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Rate Poundages

Volume 929: debated on Tuesday 5 April 1977

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asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report the

to 1977–78 are shown in the attached tables:

increases in rates in the £ sterling in each London borough, metropolitan district and non-metropolitan district in England and Wales for the years 1975–76, 1976–77 and 1977–78.

Owing to differential rating, it would be misleading to try and publish year-on-year changes in rates either as an amount or as a percentage, but average rate poundages for each rating authority are listed below for the three years 1974–75 to 1976–77and,

Average General Rate Poundage
1974–751975–761976–771977–78
Isles of Scilly44·8444·3952·76
Greater Manchester—
Bolton54·4362·7066·1770·04
Bury55·3461·5967·46
Manchester66·6583·7088·70108·90
Oldham57·7973·3077·4889·77
Rochdale59·3375·9082·9086·51
Salford54·7767·8074·4083·10
Stockport53·0160·7570·5090·00
Tameside60·2670·2376·5084·50
Trafford62·7173·4875·5875·74
Wigan54·3266·4072·6184·25
Merseyside—
Knowsley73·4082·1988·3492·89
Liverpool64·6069·1071·1090·96
St. Helens58·1970·2077·2096·75
Sefton51·3862·0063·8176·92
Wirral58·1971·1777·2089·77
South Yorkshire—
Barnsley59·4870·4079·5988·38
Doncaster60·0778·4087·2295·99
Rotherham54·9075·0081·4391·42
Sheffield62·2774·2278·9690·92
Tyne and Wear—
Gateshead65·7884·5084·5089·55
Newcastle upon Tyne76·7498·4096·3198·41
North Tyneside69·0282·3084·8191·45
South Tyneside70·4182·2579·2086·38
Sunderland63·3177·9681·9996·00
West Midlands—
Birmingham56·2771·4873·5577·55
Coventry53·7769·9673·0082·84
Dudley45·3355·9961·4075·76
Sandwell52·9069·7574·5077·90
Solihull55·2761·1367·4375·97
Walsall44·9360·4066·50
Wolverhampton49·6059·9066·6073·30
West Yorkshire—
Bradford61·3980·7882·5084·80
Calderdale56·5571·7373·6478·63
Kirkless59·8068·6169·7072·22
Leeds55·9262·0961·3865·16
Wakefield65·7381·9682·7884·31
City of London39·4562·9570·0974·69
Camden48·9971·9879·6890·78
Greenwich48·7066·8868·0374·82
Hackney43·5060·0062·0065·00
Hammersmith44·3563·5162·4174·37
Islington47·3069·4468·4075·84
Kensington and Chelsea38·6055·6256·2064·14
Lambeth47·6064·4867·8175·32
Lewisham48·7265·1065·6272·80
Southwark49·3469·3075·2578·59
Tower Hamlets55·7076·0174·6482·33
Wandsworth43·9659·9562·8373·82
Westminster40·2960·4767·6273·82
Barking53·6075·5079·2782·00
Barnet44·1761·3164·2571·83
Bexley55·2873·4071·5086·51
Brent53·0977·8075·7775·65

where information has been received, for the year 1977–78. The rate poundages for 1977–78 are those taken from returns made to the Department but, in some instances, the rate poundages are subject to approval by the full council.

