§ Mr. RichardsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement about the issue of draft valuation lists for council tax purposes.
§ Mr. David HuntBilling authorities in Wales have today received copies of the council tax draft valuation lists from the Valuation Office Agency. The valuation lists include valuations for some 1,212,230 dwellings. The number and distribution of dwellings between each council tax band is summarised by billing authority in the tables.
Valuations have been made on the basis of the price, subject to certain assumptions, which dwellings could have fetched had they been sold on 1 April 1991. The valuations were carried out between December 1991 and July 1992. The Valuation Office Agency which was responsible for the valuation exercise, was assisted in its task by private sector valuers.
Members of the public will be able to inspect the valuation list for their district at district council offices.
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Council Tax Valuations: Hereditaments—Draft List Authority Band A Band B Band C Band D Band E Band F Band G Band H Total Alyn and Deeside 2,960 5,287 9,834 5,613 4,050 1,447 581 10 29,782 Colwyn 3,122 4,420 5,962 5,875 3,805 1,097 761 65 25,107 Delyn 2,191 6,941 7,177 4,723 3,945 1,650 891 51 27,569 Glyndwr 2,535 3,996 3,472 3,225 2,825 1,273 881 100 18,307 Rhuddlan 2,030 5,531 7,848 5,250 2,238 828 444 25 24,194 Wrexham 9,606 14,504 8,532 7,362 4,374 1,927 1,027 44 47,376 Carmarthen 3,279 4,730 4,457 4,602 5,141 1,581 352 21 24,163 Ceredigion 3,129 4,764 5,883 7,125 7,099 1,488 450 43 29,981 Dinefwr 3,252 3,627 3,387 2,872 2,405 1,168 187 28 16,926 Llanelli 8,737 11,460 5,333 3,746 1,838 528 368 29 32,039 Preseli Pembrokeshire 4,629 7,524 5,313 5,869 5,592 1,690 590 21 31,228 South Pembrokeshire 3,196 3,343 4,477 3,386 3,748 1,110 463 42 19,765 Blaenau Gwent 17,569 8,722 2,989 1,609 1,074 243 84 21 32,311 Islwyn 4,237 14,714 3,936 2,027 1,339 442 96 17 26,788 Monmouth 840 3,073 7,324 5,793 5,758 4,614 3,939 360 31,701 Newport 8,237 18,078 11,191 9,013 4,687 2,049 1,604 266 55,125 Torfaen 8,010 13,258 8,936 3,519 2,689 840 312 33 37,597 Aberconwy 3,418 4,910 5,495 4,963 3,735 1,398 866 100 24,885 Arfon 6,163 7,037 5,057 3,065 1,726 708 264 21 24,041 Dwyfor 2,007 3,215 2,730 2,886 2,778 544 272 2 14,434 Meironnydd 5,209 4,342 2,887 2,155 2,141 712 366 22 17,834 Ynys Mon 5,786 7,123 4,694 6,643 5,017 1,092 863 66 31,284 Cynon Valley 16,576 5,397 2,121 1,943 1,104 213 63 1 27,418 Merthyr Tydfil 14,151 6,321 1,674 1,488 942 191 39 5 24,811 Ogwr 11,134 13,918 10,465 8,298 6,416 2,312 1,441 159 54,143 Rhondda 21,036 8,830 1,911 613 495 86 17 10 32,998 Rhymney Valley 14,050 13,655 6,955 3,497 1,973 644 257 35 41,066 Taff Ely 9,076 11,326 7,831 4,382 3,216 1,534 1,031 85 38,481 Brecknock 2,795 2,651 3,581 2,747 3,550 1,670 1,115 118 18,227 Montgomeryshire 2,651 5,167 4,408 3,811 4,965 1,441 653 45 23,141 Radnorshire 1,413 1,818 1,800 1,9992 2,844 732 353 33 10,985 Cardiff 9,102 28,972 32,512 19,371 17,723 5,489 5,456 715 119,340 Vale of Glamorgan 3,019 9,888 9,685 8,082 7,260 3,286 4,818 634 46,672 Lliw Valley 5,154 7,132 6,210 4,885 2,274 614 162 20 26,451 Neath 5,511 11,021 5,457 2,976 1,814 384 148 14 27,325 Port Talbot 4,551 9,158 4,122 2,005 906 258 90 8 21,098 Swansea 17,227 19,000 14,029 10,458 9,492 4,074 3,106 251 77,637 Wales Total 247,588 314,853 239,675 177,869 142,978 51,337 34,410 3,520 1,212,230