§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales when he expects the Chester-Bangor expressway to be completed; and if he will make a statement.
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£ million Rate rebates1 Gross rate income Domestic rate relief grant Housing and disabled Enterprise zones Net rate income Net domestic rate income Net non-domestic rate income column 1 column 2 column 3 column 4 column 52 column 6 column 7 1975–76 195 41 3 — 151 47 104 1976–77 220 43 4 — 173 58 115 1977–78 236 44 5 — 187 63 124 1978–79 276 45 6 — 225 80 145 1979–80 308 46 8 — 254 92 162 1980–81 388 47 12 — 329 125 204 1981–82 441 48 13 — 380 148 232 1982–83 457 25 18 — 414 174 240 1983–843 461 25 44 — 392 149 243 1984–854 501 25 53 2 421 166 255 1985–86 545 25 56 2 462 185 276 1986–87 614 26 63 3 522 214 308 1987–88 673 26 68 3 576 237 338 1988–89 737 27 56 4 650 281 369 1989–905 826 27 65 4 730 316 414 1 Expenditure by local authorities on rate rebates. 2 Column 5 = column (1–2–3–4) = column (6+7). 3 In 1983–84 there was a change in Housing Benefit payments, some payments previously paid by DHSS to recipients of supplementary benefits and classed as "Rates" were from 1983–84 paid by the local authorities and classed as "Rate Rebates". Thus figures from 1983–84 are not strictly comparable with those for previous years.
§ Sir Wyn RobertsFifty-one of the 60 miles of the A55 between Chester and Bangor are already dualled and open to traffic; eight miles are under construction. Work on the final section, the Aber improvement scheme, is planned to start before April 1994 and to take about 18 months.