Valuation and Community Charge Tribunals (Hansard, 29 June 1989)

§ Mr. Redmond
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the selected valuation and community change tribunal offices where he proposes to use his Department's valuation office staff for user computer support; and if he will make a statement.
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§ Mr. Gummer
The valuation and community charge tribunal offices proposed as regional centres for computer user support are:

Cleveland and Durham

Essex North and South

Greater London (South Eastern)

Greater Manchester North

Greater Manchester South

Hereford and Worcester

and Kent

§ Mr. Redmond
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the valuation and community charge tribunal offices that received in January an interim pay award to its staff of(a) three increments and (b) one increment; and if he will make a statement as to why there was a differential pay award.

§ Mr. Gummer
Staff in 16 offices set out in list (a) received an interim pay award equivalent to three increments while the staff of the remaining 26 offices in list (b) received one increment. The award to offices in list (a) reflected local market factors affecting recruitment retention of staff. Since January 1989 a further seven offices indicated by an asterisk in list (b) have been added to list (a) in the light of evidence of similar market factors.
List (a)

Central London, Holborn

London North East, Ilford

London North West, Harrow

London South East, Croydon

London South West, Hounslow

Avon and Gloucestershire, Cheltenham

Befordshire and Hertfordshire, Hertford

Berkshire, Wokingham

Coventry, Solihull and Worcestershire, Leamington Spa

Essex North and South, Chelmsford

Hampshire South and Isle of Wight, Southampton

Hampshire North and Wiltshire, Winchester

Kent, Maidstone

Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire, Nottingham

Surrey, Woking

West Sussex, Chichester

List (b)

Buckinghamshire, Aylesbury*

Cambridgeshire, Peterborough

Cheshire, Chester

Cleveland and Durham, Darlington

Devon, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, Plymouth*

Cumbria, Whitchaven

Derbyshire, Chesterfield

Dorset and Somerset, Yeovil

Hereford and Worcester, Worcester

Humberside, Bridlington

Lancashire, Preston

Lincolnshire, Horncastle

Merseyside, Liverpool

Manchester, North, Bolton

Manchester South, Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, Manchester*

West Midlands West, Dudley

Birmingham, Birmingham

Norfolk, Norwich*

Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, North Shields

Oxfordshire, Oxford

Staffordshire and Shropshire, Stafford

Suffolk, Ipswich*

East Sussex, Eastbourne*

North Yorkshire, Middlesbrough*

South Yorkshire, Doncaster

West Yorkshire, Leeds

§ Mr. Redmond
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment why his Department proposes to use506W valuation office staff for user computer support and place them in selected valuation and community charge tribunal offices; and if he will make a statement.

§ Mr. Gummer
Computer systems in 42 valuation and community charge tribunal offices become operational in September this year. By then a fully effective support system must be in place to help the offices overcome any problems. We propose to achieve this by seconding experienced computer staff from the Inland Revenue to selected tribunal offices within easy reach of other offices.