Average General Rate Poundage

1974–75

1975–76

1976–77

1977–78

Bromley49·5876·0676·4977·38
Croydon54·5074·2069·0369·03
Ealing48·7679·4178·1278·12
Enfield47·1770·8569·7969·84
Haringey62·1278·8083·0389·65
Harrow53·3476·4575·0878·02
Havering53·9770·6273·7881·68
Hillingdon51·3578·0376·8876·62
Hounslow52·7077·3875·2677·70
Royal Kingston upon Thames48·1669·1072·9077·50
Merton57·0073·9175·2078·00
Newham54·1084·5084·5084·50
Redbridge49·3070·8770·5072·61
Richmond upon Thames49·2071·4073·3076·30
Sutton53·9873·6272·3872·38
Waltham Forest50·3679·5079·2084·74
Avon—
Bath59·0573·0075·2281·59
Bristol62·5974·0477·0385·24
Kingswood49·8859·3063·7870·57
Northavon48·8658·9063·8070·86
Wansdyke48·9460·8067·03
Woodspring49·5962·1066·8675·92
Bedfordshire—
Bedford62·0780·0084·1293·94
Luton52·7576·8084·5096·00
Mid Bedfordshire58·2372·9378·2588·71
South Bedfordshire65·4078·6683·6194·18
Berkshire—
Bracknell48·0564·1068·2777·93
Newbury43·4256·5061·5971·62
Reading57·0069·0473·8083·00
Slough50·6167·0973·3081·71
Windsor-Maidenhead48·0861·3065·8875·06
Workingham42·6956·5060·7370·53
Buckinghamshire—
Aylesbury Vale50·2367·6069·6177·04
Beaconsfield47·0865·0667·0174·63
Chiltern49·5766·7068·3975·34
Milton Keynes50·4668·7071·0081·60
Wycombe49·3166·0768·5676·56
Cambridgeshire—
Cambridge52·7564·5068·5078·50
East Cambridgeshire52·8660·3063·0775·27
Fenland52·3959·0063·6176·82
Huntingdon50·5459·1463·9276·29
Peterborough57·6767·4554·61
South Cambridgeshire50·3157·9061·2172·50
Cheshire—
Chester60·2574·8379·9985·98
Congleton57·1071·7077·3584·55
Crewe and Nantwich57·9773·3778·1485·27
Ellesmere Port57·9173·7778·8084·80
Halton57·4073·1080·6387·82
Macclesfield58·7574·2078·5283·83
Vale Royal60·5875·6082·0587·79
Warrington62·3775·7079·4984·46
Cleveland—
Hartlepool68·4075·9078·9986·05
Langbaurgh72·7479·0083·2188·88
Middlesbrough75·9782·5187·4895·00
Stockton on Tees73·4177·1679·3385·44
Cornwall—
Caradon43·0957·1060·6768·93
Carrick49·9561·2064·03
Kerrier50·2257·7060·9766·42
North Cornwall49·4959·7062·0967·57
Penwith51·0263·9067·4972·34
Restormel51·1759·9862·7868·17

Average General Rate Poundage

1974–75

1975–76

1976–77

1977–78

Cumbria—
Allerdale50·9761·3066·5881·30
Barrow in Furness47·9861·8070·0083·00
Carlisle46·7059·6363·5676·21
Copeland52·6865·6071·0784·10
Eden49·5054·6061·2973·69
South Lakeland44·2557·6064·6078·34
Derbyshire—
Amber Valley53·0262·3071·7477·95
Bolsover50·4663·5071·8479·59
Chesterfield53·7069·4379·6287·03
Derby53·8065·5073·5079·00
Erewash49·6863·7072·0178·60
High Peak54·8564·7572·5980·05
North East Derbyshire52·4863·9874·6083·17
South Derbyshire49·8760·8069·8275·89
West Derbyshire49·4561·4370·2176·95
Devon—
East Devon45·4558·6063·4572·53
Exeter59·7770·3073·0376·97
North Devon44·9362·0066·8776·21
Plymouth48·0059·5064·0071·60
South Hams45·2857·5162·9172·14
Teignbridge47·0360·1065·0573·64
Tiverton43·9253·7460·3268·97
Torbay52·3066·1970·6176·26
Torridge46·5157·7061·3670·47
West Devon38·9751·0057·8167·62
Dorset—
Bournemouth56·1072·0077·0084·00
Christchurch50·3864·8069·8777·87
North Dorset46·6262·0066·7273·92
Poole49·4468·0073·0080·00
Purbeck46·0564·0068·8175·79
West Dorset48·9563·4067·1374·27
Weymouth and Portland50·5267·2973·71
Wimborne46·1763·8067·8674·22
Durham—
Chester-le-Street63·5776·2079·2981·16
Darlington68·5776·9075·8179·50
Derwentside66·0374·0075·0681·05
Durham68·3477·7079·0980·83
Easington57·8971·0073·7977·28
Sedgefield66·9677·9981·0386·88
Teesdale55·0268·1070·0872·83
Wear Valley67·9482·2084·4987·89
East Sussex—
Brighton60·5072·2083·2093·30
Eastbourne58·3065·8077·8391·28
Hastings52·4063·3573·6081·80
Hove51·0564·7471·4079·30
Lewes51·5465·1071·7180·80
Rother49·4563·7070·6379·22
Wealden45·1857·2065·3073·48
Essex—
Basildon47·5060·6370·2082·56
Braintree47·2857·4062·7974·00
Brentwood44·7455·6061·8471·54
Castle Point46·2058·5066·9076·43
Chelmsford44·7955·8062·4572·35
Colchester48·4057·6064·2872·08
Epping Forest45·2657·9067·4278·36
Harlow52·8065·5073·6086·15
Maldon46·2555·9062·6573·09
Rochford42·6055·2062·5773·07
Southend-on-Sea48·8259·7868·9578·41
Tendring48·3157·7064·8171·59
Thurrock45·3057·6064·6074·10
Uttlesford44·4056·9064·0473·59

