§ Ms ArmstrongTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list in total and by each valuation office the number of appeals that have been received against the 1995 rating; how many have been resolved; how many remain outstanding; and when he estimates that this process will be completed. [27306]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordI am placing in the Library a table which sets out, in total and by each office of the Valuation Office agency in England, the number of valid proposals to alter the 1995 rating lists which were received by 31 March 1996, the number settled and the number outstanding. We expect that all these outstanding appeals will be settled by the end of 1997. Appeals against entries in the 1995 rating lists may still be made up until 31 March 2001. Further appeals may be made thereafter in cases where lists have been altered, for example following decisions of valuation tribunals, the Lands Tribunal or the High Court. I cannot therefore estimate when all appeals against the 1995 list will have been settled.
§ Ms. ArmstrongTo ask the Secrectary of State for the Environment if he will set out in total and by each Valuation Office region the number of valid proposals to alter the valuation list which were lodged(a) before 30 November 1993, (b) between 1 December 1993 and 30 November 1994, (c) between 1 December 1994 and
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Age of unresolved valid banding proposals as at 31 January 1996 VOA region Under 3 months Between 3 and 6 months Between 6 and 12 months Between 12 and 18 months Between 18 and 24 months Over 24 months Total Central 3,135 2,884 3,243 898 455 535 11,150 East 3,191 2,884 3,569 1,012 513 829 11,998 30 November 1995 and (d) since December 1995; and what is the number in each category which have still to be settled. [27307]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordIn the periods 1 April to 30 November 1993—the "initial appeal period"—1 December 1993 to 30 November 1994, 1 December 1994 to 30 November 1995 and 1 December 1995 to 31 March 1996 the Valuation Office agency received, respectively, 864,316, 89,440, 93,213 and 83,220 banding proposals in respect of dwellings in England.
Statistics are held on proposals made during the initial appeal period, and the total made cumulatively since 1 April 1993. The tables show, by Valuation Office region and in total, the last available figures for proposals received and outstanding and the age of those yet to be resolved.
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Proposals received and outstanding as at 31 March 1996 Initial Appeal Period (1/4/93–30/11/93) Cumulative (1/4/93–31/12/96) VOA region Valid proposals received Number outstanding Valid proposal received Number outstanding Central 156,848 307 193,972 9,783 East 160,456 400 199,953 10,400 London 140,034 404 173,370 7,056 North 108,644 191 130,901 5,238 South 204,766 657 252,733 12,242 West 93,568 51 115,777 5,252 Total 864,316 2,010 1,066,706 49,971
Age of unresolved valid banding proposals as at 31 January 1996 VOA region Under 3 months Between 3 and 6 months Between 6 and 12 months Between 12 and 18 months Between 18 and 24 months Over 24 months Total London 2,285 1,182 2,415 520 219 955 8,576 North 1,751 1,572 1,823 436 215 358 6,155 South 3,815 3,608 5,123 2,031 956 1,273 16,806 West 1,742 1,483 1,835 607 166 115 5,948 Total 15,919 14,613 18,008 5,504 2,524 4,065 60,633