§ Ms CoffeyTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many appeals lodged by business ratepayers are still waiting to be dealt with for each district valuers office in England and Wales. [29903]
§ Mr. NelsonThe information is given in the following tables:
337W
Number of rating appeals outstanding as at 31 May 1995 National summary Region Total Central 72,674 East 56,734 London 65.565 North 53,724 South 43,612 West (western only) 22,640 Total England 314,949 Wales only 10,690 Total England and Wales 325,639
Number of rating appeals outstanding as at 31 May 1995 Central Region Local office Total Birmingham 6,476 Bolton 3,010 Burnley 3,500 Chester 2,178 Coventry 3,117 Crewe 3,631 Kidderminster 3,355 Lancaster 4,314 Lichfield 2,686 Liverpool 3,950 Manchester 4,053 Preston 1,962 Rochdale 2,869 Salford 4,423 Sandwell 1,852 Shrewsbury 2,132 Stockport 5,107 Stoke 3,125 Warrington 3,626 Warwick 2,306 Wolverhampton 1,921 Worcester 3,081 Regional total 72,674
Number of rating appeals outstanding as at 31 May 1995 East Region Local Office Total Bedford 2,716 Cambridge 2,403 Chelmsford 5,514 Colchester 4,922 Derby 4,014 Grimsby 2,575 Ipswich 2,887 Leicester 3,777 Lincoln 2,536 Loughborough 2,479 Mansfield 3,147 Northampton 2,466 Norwich 3,425 Nottingham 3,526 Peterborough 3,861 St. Albans 3,732 Stevenage 2,754 Regional total 56,734 338W
Number of rating appeals outstanding as at 31 May 1995 London Region Local office Total Barking 2,177 Bromley 3,298 Camden 2,654 City 7,484 Ealing 2,839 Enfield 6,104 Greenwich 3,114 Harrow 6,069 Islington 6,293 Kensington 3,264 Lambeth 3,972 Redbridge 2,593 Tower Hamlets 3,533 Westminster 6,295
Number of rating appeals outstanding as at 31 May 1995 London Region Local office Total Wimbledon 4,561 LSU 1,315 Regional total 65,565
Number of rating appeals outstanding as at 31 May 1995 North Region Local office Total Alnwick 1,624 Bradford 3,216 Carlisle 1,733 Doncaster 5,237 Durham 4,265 Halifax 5,589 Harrogate 2,521 Hull 3,485 Leeds 4,239 Middlesbrough 3,505 Newcastle 4,059 Sheffield 5,006 Sunderland 4,005 Ulverston 2,183 York 3,057 Regional total 53,724
Number of rating appeals outstanding as at 31 May 1995 South Region Local office Total Aylesbury 3,117 Basingstoke 1,622 Bournemouth 1,807 Brighton 2,676 Chatham 3,045 Dorchester 1,637 Eastbourne 2,014 Folkestone 1,474 Guildford 2,579 Oxford 2,506 Portsmouth 2,350 Portsmouth (IOW) 585 Reading 3,653 Reigate 4,469 Southampton 2,953 Swindon 1,605 Turnbridge Wells 3,648 Worthing 1,872 Regional total 43,612 339W
Number of Rating Appeals Outstanding as at 31 May 1995 Wales and West Region Local office Total Bangor 1,089 Barnstaple 1,376 Bath 1,902 Bristol 3,086 Cardiff 2,454 Carmarthen 1,848 Exeter 2,337 Gloucester 2,539 Merthyr Tydfil 871 Newport 1,233 Plymouth 2,463
Number of Rating Appeals Outstanding as at 31 May 1995 Wales and West Region Local office Total St. Austell 6,071 Swansea 1,795 Taunton 2,866 Wrexham 1,400 Regional total 33,330