# The Non-Domestic Rating (Rates Retention) Regulations 2013, Part 2: Cost Factors Area Name or description of authority Cost factor The Council of the Isles of Scilly 1.5 The Common Council of the City of London 1.4059 Inner London The councils of the boroughs of Camden, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith and Fulham, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Wandsworth and Westminster 1.2208 West outer London The councils of the boroughs of Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Kingston upon Thames, Merton, Richmond upon Thames and Sutton 1.1113 Rest of outer London The councils of the boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Bexley, Bromley, Croydon, Enfield, Haringey, Havering, Newham, Redbridge and Waltham Forest 1.076 Avon The councils of the districts of Bath & North East Somerset, Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset 1.0378 Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire non-fringe The councils of the districts of Bedford, Central Bedfordshire, Luton, North Hertfordshire and Stevenage 1.0383 Berkshire non-fringe The councils of the districts of Reading, West Berkshire and Wokingham 1.0806 Berkshire, Surrey & West Sussex fringe The councils of the districts of Bracknell Forest, Crawley, Elmbridge, Epsom and Ewell, Guildford, Mole Valley, Reigate and Banstead, Runnymede, Slough, Spelthorne, Surrey Heath, Tandridge, Waverley, Windsor and Maidenhead and Woking 1.1039 Buckinghamshire non-fringe The councils of the districts of Aylesbury Vale, Milton Keynes and Wycombe 1.0675 Cambridgeshire The councils of the districts of Cambridge, East Cambridgeshire, Fenland, Huntingdonshire, Peterborough and South Cambridgeshire 1.0339 Cheshire The councils of the districts of Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Halton and Warrington 1.0130 Essex non-fringe The councils of the districts of Braintree, Castle Point, Chelmsford, Colchester, Maldon, Rochford, Southend-on-Sea, Tendring and Uttlesford 1.0130 Gloucestershire The councils of the districts of Cheltenham, Cotswold, Forest of Dean, Gloucester, Stroud and Tewkesbury 1.0197 Greater Manchester The councils of the metropolitan districts of Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan 1.0169 Hampshire & Isle of Wight The councils of the districts of Basingstoke and Deane, East Hampshire, Eastleigh, Fareham, Gosport, Hart, Havant, New Forest, Portsmouth, Rushmoor, Southampton, Test Valley and Winchester; and Isle of Wight council 1.0360 Hertfordshire & Buckinghamshire fringe The councils of the districts of Broxbourne, Chiltern, Dacorum, East Hertfordshire, Hertsmere, South Bucks, St Albans, Three Rivers, Watford and Welwyn Hatfield 1.0816 Kent & Essex fringe The councils of the districts of Basildon, Brentwood, Dartford, Epping Forest, Harlow, Sevenoaks and Thurrock 1.0618 Kent non-fringe The councils of the districts of Ashford, Canterbury, Dover, Gravesham, Maidstone, Medway, Shepway, Swale, Thanet, Tonbridge and Malling and Tunbridge Wells 1.0068 Merseyside The councils of the metropolitan districts of Knowsley, Liverpool, St Helens, Sefton and Wirral 1.0075 Northamptonshire The councils of the districts of Corby, Daventry, East Northamptonshire, Kettering, Northampton, South Northamptonshire and Wellingborough 1.0132 Nottinghamshire The councils of the districts of Ashfield, Bassetlaw, Broxtowe, Gedling, Mansfield, Newark and Sherwood, Nottingham and Rushcliffe 1.0121 Oxfordshire The councils of the districts of Cherwell, Oxford, South Oxfordshire, Vale of White Horse and West Oxfordshire 1.0534 Warwickshire The councils of the districts of North Warwickshire, Nuneaton and Bedworth, Rugby, Stratford-on-Avon and Warwick 1.0213 West Midlands The councils of the metropolitan districts of Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton 1.0134 West Yorkshire The councils of the metropolitan districts of Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield 1.0055 Wiltshire The councils of the district of Swindon and the County of Wiltshire 1.0216 Other authorities A billing authority not named, or not falling within a description given, above 1 --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2013/9780111532959/schedule/1/part/2 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-non-domestic-rating-rates-retention-regulations-2013/schedule-1/part-2 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.