§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if she will list for each council area the408W rateable value of (a) domestic and (b) other hereditaments, indicating the sums she expects to raise for each sector this year; and what were the sums raised in each of the last three years. [4071]
Mr. MurphyResponsibility for the subject in question has been delegated to the Rate Collection Agency under its Chief Executive, Mr. D. W. Gallagher. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from D. W. Gallagher to Mr. William Ross, dated 18 June 1997:
I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question on rateable values, the total rates to be collected in the 1997/98 rating year and the total rates collected in each of the past three years.I attach as Annexes 1' to '3' tables showing by District Council the Domestic and Non-Domestic Net Annual Values, the Gross Collectable Rate for these sectors for this rating year and the amount collected by the Rate Collection Agency from 1993/94. You will note that the Annexes have included comments where necessary to clarify the tables.I hope that this information is of use to you but should you require further explanation please do not hesitate to contact me.
Annex 1 £000s District council Domestic net annual values 1997–98 Non-domestic net annual values 1997–98 Antrim 2,851 26,885 Ards 5,036 23,542 Armagh 3,010 16,115 Ballymena 3,962 29,250 Ballymoney 1,498 7,145 Banbridge 2,544 11,365 Belfast 17,348 265,220 Carrickfergus 2,577 12,483 Castlereagh 4,911 23,855 Coleraine 4,342 23,651 Cookstown 1,657 11,654 Craigavon 4,882 35,543 Derry 5,678 53,696 Down 3,827 18,822 Dungannon 2,375 19,834 Fermanagh 3,065 23,648 Larne 1,993 16,493 Limavady 1,645 9,767 Lisburn 7,313 49,046 Magherafelt 2,022 12,362 Moyle 1,006 3,733 Newly and Mourne 4,571 28,259 Newtownabbey 5,367 36,988 North Down 6,356 31,157 Omagh 2,443 19,025 Strabane 1,806 11,384 Northern Ireland 104,085 820,922 Notes:
1. Net annual value is the yearly rent which a property could be let for assuming it was vacant and that the tenant agreed to pay the rates, keep the property in repair and be responsible for its insurance.
2. Rateable value is the value by reference to which rates are assessed and is either the NAV or a figure derived from it taking into account any relief or exemption.
Source:
Valuation and Lands Agency.
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Annex 2 £000s District council Gross collectable rates—domestic 1997–98 Gross collectable rates—non domestic 1997–98 Antrim 4,059 10,639 Ards 8,086 8,909 Armagh 4,909 6,346 Ballymena 5,675 10,376 Ballymoney 2,267 2,863 Banbridge 3,877 4,477 Belfast 28,499 107,750 Carrickfergus 4,282 5,353 Castlereagh 7,115 8,359 Coleraine 6,588 9,770 Cookstown 2,504 3,627 Craigavon 7,708 13,215 Derry 9,018 24,000 Down 6,567 7,983 Dungannon 3,486 5,523 Fermanagh 4,584 8,114 Larne 3,300 6,248 Limavady 2,405 3,710 Lisburn 10,382 17,740 Magherafelt 3,097 4,084 Moyle 1,584 1,687 Newly and Mourne 7,624 11,660 Newtownabbey 8,894 15,693 North Down 12,176 12,198 Omagh 3,953 6,973 Strabane 2,552 4,410 Northern Ireland 165,191 321,707 percentage to collect 97 98.55 Notes:
1. From 1 April 1997 all non-domestic NAV's and subsequently gross collectable rates for that sector require to be identified separately from domestic NAV's and rates.
2. Non-domestic NAV's etc are in line with the Fourth General Revaluation List operative from 1 April 1997 while Domestic NAV's reflect still the values at 1 April 1976.
Source:
Rate Collection Agency.
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Annex 3 £000s District rate 1993–94 collected 1994–95 collected 1995–96 collected 1996–97 collected Antrim 10,904 12,539 13,326 14,509 Ards 12,678 13,553 14,342 15,531 Armagh 7,836 8,626 9,330 10,205 Ballymena 11,753 12,839 13,899 14,883 Ballymoney 3,789 4,052 4,307 4,692 Banbridge 5,961 6,706 7,450 8,018 Belfast 110,040 116,975 121,942 127,304 Carrickfergus 8,007 8,404 9,072 9,451 Castlereagh 10,967 11,912 13,215 14,934 Coleraine 11,695 12,790 13,852 15,387 Cookstown 4,307 4,553 4,912 5,338 Craigavon 15,891 17,034 18,183 20,051 Derry 22,589 25,439 28,665 31,712 Down 10,033 11,000 12,216 13,443 Dungannon 6,304 6,828 7,531 8,152 Fermanagh 8,680 9,334 10,562 11,123 Larne 7,149 7,010 7,180 7,696 Limavady 4,466 4,888 5,405 5,847 Lisburn 19,634 21,645 22,805 25,053 Magherafelt 4,827 5,408 5,883 6,425 Moyle 2,520 2,700 2,928 3,085 Newry and Mourne 12,700 14,052 15,312 17,569 Newtownabbey 18,071 19,505 21,128 22,233
Annex 3 £000s District rate 1993–94 collected 1994–95 collected 1995–96 collected 1996–97 collected North Down 15,959 18,019 19,867 21,585 Omagh 7,768 8,312 9,160 10,166 Strabane 5,088 5,425 5,856 6,098 Northern Ireland 359,414 389,453 417,518 450,490 Percentage collected 98.23 97.92 98.01 98.05 Notes:
1. Prior to 1 April 1997 Agency collected of rates did not differentiate between domestic and non-domestic Sectors.
2. Rates collected includes discharges such as vacant property etc.
Source:
Rate Collection Agency.