§ Mr. Cartwrightasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will announce the results of his consultations with the five local valuation panels in Greater London about the need to speed up the hearing of accumulated appeals against rating assessments made in the 1973 revaluations.
§ Mr. John SilkinThese consultations are still in progress, and it is too soon to judge the results in terms of the quicker disposal of appeals.
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§ Mr. Cartwrightasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many appeals against rating assessments were disposed of during 1974 by each of the five local valuation panels in Greater London.
§ Mr. John SilkinThe following table shows the total number of rating appeals disposed of in each of the Greater London local valuation panel areas in 1974 and the number of those appeals which were determined by local valuation courts.
Total appeals disposed of Number determined by courts Greater London— Central 7,913 991 North-West 4,344 952 South-West 4,521 919 North-East 4,779 1,164 South-East 4,152 1,002