§ Mr. ChannonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the average time in the United Kingdom generally and in Essex in particular before a rating appeal is heard before a valuation and community charge tribunal.
§ Mr. HeseltineRatepayers have six months to propose to the valuation office any change to an entry in the 1990 non-domestic rating lists. If the matter is not resolved within a further six months of the receipt of such a proposal, it is automatically referred to a valuation and community charge tribunal as an appeal. Tribunals in England have received around 540,000 such appeals of which some 13,000 were in Essex. Most of these were received in February and March this year and some tribunals have already started to list appeals for hearing.
§ Mr. ChannonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many appeals against revaluation remain outstanding before valuations and community charge tribunals.
§ Mr. HeseltineValuation and community charge tribunals in England had outstanding at the end of March 1991 some 530,000 appeals against entries in the 1990 non-domestic rating lists.