§ Mr. Barry FieldTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish by valuation office and sub-office the comparable figures for objections to domestic rates and to community charge tribunals.
§ Mr. KeyI have been asked to reply.
In the table figures for objections to domestic rating proposals include those for both domestic and non-domestic properties. No separate figures are available for domestic properties alone.
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Valuation and Community Charge Tribunal Offices Community charge appeals to 30 September 1990 Objections to rating proposals from 1 January 1989 to 31 December 1989 Avon and Gloucestershire 94 4,853 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 166 6,647 Berkshire 43 1,779 Birmingham 4 5,532 Buckinghamshire 6 1,929 Cambridgeshire 27 1,457 Cheshire 107 3,997 Cleveland and Durham 300 4,187 Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire 29 3,379 Cumbria 73 1,249 Derbyshire 57 1,856 Devon, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 168 4,823 Dorset and Somerset 153 2,833 Essex 201 3,956 Hampshire North and Wiltshire 62 2,757 Hampshire South and Isle of Wight 71 2,367 Hereford and Worcester 36 1,956 Humberside 677 3,183 Kent 188 3,715 Lancashire 169 3,966 Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Northamptonshire 81 4,699
Valuation and Community Charge Tribunal Offices Community charge appeals to 30 September 1990 Objections to rating proposals from I January 1989 to 31 December 1989 Lincolnshire 90 1,257 Central London 11 18,073 London North East 54 6,707 London North West 27 7,453 London South East 30 5,085 London South West 64 5,460 Manchester North 102 5,379 Manchester South 18 7,227 Merseyside 133 5,776 Norfolk 81 1,203 Northumberland, Tyne and Wear 248 8,802 North Yorkshire 195 2,185 Oxfordshire 60 3,971 South Yorkshire 57 4,041 Staffordshire and Shropshire 24 3,971 Suffolk 75 1,498 Surrey 48 3,711 East Sussex 56 3,312 West Sussex 21 2,096 West Midlands 26 5,318 West Yorkshire 98 4,433 Total 4,230 178,078