HC Deb 26 March 1991 vol 188 cc383-4W
Mr. Gwilym Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales which areas in Wales have benefited as a result of the business rate revaluation.

Mr. David Hunt

The non-domestic rate revaluation factor for each district in Wales is shown in the following table:

Rating authority Revaluation factor
Torfaen 6.6
Alyn and Deeside 6.9
Newport 7.1
Wrexham Maelor 7.3
Islwyn 7.5
Blaenau 7.6
Rhymney valley 7.6
Port Talbot 7.6
Cynon Valley 7.8
Montgomeryshire 7.8
Rhondda 7.9
Taff Ely 7.9
Colwyn 8.0
Glyndwr 8.0
Rhuddlan 8.0
Ynys Mon—Anglesey 8.2
Meirionnydd 8.3
Ogwr 8.3
Lliw Valley 8.3
Llanelli 8.6
Merthyr Tydfil 8.6
Preseli Pembrokeshire 8.7
Cardiff 8.7
Neath 8.7
Aberconwy 9.0
Vale of Glamorgan 9.0
Swansea 9.0
Ceredigion 9.1
Dwyfor 9.1
Delyn 9.3
South Pembrokeshire 9.3
Radnor 9.4
Monmouth 9.7
Arfon 9.9
Dinefwr 10.4
Brecknock 10.4
Carmarthen 10.6
WALES 8.5

Mr. Gwilym Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what percentage of Welsh businesses will have to pay the maximum increase under the uniform business rate in 1991–92; what percentage will see their rates bills fall in real terms; and what percentage will see no increase in real terms.

Mr. David Hunt

The effect of transitional arrangements on non-domestic rate bills in Wales for 1991–92 is that 65 per cent. of businesses will have a reduction or no change in real terms.

Mr. Gwilym Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what transitional protection he has arranged following the introduction of the uniform business rate in Wales.

Mr. David Hunt

In moving to the new business rating system, the contribution made by businesses towards local government spending in Wales has been maintained at the same level in real terms as in 1989–90. We recognised that some businesses would need time to adjust to the rate increases they faced following the revaluation of non-domestic property and the introduction of the uniform business rate. We therefore introduced transitional arrangements under which no occupier should have a rate increase of more than 20 per cent. in real terms in any year. For businesses which have rateable values below £10,000, the maximum increase should be 15 per cent. in real terms.

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