To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will provide details of the council tax set by local authorities in Wales for 1993–94.
The average council tax for a band C property set by local authorities in Wales for 1993–94 is £292. This is before account is taken of exemptions and discount under the new system. Around two-thirds of properties in Wales are within band C and the lower valuation bands A and B. Details of the band C council tax set by each county and district council in Wales are in the following table:
District purposes2
| Community purposes (average)
| County purposes
| Average BandC Council Tax
| |
| Meirionnydd | 65 | 8 | 234 | 307 |
| Ynys Môn | 55 | 13 | 234 | 301 |
| Cynon Valley | 45 | 1 | 209 | 255 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 41 | 1 | 209 | 251 |
| Ogwr | 35 | 7 | 211 | 253 |
| Rhondda | 40 | 0 | 209 | 249 |
| Rhymney Valley | 35 | 9 | 211 | 256 |
| Taff Ely | 31 | 35 | 211 | 276 |
| Brocknock | 45 | 18 | 216 | 279 |
| Montgomeryshire | 42 | 9 | 216 | 267 |
| Radnorshire | 41 | 6 | 216 | 264 |
| Cardiff | 56 | 1 | 202 | 258 |
| Vale of Glamorgan | 43 | 20 | 202 | 265 |
| Port Talbot | 39 | 2 | 272 | 313 |
| Lliw Valley | 25 | 16 | 272 | 313 |
| Neath | 43 | 27 | 272 | 342 |
| Swansea | 46 | 3 | 272 | 321 |
| Wales | 43 | 11 | 237 | 292 |
1 Provisional. After taking into account surpluses/deficits on collection funds. | ||||
2 For counties, district figures are the averages of the tax levels for all districts within the county. | ||||