To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish his estimate of the average council tax—band C, two adults—in constant prices for each of the new unitary council authorities and for Wales as a whole for 1994–95 and 1995–96 together with his estimate for the same categories for 1996–97. [9198]
The average council taxes for band C dwellings with two adults for 1994–95 and 1995–96, at constant 1995–96 prices, are £303 and £348 respectively. No information is available on a unitary authority basis for 1994–95. Implied band C taxes for individual unitary authorities for 1995–96 are given in the following table. The figures have been derived from the final disaggregated budget and indicative standard spending assessments (SSAs) issued on 27 October 1995. These redistribute 1995–96 budgets and SSAs for the existing councils to the new authorities.Council tax levels for 1996–97 will depend on the budgetary decisions of individual authorities in the light of the final settlement which will be announced at the end of the month.
Band C council tax estimates for unitary authorities: estimates based on the latest budget and indicative SSAs for 1995–96
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Implied band C council tax 1995–96 £
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Anglesey | 285 |
Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire | 375 |
Aberconwy and Colwyn | 259 |
Denbighshire | 437 |
Flintshire | 379 |
Wrexham | 327 |
Powys | 309 |
Cardigan | 525 |
Pembrokeshire | 331 |
Carmarthenshire | 394 |
Swansea | 309 |
Neath and Port Talbot | 458 |
Bridgend | 348 |
Vale of Glamorgan | 308 |
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff | 435 |
Merthyr Tydfil | 387 |
Caerphilly | 361 |
Blaenau Gwent | 466 |
Torfaen | 312 |
Monmouthshire | 215 |
Newport | 218 |
Cardiff | 330 |
Wales | 348 |
Source:
Local authority returns.