Average General Rate Poundage

1974–75

1975–76

1976–77

1977–78

Gloucester—
Cheltenham52·4065·9770·7676·45
Cotswold51·4065·1269·3475·91
Forest of Dean53·2064·9068·3074·38
Gloucester51·1066·2570·0075·50
Stroud53·6167·9371·7575·73
Tewkesbury52·4963·2069·9375·76
Hampshire—
Basingstoke50·1665·1070·9284·21
East Hampshire49·0959·2066·9776·72
Eastleigh49·1360·8068·6378·48
Fareham51·0060·3068·8078·90
Gosport50·3560·2067·1078·20
Hart49·7158·8064·4974·03
Havant49·3061·6068·0077·70
New Forest48·3561·6069·7678·87
Portsmouth61·0074·0079·0091·00
Rushmoor53·0067·2076·0086·20
Southampton58·0077·1681·5090·20
Test Valley51·5462·0467·4877·85
Winchester50·4962·9068·1877·93
Hereford and Worcester—
Bromsgrove51·5462·6068·3080·21
Hereford54·5067·5073·2883·78
Leominster53·8862·9068·2279·72
Malvern Hills53·4163·8069·0380·91
Redditch54·0070·3875·0084·00
South Herefordshire52·8563·5067·9379·34
worcester55·5164·4071·5082·40
Wychavon56·9368·2074·7086·10
Wyre Forest60·1273·4377·6788·56
Hertfordshire—
Broxbourne52·5568·6075·3186·39
Dacorum55·7467·3076·4087·16
East Hertfordshire49·6262·9072·7682·44
Hertsmere52·4069·2079·6794·20
North Hertfordshire52·3665·0074·6883·83
St. Albans48·1363·8472·5883·26
Stevenage54·7870·3082·5495·47
Three Rivers53·1668·3078·0488·80
Watford50·1070·3081·12
Welwyn Hatfield50·2164·2675·4786·90
Humberside—
Beverley43·9653·7559·8769·01
Boothferry51·7862·1064·2673·06
Cleethorpes55·3763·1066·1176·68
Glanford51·8060·2065·8474·81
Grimsby59·8067·3066·9777·00
Holderness47·0156·3063·4572·40
Kingston upon Hull59·9966·7370·0676·45
North Wolds52·2661·1067·3975·77
Scunthorpe65·5074·3075·4881·50
Isle of Wight—
Medina53·8867·8067·3476·84
South Wight55·6067·4667·9279·07
Kent—
Ashford46·5357·4063·4672·75
Canterbury47·5463·5071·6282·65
Dartford51·8966·4172·4683·17
Dover53·6063·8070·0780·02
Gillingham40·0652·9058·7667·98
Gravesham51·6964·3068·9776·44
Maidstone50·9662·5067·6376·28
Medway52·0963·4068·9977·46
Sevenoaks52·0565·4071·3480·48
Shepway54·6064·0571·5182·96
Swale49·9963·3869·8878·67
Thanet54·5168·4071·6982·23
Tonbridge and Malling46·9661·0066·9977·96
Tunbridge Wells48·3463·1367·3676·73

