§ Mr. CartwrightTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many right-to-buy applicants in each of the London boroughs were awaiting the determination of appeals to the district valuer at the most recent convenient date.
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§ Mr. Chope[holding answer 30 October 1989]: The following table gives the number of right to buy valuation appeals awaiting determination by district valuers at 19 October. It excludes appeals which have not yet passed to district valuers or which have recently been the subject of determination reports to the local authority and the applicant:
These figures suggest that the boroughs with very high numbers of appeals to the district valuer should be reviewing their valuation policies.
District Number Barking 20 Barnet 19 Bexley 4 Brent 24 Bromley 2 Camden 323 Croydon 44 Ealing 11 Enfield 8 Greenwich 384 Hackney 33 Hammersmith and Fulham 36 Haringey 18 Harrow 4 Havering 38 Hillingdon 4 Hounslow 21 Islington 51 Kensington and Chelsea 3 Kingston 3 Lambeth 34 Lewisham 81 Merton 9 Newham 68 Redbridge 18 Richmond 2 Southwark 59 Sutton 18 Tower Hamlets 93 Waltham Forest 11 Wandsworth 17 Westminster 29 City 0