Council Tax (Hansard, 27 May 1993)

§ Mr. Raynsford
To ask the Secretary of State for the Enviromment how many proposals for changes in council tax banding have so far been made to valuation offices in each local authority area in England; and what proportion of households this represents.

§ Mr. Robin Squire
The latest date at which this information is available at billing authority level is 30 April. A table showing the number of proposals at that date in each area, and the proportion of dwellings this represents, has been placed in the Library of the House.

§ Mr. Clifton-Brown
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many council tax appeals have been received for the latest date at which information is available.

§ Mr. Robin Squire
By 20 May, listing officers in England had received 441,854 proposals to amend council tax valuation lists.

§ Ms Janet Anderson
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what estimate he has as to(a) for each local authority, (b) for each region and (c) for England (i) the number of householders paying full council tax, (ii) the number of non-householders not directly paying council tax, (iii) the number of householders paying council tax partly rebated by council tax benefit and (iv) the number of householders paying council tax fully rebated by council tax benefit; and if he will make a statement.

§ Mr. Robin Squire
The estimates requested are not available by region or by individual local authority. We estimate, however, for England, that 12.54 million dwellings are not subject to a discount, 2.65 million householders receive full council tax benefit and 1.76 million partial benefit, and 3.75 million dwellings benefit from a transitional reduction. We have no figures on the number of dwellings receiving a reduction in respect of special features for residents with disabilities. As many dwellings receive more than one type of reduction, and some may indeed receive all four, we cannot estimate overall how many dwellings do not pay full council tax.
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Information is not collected on the number of non-householders not directly paying council tax.