Council Tax Relief (Wandsworth)

HC Deb 07 March 1996 vol 273 cc304-5W

Ms Armstrong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was(a) the total sum, (b) the amount paid to the London borough of Wandsworth, (c) the percentage of the total paid to the London borough of Wandsworth and (d) the amount paid per dwelling in the London borough of Wandsworth, in traditional relief in respect of the council tax in each year from 1993–94 to 1995–96. [19494]

Sir Paul Beresford

The information requested is as follows:

• (a) Total amount of transitional relief in England:
• 1993–94: £378,652,826
• 1994–95: £111,283,108
• 1995–96: £27,178,179¹
• (b) Amount of transitional relief paid to London Borough of Wandsworth:
• 1993–94: £35,984,443
• 1994–95: £23,594,503
• 1995–96: £10,100,635¹
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• (c) Percentage of total amount of transitional relief paid to London Borough of Wandsworth:
• 1993–94: 9.5 per cent.
• 1994–95: 21.2 per cent.
• 1995–96: 37 per cent.¹
• (d) Average amount paid per chargeable dwelling in London Borough of Wandsworth:
• 1993–94: £323.75
• 1994–95: £209.29
• 1995–96: £89.31

These figures are averages. The actual amount of transitional relief varied according to a household's council tax banding, its composition and its previous liability for community charge.

¹ Information for 1995–96 is provisional and is subject to final grant claims to be made during 1996–97.