Valuations

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish in the Official Report the electorate for each district council in Northern Ireland on the 1980 register and indicate the sum raised per elector in the current financial year in respect of (a) domestic property and (b) commercial property, indicating the number of such domestic properties and their average valuation and the number of commercial properties and their average valuation.

The information is as follows :

					Average amount per elector		Domestic		Commercial ^*
District Council				Electorate (1980)	Domestic	Commercial ^*	Number of properties	Average valuation	Number of properties	Average valuation
					£	£		£		£
Antrim	…	…	…	26,574	59	64	13,048	133	1,519	1,563
Ards	…	…	…	40,415	69	55	20,826	140	2,845	914
Armagh	…	…	…	33,147	46	36	15,211	118	2,196	685
Ballymena	…	…	…	37,380	59	59	18,198	140	2,215	1,351
Ballymoney	…	…	…	15,761	48	41	6,991	128	896	944
Banbridge	…	…	…	21,219	49	45	10,049	119	1,131	1,019
Belfast	…	…	…	232,905	61	112	119,158	118	17,554	1,611
Carrickfergus	…	…	…	19,731	70	64	9,772	145	1,773	1,243
Castlereagh	…	…	…	44,972	63	42	20,506	156	1,927	1,292
Coleraine	…	…	…	31,923	72	86	16,031	151	2,355	1,316
Cookstown	…	…	…	19,177	42	41	8,339	118	1,114	970
Craigavon	…	…	…	48,748	63	68	23,797	133	3,725	1,150
Down	…	…	…	34,038	56	46	16,435	130	2,241	799
Dungannon	…	…	…	29,576	41	43	13,192	107	2,025	834
Fermanagh	…	…	…	36,566	39	43	16,392	98	2,161	832
Larne	…	…	…	20,366	60	77	10,672	121	1,632	1,184
Limavady	…	…	…	15,619	51	46	6,976	124	813	1,086
Lisburn	…	…	…	54,643	67	60	26,607	152	3,036	1,382
Londonderry	…	…	…	52,545	60	83	23,838	132	2,817	1,771
Magherafelt	…	…	…	21,916	40	35	9,355	119	1,248	839
Moyle	…	…	…	9,645	58	40	4,902	124	650	644
Newry	…	…	…	50,110	47	45	23,728	114	3,231	848
Newtownabbey	…	…	…	51,528	70	76	24,389	151	2,514	1,916
North Down	…	…	…	45,960	87	52	22,892	188	2,246	1,127
Omagh	…	…	…	28,347	38	39	11,904	109	1,633	789
Strabane	…	…	…	22,753	43	40	10,112	107	1,253	831
^* Commercial property, as such, is not separated in rates records. The figures quoted are the figures for non-domestic property excluding Crown property.

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each district council area in Northern Ireland the average rateable valuation for each Housing Executive dwelling.

The information is as follows :

District Council and Average Rateable Value^* (£)
Antrim	125
Ards	110
Armagh	107
Ballymena	120
Ballymoney	106
Banbridge	109
Belfast	93
Carrickfergus	120
Castlereagh	114
Coleraine	113
Cookstown	110
Craigavon	123
Down	112
Dungannon	105
Fermanagh	111
Larne	118
Limavady	112
Lisburn	118
Londonderry	116
Magherafelt	115
Moyle	103
Newry & Mourne	113
Newtownabbey	117
North Down	117
Omagh	107
Strabane	107
^* as at 31 December 1979.

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland which are (a) the highest and (b) the lowest domestic and commerical property valuations in Northern Ireland and in which council district they are situated ; and what are the average valuations in each case for all of Northern Ireland.

The information requested in the first part of the question could be supplied only at disproportionate cost.The average net annual values for the whole of Northern Ireland for hereditaments are £130 (domestic) and £1,259 (non-domestic). Commerical property, as such, is not separated in rates records. The non-domestic category includes all hereditaments excluding domestic and Crown property.

Volume 986: debated on Thursday 19 June 1980