§ Mr. Austin-WalkerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what plans he has to review the council tax transitional relief scheme;
(2) what plans he has to change the rules governing transitional relief following the letter of 18 February from the hon. Member for Woolwich;
(3) what estimate he has of the number of cases where persons in a higher property band pay less in council tax than someone in the same district or borough in a lower property band but in otherwise similar circumstances as a result of transitional relief; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Baldry[holding answer 24 February 1994]: We have no plans to change the rules governing transitional relief. I have written to the hon. Member about the application of the transitional relief scheme in Greenwich.