asked the Secretary of State for Wales what has been the total contribution from (a) non-domestic and (b) domestic ratepayers in Wales, in money terms, in each financial year since 1965–66.

The contributions made by non-domestic and domestic ratepayers in Wales towards local authority expenditure are estimated to be as follows:

	Domestic	Non-domestic
	£ million	£ million
1965–66	24·6	29·8
1966–67	26·1	32·9
1967–68	26·3	34·1
1968–69	28·2	36·7
1969–70	29·3	39·1
1970–71	32·0	43·9
1971–72	38·1	52·3
1972–73	41·2	56·6
1973–74	44·4	59·4
1974–75	28·0	80·6

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many counties in Wales he estimates will have rate

					Under construction at end of period
		Public Sector	Started Private Sector	Total	Public Sector	Private Sector	Total	Public Sector	Completed Private Sector	Total
April 1974	…	877	516	1,393	6,126	14,366	20,492	367	811	1,178
May 1974	…	478	623	1,101	6,288	14,466	20,754	316	523	839
June 1974	…	1,526	750	2,276	7,465	14,518	21,983	349	698	1,047
July 1974	…	718	192	910	7,925	14,023	21,948	258	687	945
August 1974	…	485	554	1,039	8,080	14,025	22,105	330	552	882
September 1974	…	507	509	1,016	8,253	13,909	22,162	334	625	959
October 1974	…	701	395	1,096	8,682	13,595	22,277	272	709	981
November 1974	…	471	248	719	8,853	13,392	22,245	300	451	751
December 1974	…	285	270	555	8,812	13,160	21,972	326	502	828
January 1975	…	430	426	856	8,850	12,942	21,792	392	644	1,036

Corresponding data for the first three months of 1974 are given in Table 2·22 of the Digest of Welsh Statistics No. 20, a copy of which is in the Library.