§ Mrs. BeckettTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many appeals against council tax valuation remain outstanding(a) in total, (b) by local authority and (c) by standard region.
§ Mr. CurryAs at 30 October 1993, there were 597,931 proposals to alter the council tax valuation list outstanding. This figure is broken down on the tables below by billing authority and by Valuation Office Agency region. The information is not collected by standard statistical region.
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VOA region and office DoE Code Billing authority Received Settled Outstanding 1525 Chelmsford 2,468 235 2,233 1535 Epping Forest 1,885 129 1,756 1540 Harlow 913 82 831 1565 Thurrock 1,487 277 1,210 1570 Uttlesford 1,836 364 1,472 Colchester 1510 Braintree 2,509 291 2,218 1520 Castle Point 1,364 110 1,254 1530 Colchester 2,448 356 2,092 1545 Maldon 1,254 184 1,070 1550 Rochford 1,126 91 1,035 1555 Southend-on-Sea 1,773 191 1,582 1560 Tendring 2,629 216 2,413 Ispwich 3505 Babergh 1,380 247 1,133 3515 Ipswich 1,232 237 995 3520 Mid Suffolk 1,672 271 1,401 3530 Suffolk Coastal 2,553 657 1,896 3535 Waveney 1,501 299 1,202 Norwich 2605 Brockland 1,920 321 1,599 2610 Broadland 1,808 293 1,515 2615 Great Yarmouth 1,062 211 851 2620 North Norfolk 2,473 413 2,060 2625 Norwich 1,417 371 1,046 2630 South Norfolk 2,212 303 1,909 Peterborough 2815 East Northamptonshire 1,325 216 1,109 0515 Fenland 846 99 747 0520 Huntingdonshire 1,333 357 976 2635 Kings Lynn and West Norfolk 2,774 141 2,633 0525 Peterborough 1,177 163 1,014 2525 South Holland 1,328 98 1,230 St. Albans 1910 Dacorum 1,465 184 1,281 1920 Hertsmere 1,535 345 1,190 1930 St. Albans 1,725 124 1,601 1940 Three Rivers 1,126 167 959 1945 Watford 1,164 168 996 Stevenage 1905 Broxbourne 860 93 767 1915 East Hertfordshire 1,744 161 1,583 1925 North Hertfordshire 1,759 229 1,530 1935 Stevenage 574 103 471 1950 Welwyn Hatfield 1,206 78 1,128 REGIONAL TOTAL 80,806 11,926 68,880
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Council Tax Proposals by billing authority—Cumulative to 31 October 1993 VOA region and office DoE Code Billing authority Received Settled Outstanding East Midland Derby 1005 Amber Valley 1,982 310 1,672 1020 Derby 2,450 825 1,625 1045 Derbyshire Dales 2,727 354 2,373 1025 Erewash 1,238 318 920 1040 South Derbyshire 1,408 296 1,112 Doncaster 4405 Barnsley 1,575 280 1,295 4410 Doncaster 1,686 381 1,305 4725 Wakefield 1,975 575 1,400 Grimsby 2015 Cleethorpes 785 70 715 2510 East Lindsey 3,260 379 2,881 2020 Glanford 1,060 268 792 2025 Great Grimsby 437 31 406 2045 Scunthorpe 245 35 210 Hull 2010 Boothferry 1,277 218 1,059 2040 East Yorkshire 1,453 294 1,159 2005 E Y Borough of Beverley 2,105 324 1,781 2030 Holderness 1,317 269 1,048 2035 Kingston-upon-Hull 1,517 432 1,085
VOA region and office DoE Code Billing authority Received Settled Outstnding Leicester 2405 Blaby 1,341 107 1,234 2415 Harborough 1,473 298 1,175 2425 Leicester 1,838 375 1,463 2440 Oadby and Wigston 517 97 420 Lincoln 2505 Boston 787 61 726 2515 Lincoln 483 207 276 3030 Newark and Sherwood 1,370 219 1,151 2520 North Kesteven 1,656 590 1,066 2530 South Kesteven 1,422 175 1,247 2535 West Lindsey 1,695 253 1,442 Loughborough 2410 Charnwood 1,982 306 1,676 2420 Hinckley and Bosworth 1,116 63 1,053 2430 Melton 1,211 91 1,120 2435 