§ Mr. David NicholsonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the estimated pool for England of total receipts from national non-domestic rates in 1997–98; what the pool was in 1996–97; what the pool was in 1996–97; what is the estimated grant from the pool in 1997–98 to the county councils of(a) Somerset, (b) Devon and (c) Dorset; and what was the grant for (a) to (c) for the national non-domestic rating pool in 1996–97. [8065]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordI refer my hon. Friend to the answer which my hon. Friend the Minister for Local Government, Housing and Urban Regeneration gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Croydon, North-East (Mr. Congdon) on 27 November,Official Report, columns 242–44.
The amounts to be distributed from the pool in 1996–97, and the provisional amounts for 1997–98, for the county councils listed, are as follows:
£ million 1996–97 1997–98 Somerset county council 98.200 93.555 Devon county council 216.439 205.917 Dorset county council 138.277 73.691 The figure for Dorset CC for 1997–98 take account of reorganisation at 1 April 1997.