asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will take steps to end the situation whereby an annuity is apportioned for the purposes of income tax between income and capital, but counts entirely as income for rate rebate purposes.
| FAMILY EXPENDITURE SURVEY | ||||||||
| Average weekly gross household income | ||||||||
| £ per week· | ||||||||
| Years | Northern | East and West Riding | North Western | North Midland | Midland | Eastern | ||
| 1961–63 | … | 18·53 | 20·01 | 20·37 | 20·10 | 23·55 | 20·39 | |
| Years | London and South Eastern | Southern | South Western | Wales | Scotland | Great Britain | ||
| 1961–63 | … | 22·77 | 22·56 | 19·94 | 19·07 | 19·50 | 20·90 | |
| Years | North | Yorkshire and Humberside | North West | East Midlands | West Midlands | East Anglia | ||
| 1964–66 | … | 21·12 | 24·12 | 23·94 | 24·88 | 27·43 | 23·42 | |
| 1967–68 | … | 26·63 | 25·55 | 27·76 | 28·22 | 30·68 | 28·36 | |
| 1969–70 | … | 31·64 | 31·20 | 33·09 | 31·91 | 34·08 | 31·19 | |
| Years | South East | South West | Wales | Scotland | Great Britain | |||
| 1964–66 | … | … | … | 28·21 | 23·19 | 22·72 | 23·87 | 25·26 |
| 1967–68 | … | … | … | 32·67 | 27·86 | 26·13 | 27·72 | 29·22 |
| 1969–70 | … | … | … | 38·04 | 32·15 | 30·45 | 32·50 | 34·00 |
Notes:
1. The information collected is for households, which in some cases differ from family units.
2. The information depends on a sample survey and the sample is not large enough to provide reliable estimates for each region for each year since 1961.
3. In the lower half of the table the headings have been changed to correspond with the Registrar General's current definition of standard regions.
schools and industrial estates. In addition increased grants have been made available in these areas for the improvements of housing.
The forecast expenditure as shown in Cmnd. 4829 is as follows:
The treatment of annuities for the purpose of rate rebates will be considered during the course of our current review of the rating system in the light of the Green Paper "The Future Shape of Local Government Finance".