§ Mr. MartlewTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the average length of time for appeals to be heard against uniform business rates in Carlisle.
§ Mr. Robin SquireInformation is not available centrally on the time taken to deal with non-domestic rating appeals.
Appeals in Carlisle are dealt with by the Cumbria valuation tribunal. Following revaluation on 1 April 1990, the tribunal initially received about 7,800 appeals (including transitional cases) in respect of the whole of Cumbria. Most of these were received towards the end of that financial year and by the end of March 1992 some 4,200 had been received.