§ Mr. Win GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what steps he intends to take to promote actively the market in recycled products and to help local authorities, and others concerned, with meeting Government recycling targets.
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesThe steps being taken are described in chapter 13 of "This Common Inheritance: The Second Year Report" (Cm 2068) a copy of which is in the Library of the House.
§ Mr. Win GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make it his policy to provide specific grants to local authorities to enable them to implement their recycling plans designed to meet the Government's target of recycling 25 per cent. of all household waste by the year 2000.
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesNo. There are long-standing arrangements agreed with the local authority associations in Wales under which they assess the level of provision needed to support a range of services, including recycling of waste, provided by local government. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State takes account of that assessment when deciding how much central Government support should be made available, in total, to local
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Council Tax Valuations: Percentage of Hereditaments by Band—Draft List Authority Band A Band B Band C Band D Band E Band F Band G Band H Total Alyn and Deeside 9.94 17.75 33.02 18.85 13.60 4.86 1.95 0.03 100.00 Colwyn 12.43 17.60 23.75 23.40 15.16 4.37 3.03 0.26 100.00 Delyn 7.95 25.18 26.03 17.13 14.31 5.98 3.23 0.18 100.00 Glyndwr 13.85 21.83 18.97 17.62 15.43 6.95 4.81 0.55 100.00 Rhuddlan 8.39 22.86 32.44 21.70 9.25 3.42 1.84 0.10 100.00 Wrexham 20.28 30.61 18.01 15.54 9.23 4.07 2.17 0.09 100.00 Carmarthen 13.57 19.58 18.45 19.05 21.28 6.54 1.46 0.09 100.00 Ceredigion 10.44 15.89 19.62 23.77 23.68 4.96 1.50 0.14 100.00 Dinefwr 19.21 21.43 20.01 16.97 14.21 6.90 1.10 0.17 100.00 Llanelli 27.27 35.77 16.65 11.69 5.74 1.65 1.15 0.09 100.00 Preseli Pembrokeshire 14.82 24.09 17.01 18.79 17.91 5.41 1.89 0.07 100.00 South Pembrokeshire 16.17 16.91 22.65 17.13 18.96 5.62 2.34 0.21 100.00 Blaenau Gwent 54.37 26.99 9.25 4.98 3.32 0.75 0.26 0.06 100.00 Islwyn 15.82 54.93 14.69 7.57 5.00 1.58 0.36 0.06 100.00 Monmouth 2.65 9.69 23.10 18.27 18.16 14.55 12.43 1.14 100.00 Newport 14.94 32.79 20.30 16.35 8.50 3.72 2.91 0.48 100.00 Torfaen 21.30 35.26 23.77 9.36 7.15 2.23 0.83 0.09 100.00 Aberconwy 13.74 19.73 22.08 19.94 15.01 5.62 3.48 0.40 100.00 Arfon 25.64 29.27 21.03 12.75 7.18 2.94 1.10 0.09 100.00 Dwyfor 13.90 22.27 18.91 19.99 19.25 3.77 1.88 0.01 100.00 Meirionnydd 29.21 24.35 16.19 12.08 12.01 3.99 2.05 0.12 100.00 Ynys Môn 18.50 22.77 15.00 21.23 16.04 3.49 2.76 0.21 100.00 Cynon Valley 60.46 19.68 7.74 7.09 4.03 0.78 0.23 — 100.00 Merthyr Tydfil 57.04 25.48 6.75 6.00 3.80 0.77 0.16 0.02 100.00 Ogwr 20.56 25.71 19.33 15.33 11.85 4.27 2.66 0.29 100.00 Rhondda 63.75 26.76 5.79 1.86 1.50 0.26 0.05 0.03 100.00 Rhymney Valley 34.21 33.25 16.94 8.52 4.80 1.57 0.63 0.09 100.00 Taff Ely 23.59 29.43 20.35 11.39 8.36 3.99 2.68 0.22 100.00 Brecknock 15.33 14.54 19.65 15.07 19.48 9.16 6.12 0.65 100.00 Montgomeryshire 11.46 22.33 19.05 16.47 21.46 6.23 2.82 0.19 100.00 Radnorshire 12.86 16.55 16.39 18.13 25.89 6.66 3.21 0.30 100.00 Cardiff 7.63 24.28 27.24 16.23 14.85 4.60 4.57 0.60 100.00 Vale of Glamorgan 6.47 21.19 20.75 17.32 15.56 7.04 10.32 1.36 100.00 Lliw Valley 19.49 26.96 23.48 18.47 8.60 2.32 0.61 0.08 100.00 Neath 20.17 40.33 19.97 10.89 6.64 1.41 0.54 0.05 100.00 Port Talbot 21.57 43.41 19.54 9.50 4.29 1.22 0.43 0.04 100.00 Swansea 22.19 24.47 18.07 13.47 12.23 5.25 4.00 0.32 100.00 Wales 20.42 25.97 19.77 14.67 11.79 4.23 2.84 0.29 100.00 authorities. Most of that support, both revenue and capital, is distributed to authorities on the basis of formulae agreed with the Welsh local authority associations.