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Mr. Skeet
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the rate increases already announced for district councils in East Anglia.
Mr. King
Following is the available information for authorities in the standard East Anglian region and Bedfordshire:
| Increase in general rate per cent. | Increase in domestic rate per cent. | |
| Cambridge | ||
| Cambridge | 2·3 | 2·7 |
| East Cambridge | -0·1 | -0·1 |
| Fenland | 4·3 | 5·0 |
| Huntingdon | 3·8 | 4·5 |
| Peterborough | -0·7 | -0·8 |
| South Cambridgeshire | 4·1 | 4·8 |
| Norfolk | ||
| Breckland | 10·9 | 13·0 |
| Broadland | 11·0 | 131 |
| Great Yarmouth | 10·0 | 11·5 |
| North Norfolk | 9·7 | 11·4 |
| Norwich | 13·4 | 15·4 |
| South Norfolk | 13·1 | 15·6 |
| West Norfolk | 10·6 | 12·5 |
| Suffolk | ||
| Babergh | 8·8 | 10·2 |
| Forest Heath | 6·5 | 7·5 |
| Ipswich | 8·4 | 9·7 |
| Mid-Suffolk | 8·6 | 10·0 |
| St. Edmundsbury | 7·8 | 9·0 |
| Suffolk Coastal | 8·8 | 10·3 |
| Waveney | 7·8 | 9·1 |
| Bedfordshire | ||
| North Bedfordshire | 18·5 | 21·4 |
Increase in general rate per cent.
| Increase in domestic rate per cent.
| |
| Luton | 23·5 | 27·2 |
| Mid-Bedfordshire | 16·3 | 18·8 |
| South Bedfordshire | 28·8 | 33·2 |
These data are subject to confirmation upon receipt of rate demand notes.