HC Deb 01 December 1993 vol 233 cc542-3W
20. Mr. Jacques Arnold

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the 10 local councils which charged the highest rate of council tax this year.

Mr. Baldry

The 10 local councils in England with the highest headline band C council taxes are:

Authority £
Newcastle upon Tyne 704
Greenwich 696
Manchester 656
Haringey 646
Liverpool 645
Harlow 644
Camden 638
North Tynside 628
Salford 628
Derwentside 626

Mrs. Beckett

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many appeals against council tax valuation there have been since the original council tax valuations took place, (a) in total (b) by local authority and (c) by standard region; and what was the average cost of processing those appeals in the financial year in which they occurred.

Mr. Curry

I refer the hon. Member to the answers I gave her on 25 November, at columns190–205.