HC Deb 09 June 1992 vol 209 cc79-80W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of the domestic valuations submitted by estate agents for the new council tax have been rejected by the Inland Revenue Valuation Office.

Mr. Dorrell

Private contractors are required to value band domestic properties issued in batches and, as at 29 May 1992, 6.3 per cent. of all batches returned to the Valuation Office agency had been rejected.