Average General Rate Poundage

1974–75

1975–76

1976–77

1977–78

Lancashire—
Blackburn66·5880·8087·7794·48
Blackpool48·1161·1066·5673·93
Burnley56·8572·5077·0882·39
Chorley49·7758·0164·04
Fylde50·6360·7068·4373·90
Hyndburn55·3768·1075·8081·54
Lancaster54·6365·6071·6578·36
Pendle52·4965·6073·5079·03
Preston57·4470·1084·5186·19
Ribble Valley50·7860·8066·1671·09
Rossendale61·5876·9780·5786·50
South Ribble50·3161·6068·1773·63
West Lancashire57·2668·9073·6776·65
Wyre52·0462·1066·3470·98
Leicestershire—
Blaby50·2659·0356·3263·52
Charnwood48·3260·1057·7864·84
Harborough48·6559·0857·5264·60
Hinckley/Bosworth49·9060·8959·9566·12
Leicester50·1069·5067·0073·49
Melton48·2459·1356·5165·19
North West Liecester51·8958·5058·5066·39
Oadby-Wigston48·5059·1557·0064·50
Rutland46·4454·9760·3066·40
Lincolnshire—
Boston49·7862·1166·5376·58
East Lindsey53·4065·7765·9976·42
Lincoln67·1074·4769·9883·90
North Kesteven50·8661·0663·6673·63
South Holland52·4566·5469·1678·48
South Kesteven51·5463·0966·2475·32
West Lindsey52·2964·0065·2873·56
Norfolk—
Breckland53·5561·1266·0873·28
Broadland49·6257·0063·6369·65
Great Yarmouth59·2771·2973·2082·42
North Norfolk52·3360·0166·5774·59
Norwich62·0072·2879·1086·40
South Norfolk50·8458·8264·7770·93
West Norfolk52·7359·3265·4775·02
Northamptonshire—
Corby56·7072·4376·1182·22
Daventry51·5360·3764·9573·27
East Northampton51·7860·9765·1373·06
Kettering53·0866·6069·7277·98
Northampton60·5668·8173·8282·59
South Northampton49·9158·7463·8870·83
Wellingborough52·1463·5966·9274·48
Northumberland—
Alnwick54·9565·0069·0578·03
Berwick-on-Tweed54·0263·9768·2875·72
Blyth Valley58·4271·2275·7684·25
Castle Morpeth53·4262·5967·5076·44
Tynedale59·4866·6471·7180·06
Wansbeck62·6176·6681·0590·50
North Yorkshire—
Craven48·1757·4563·8875·22
Hambleton46·2256·3363·4872·69
Harrogate43·1954·5063·1473·70
Richmondshire47·1257·7465·5076·15
Ryedale45·2256·0762·8072·50
Scarborough55·1465·7371·8281·12
Selby48·3059·1267·6877·05
York51·0063·6065·3073·30

