (a) aggregate of precepts on the collection funds, (b) appropriation from and to financial reserves, (c) net revenue expenditure, (d) income from specific and supplementary grants, (e) income from sales, fees, charges, interest receipts and other non-grant income, (f) gross revenue expenditure including (i) capital charges net of capital financing grants, (ii) levies and (iii) unallocated contingencies and (g) estimated general and county fund revenue reserves at 1 April, using the information provided by authorities on forms DAP1 and DAP2, corrected by his Department where necessary.
§ Mr. Chris Patten[holding answer I May 1990]: I am arranging for copies of the information to be placed in the Library of the House.
Information for some authorities is incomplete because not all authorities were required to complete lines 2 to 10 of the DAP1 and DAP2 returns, and in the event a number elected not to do so. The missing information will not be available until budget returns are received. When those later returns are received the information in these tables may need to be revised.
§ Mr. BoswellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what proportion of total community charges in England will be raised by(a) personal, (b) standard and (c) collective charges, respectively; and if he will list those English local authorities whose percentage raised by (b) and (c) jointly diverges up or down from the average by a factor of two or more.
§ Mr. HardyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list those local authorities which have community charge levels below £300, which have standard spending grants and other direct standard spending grants which exceed £400 per capita.
§ Mr. Chope[holding answer 3 May 1990]: The following authorities have set average community charges below £300 and receive more than £400 per head of relevant population in revenue support grant (net of the area safety net) and special grants (inner London education grant and low rateable value areas grants):
- Barking and Dagenham
- Bradford
- Calderdale
- City of London
- Isles of Scilly
- Kirklees
- Lewisham
- Tower Hamlets
- Wandsworth
- Westminster
§ Mr. MorleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will list in order of highest to lowest the poll tax charges levied by non-metropolitan district councils.
§ Mr. Chope[holding answer 4 May 1990]: I am arranging for this information to be placed in the Library of the House.
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§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table showing 20 per cent. of the poll tax in each local authority.
§ Mr. Chope[holding answer 4 May 1990]: I am arranging for this information to be placed in the Library of the House.
§ Mr. Harry BarnesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give the reasons for the delay in providing his written answer of 3 May for the hon. Member for Derbyshire, North-East on local government revenue.
§ Mr. ChopeMy right hon. Friend the Secretary of State wrote to the hon. Member on 3 May explaining the position.