HC Deb 13 June 1991 vol 192 cc631-2W
Mr. McMaster

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table showing the amount of community charge payable by each eligible adult in a household of one, two, three, four or five adults where one, two or no adults have been exempted due to severe mental handicap in 1991–92 after the community charge reduction scheme has been applied, for each level of assumed rates bill in £50 bands from £150 to £500, in £100 bands from £500 to £1,500, £1,750 and £2,000, where in each case the community charge is set at each £10 increment between £140 and £600.

Mr. Nicholas Bennett

The community charge payable, on average, within each Welsh charging authority, net of £140 reduction and the community charge reduction scheme, by each eligible adult for 1991–92 is given in the table. The charge shown is the same irrespective of the number of adults in a household. Severely mentally impaired adults do not pay the community charge.

The Welsh community charge reduction scheme is based on the difference between the notional average domestic rates per adult in 1989–90 and the average community charge paid in 1990–91 for each area. The reduction is this difference less £37 and is payable to every eligible adult in each qualifying community.

Average community charge payable (£)1
Alyn and Deeside 118
Colwyn 127
Delyn 125
Glyndwr 96
Rhuddlan 139
Wrexham Maelor 101
Carmarthen 61
Ceredigion 68
Dinefwr 63
Llanelli 81
Preseli Pembrokeshire 67
South Pembrokeshire 73
Blaenau Gwent 67
Islwyn 80
Monmouth 108
Newport 125
Torfaen 105
Aberconwy 110
Arfon 79
Dwyfor 91
Meirionnydd 98
Ynys Môn 103
Cynon Valley 50
Merthyr Tydfil 68
Ogwr 67
Rhondda 26
Rhymney Valley 94
Taff Ely 96
Brecknock 87
Montgomeryshire 77
Radnorshire 86

Average community charge payable (£)1
Cardiff 112
Vale of Glamorgan 109
Port Talbot 75
Lliw Valley 64
Neath 76
Swansea 113
Total Wales 92
1 Net of Budget Reduction and CCRS. Average for district.