HC Deb 02 March 2000 vol 345 cc330-1W
Mr. Maclean

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list for(a) each local authority in Wales and (b) Wales as a whole the amount of revenue that will be raised from the uniform business rate in (1) 1990–2000 and (2) 2000–01. [112306]

Mr. Hanson

Estimated figures for the amount of revenue that will be raised from the uniform business rate in 1999–2000 are as follows:

£000
Isle of Anglesey 7,517
Gwynedd 29,616
Conwy 17,027
Denbighshire 14,135
Flintshire 29,315
Wrexham 23,850
Powys 16,504
Ceredigion 8,144
Pembrokeshire 20,032
Carmarthenshire 22,331
Swansea 40,712
Neath Port Talbot 26,524
Bridgend 25,450
The Vale of Glamorgan 16,934
Rhondda Cynon Taff 31,849
Merthyr Tydfil 8,505
Caerphilly 20,099
Blaenau Gwent 9,055
Torfaen 13,864
Monmouthshire 12,587
Newport 38,186
Cardiff 90,481
Wales 522,717

Since July 1999 business rates in Wales have been the responsibility of the National Assembly for Wales.