§ Mr. DoranTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland in relation to his statement made on 23 April 1991 on the proposals for a council tax, how many domestic properties in(a) the city of Aberdeen district and (b) Aberdeen constituency fall into each band in his banding system; on what date the valuations were made; and by whom.
§ Mr. Allan Stewart[holding answer 30 April 1991]: For the purposes of the illustrative council tax calculations it was estimated that the numbers of properties in the city of Aberdeen district falling into bands A to G were as follows:
Band Number of properties A 20,071 B 13,685 C 13,685 D 12,773 E 11,860 F 9,123 G 10,036 The estimate of the distribution of the properties by capital values was based on information provided by the Inland Revenue valuation office as part of an exercise which began in early March. No estimates are available on a constituency basis.