§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table showing for each region, county and district the number of dwellings and the average rateable value of dwellings within each quintile ranked by rateable value, together with the corresponding capital value; and if he will add in each case the gross revenue yield from rates in 1989–90 and the corresponding yield from the proposed council tax.
§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, what is the ratio of average freehold and leasehold dwelling prices in each English region, Scotland and Wales to the English average used in his calculations in the illustrative tables for the council tax compared to 1982, 1977 and 1967; and what were the corresponding ratios for average incomes/earnings.
§ Mr. KeyInformation on house prices for 1982, 1977 and 1967 is not available on a basis comparable with that 621W used in the tables showing illustrative council tax bills. Information on average earnings by regions is published by the Department of Employment in its annual reports of the new earnings survey.