To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) by what percentage the rate imposed by Bassetlaw district council increased in each year from 1980 to date;(2) by what percentage the rate imposed by Newark and Sherwood district council increased in each year from 1980 to date;(3) by what percentage the rate imposed by Nottinghamshire county council increased in each year from 1980 to date.

The percentage changes over the previous years are as follows:

	Bassetlaw DC Local Rate	Newark and Sherwood DC Local Rate	Nottinghamshire CC Precept
	per cent.	per cent.	per cent.
1980–81	+88·5	+46·3	+12·7
1981–82	+176·8	+67·7	+29·0
1982–83	-25·5	+16·9	+27·5
1983–84	-0·2	+0·7	+9·7
1984–85	-0·1	+25·1	+12·5
1985–86	+23·0	+17·2	+8·5
1986–87	+12·3	+6·0	+17·7
1987–88	+9·8	+0·9	+7·8
1988–89	+9·0	+22·5	+7·2
1989–90	+7·4	+7·9	+3·6

Local rate is the rate charged by the district council including the average parish rate; precept is the rate levied by the county council.