Average General Rate Poundage

1974–75

1975–76

1976–77

1977–78

Nottinghamshire—
Ashfield52·0261·1069·9275·01
Bassetlaw54·5365·6371·9674·14
Broxtowe52·9262·1070·1072·86
Gedling51·9258·1167·3071·08
Mansfield53·1166·7074·5081·28
Newark51·1259·2769·3272·29
Nottingham62·3978·6377·9079·90
Rushcliffe50·6658·9368·0072·30
Oxfordshire—
Cherwell49·7859·4068·2780·46
Oxford51·6061·4270·5083·30
South Oxford48·0360·2469·3079·73
Vale of White Horse49·9559·4967·8781·71
West Oxford51·2958·8566·6179·01
Salop—
Bridgnorth47·6455·9656·9270·50
North Salop49·2259·7959·5472·39
Oswestry49·5662·6364·4873·52
Shrewsbury49·1361·2561·8773·60
South Salop55·8962·5259·7571·52
The Wrekin54·6265·6567·6580·65
Somerset—
Mendip47·1460·3563·5671·68
Sedgemoor49·6867·2171·8077·50
Taunton Deane51·5362·9465·7774·75
West Somerset48·2459·1464·6472·37
Yeovil50·7760·0164·6472·69
Staffordshire—
Cannock Chase49·8961·2066·8581·47
East Stafford48·2162·1065·4480·60
Lichfield47·0859·5464·5679·34
Newcastle under Lyme50·4559·6467·3082·93
South Stafford48·2059·4564·9478·55
Stafford47·8558·5563·4079·25
Stafford Moorlands48·0958·8164·9079·60
Stoke61·3068·2572·0685·50
Tamworth56·3067·7973·5090·10
Suffolk—
Babergh50·1763·1367·2574·16
Forest Health40·6262·7566·1075·14
Ipswich51·3065·9868·9578·70
Mid Suffolk47·5859·6466·4075·55
St. Edmundbury49·4360·5965·3975·20
Suffolk Coastal47·0660·6363·5174·68
Waveney50·1064·1769·6478·64
Surrey—
Elmbridge48·9066·9676·9387·34
Epsom & Ewell50·4566·7176·5385·74
Guildford44·0161·5175·5585·85
Mole Valley48·5668·0075·9084·16
Reigate and Banstead46·7162·1074·7787·84
Runnymede45·6660·3070·3081·50
Spelthorne47·7563·3571·3683·75
Surrey Heath47·8861·7172·4581·71
Tandridge44·5658·5069·4079·36
Waverley48·4965·3075·4886·31
Woking48·7065·1075·0385·75
Warwickshire—
North Warwickshire52·1461·4466·2675·65
Nuneaton53·3367·5072·2081·20
Rugby52·6766·4071·6879·40
Stratford50·6061·2666·5175·85
Warwick52·1764·3067·9976·25

Average General Rate Poundage

1974–75

1975–76

1976–77

1977–78

West Sussex—
Adur51·8060·9865·5051·73
Arun51·3361·8068·0076·36
Chichester49·5359·5465·5674·13
Crawley51·0063·7669·8080·00
Horsham47·1155·6160·2170·85
Mid Sussex46·9055·2660·2170·85
Worthing51·6063·6369·3178·20
Wiltshire—
Kennet47·6260·7664·0274·77
North Wiltshire47·1657·4462·0272·41
Salisbury48·0959·0064·5874·85
Thamesdown56·2467·5774·2486·18
West Wiltshire46·3357·8261·3270·92
Clwyd—
Alyn and Deeside59·5474·0482·5789·73
Colwyn59·6677·1486·6894·90
Delyn62·6378·9288·9797·26
Glyndwr57·6273·6985·5690·76
Rhuddlan63·3374·8090·75101·35
Wrexham Maelor57·6672·7082·8491·88
Dyfed—
Carmarthen59·6074·0779·4984·97
Ceredigion58·1573·8477·6584·49
Dinefwr59·6869·4573·4078·15
Llanelli60·2178·3681·7987·11
Preseli61·4374·2476·0880·29
South pembrokeshire66·9681·3982·5386·91
Gwent—
Blaenau Gwent69·7381·7887·63105·10
Islwyn64·8576·9087·6399·40
Monmouth59·6673·3879·3094·35
Newport63·5874·0886·0998·30
Torfaen65·3874·4687·70100·61
Gwynedd—
Aberconwy63·8180·0281·94
Arfon61·0977·7182·7786·66
Dwyfor58·8176·8282·0086·11
Meirionnydd64·6580·3783·9386·17
Ynys Mon72·7080·7384·1986·65
Mid Glamorgan—
Cynon Valley67·1687·6096·97102·23
Merthyr Tydfil73·2794·88100·30
Ogwr64·5484·4088·6793·96
Rhondda69·5089·0094·0099·00
Rhymney Valley72·1492·8696·36101·78
Taff-Ely64·2787·3193·9398·41
Powys—
Brecknock59·8869·7470·0074·62
Montgomery55·5667·1867·9969·31
Radnor57·7667·8773·0573·14
South Glamorgan—
Cardiff58·4777·5282·5089·03
Vale of Glamorgan59·8974·4681·4389·76
West Glamorgan—
Afan80·42102·99109·50111·80
Lliw Valley63·6381·6690·9497·50
Neath63·3080·0792·85
Swansea62·6089·8096·45102·08