§ Mrs. Bridget PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether Lewisham's South-East London Combined Heat and Power Ltd. will be affected by the Government's planned reassessment of business rates; if SELCHP will still be subject to fixed business rates under any review; and what plans he has to safeguard the future of waste management facilities under any review of business rates.
§ Mr. BaldryWe have no plans to change the rateability of combined heat and power stations or other waste management facilities in the 1995 revaluation of non-domestic property. We are currently considering whether combined heat and power stations should continue to have a prescribed assessment, instead of having rateable values set by local valuation officers. Whatever the result of that consideration, it is not possible to predict the outcome of the revaluation at this stage.