§ Mr DafisTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish his estimate of the average council tax—band C, two adults—in constant prices for each of the new unitary council authorities and for Wales as a whole for 1994–95 and 1995–96 together with his estimate for the same categories for 1996–97. [9198]
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesThe average council taxes for band C dwellings with two adults for 1994–95 and 1995–96, at constant 1995–96 prices, are £303 and £348 respectively. No information is available on a unitary authority basis for 1994–95. Implied band C taxes for individual unitary authorities for 1995–96 are given in the following table. The figures have been derived from the final disaggregated budget and indicative standard spending assessments (SSAs) issued on 27 October 1995. These redistribute 1995–96 budgets and SSAs for the existing councils to the new authorities.
Council tax levels for 1996–97 will depend on the budgetary decisions of individual authorities in the light of the final settlement which will be announced at the end of the month.
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Band C council tax estimates for unitary authorities: estimates based on the latest budget and indicative SSAs for 1995–96 Implied band C council tax 1995–96 £ Anglesey 285 Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire 375 Aberconwy and Colwyn 259 Denbighshire 437 Flintshire 379 Wrexham 327 Powys 309 Cardigan 525 Pembrokeshire 331 Carmarthenshire 394 Swansea 309 Neath and Port Talbot 458 Bridgend 348 Vale of Glamorgan 308 Rhondda, Cynon, Taff 435 Merthyr Tydfil 387 Caerphilly 361 Blaenau Gwent 466 Torfaen 312 Monmouthshire 215 Newport 218 Cardiff 330 Wales 348 Source:
Local authority returns.