§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many appeals against valuations for council tax have been lodged; how many appeals have been considered; how many appeals have been successful; and what is the average time taken to consider an appeal against valuation in each valuation area in Scotland. [16319]
Number of proposals/appeals and their progress as at 31 December 19941 Region Number of proposals/appeals lodged Number settled Number where list adjusted/appeal upheld Average2 time from date of lodgement to date of settlement Months Borders 3,124 2,943 2,314 10 Central 3,115 2,751 1,706 9 Dumfries and Galloway 3,235 3,213 1,824 7 Fife 6,735 6,354 3,634 7 Grampian 11,741 9,945 6,023 9 Highland 6,366 5,286 3,037 8 Lothian 13,451 12,569 8,202 10 Strathclyde 42,734 35,780 25,618 5 Tayside 11,629 7,095 5,306 9 Orkney 217 216 122 3 Shetland 181 176 130 3 Western Isles 929 818 424 9 Scotland 103,457 87,146 53,340 7 Source:
Information supplied by assessors in regular statistical returns.
Notes:
1 Analysis of all classes of proposal/appeal lodged with assessors, almost all of which will relate to appeals against banding. Separate statistics are not provided for each class of appeal.
2 Average time from date of lodgement to date of settlement, of those proposals/appeals which have been settled.