§ Mr. LeightonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what percentage of the money raised by the uniform business rate in London is spent in London.
§ Mr. KeyIn total local authorities in London received £1.5 billion from the non-domestic rates pool in 1990–91, and provisionally paid £2.7 billion into the pool during 1990–91. The latter figure does not represent the amounts of non-domestic rates raised from properties in London, because, first, properties on the central and Crown lists make payments direct to the non-domestic rates pool—it is not known how much of the total yield from these properties relates to London—and secondly, the provisional contribution made by local authorities to the non-domestic rates pool is calculated on the basis of the rateable value of properties on the local rating list as at 31 December 1989. Information about the actual rates payable in respect of 1990–91 is not likely to be available until November 1991.