North West Leicestershire 855 160 695 2445 Rutland 951 149 802 Mansfield 3005 Ashfield 743 146 597 3010 Bassetlaw 1,299 130 1,169 1010 Bolsover 487 68 419 1015 Chesterfield 898 214 684 3025 Mansfield 846 250 596 1035 North East Derbyshire 1,151 171 980 Northampton 2805 Corby 457 86 371 2810 Daventry 966 95 871 2820 Kettering 1,102 155 947 2825 Northampton 1,240 238 1,002 2830 South Northamptonshire 1,421 264 1,157 2835 Wellingborough 502 86 416 Nottingham 3015 Broxtowe 1,284 365 919 3020 Gedling 1,601 355 1,246 3035 Nottingham 1,540 229 1,311 3040 Rushcliffe 2,070 369 1,701 Sheffield 4415 Rotherham 3,342 444 2,898 4420 Sheffield 3,121 597 2,524 REGIONAL TOTAL 71,264 13,072 58,192
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Council Tax Proposals by billing authority Cumulative to 31 October 1993 VOA region and office DoE Code Billing authority Received Settled Outstanding London Barking 5060 Barking & Dagenham 580 51 529 5480 Havering 2,630 257 2,573 Bromley 5180 Bromley 6,627 821 5,806 5240 Croydon 4,721 719 4,002 5870 Sutton 2,400 385 2,015 City of London 5030 City of London 111 12 99 Ealing 5270 Ealing 4,588 754 3,834 5540 Hounslow 2,976 545 2,431 Enfield 5090 Barnet 5,878 713 5,165 5300 Enfield 4,662 430 4,232 5420 Haringey 4,808 727 4,081 Greenwich 5120 Bexley 3,376 516 2,860 5530 Greenwich 2,601 220 2,361 5690 Lewisham 2,509 321 2,188 Harrow 5150 Brent 2,799 498 2,301 5450 Harrow 2,126 313 1,813 5510 Hillingdon 2,296 300 1,996 Islington 5360 Hackney 2,623 429 2,194 5570 Islington 3,592 610 2,982 Kensington 5390 Hammersmith & Fulham 4,377 896 3,481
VOA region and office DoE Code Billing authority Received Settled Outstanding 5600 Kensington & Chelsea 8,014 908 7,106 Lambeth 5660 Lambeth 5,186 400 4,786 5840 Southwark 3,379 393 2,966 London Support Unit 5210 Camden 5,406 831 4,576 5990 City of Westminster 6,210 1,087 5,123 Redbridge 5780 Redbridge 3,250 475 2,775 5930 Waltham Forest 1,634 236 1,398 Tower Hamlets 5750 Newham 1,203 235 968 5900 Tower Hamlets 1,613 51 1,562 Wimbledon 5630 Kingston upon Thames 1,967 318 1,649 5720 Merton 1,865 233 1,632 5810 Richmond upon Thames 4,000 595 3,405 5960 Wandsworth 1,922 250 1,672 REGIONAL TOTAL 111,929 15,529 96,400
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Council Tax Proposals by billing authority Cumulative to 31 October 1993 VOA region and office DoE Code Billing authority Received Settled Outstanding North Western Bolton 4205 Bolton 2,986 981 2,005 4210 Bury 2172 252 1,920 Burnley 2305 Blackburn 1,082 303 779 2315 Burnley 659 92 567 2330 Hyndburn 732 171 561 2340 Pendle 1,090 187 903 2350 Ribble Valley 1,726 143 1,583 2355 Rossendale 1,500 240 1,260 Chester 0605 Chester 2,032 523 1,509 0620 Ellesmere Port & Neston 788 247 541 4325 Wirral 3,241 635 2,608 Crewe 0610 Congleton 1,234 177 1,057 0615 Crewe & Nantwich 1,762 266 1,496 0630 Macclesfield 2,576 413 2,163 0635 Vale Royal 1,986 378 1,608 Lancaster 2310 Blackpool 1,232 310 922 2325 Fylde 1,829 130 1,699 2335 Lancaster 2,354 277 2,077 2370 Wyre 2,062 318 1,744 Liverpool 4305 Knowsley 965 306 659 4310 Liverpool 2,950 253 2,697 4320 Sefton 3,239 500 2,739 Manchester 4215 Manchester 1,842 141 1,701 Preston 2320 Chorley 973 216 757 2345 Preston 1,498 315 1,183 2360 South Ribble 1,725 355 1,370 2365 West Lancashire 1,635 397 1,238 Rochdale 4220 Oldham 1,429 252 1,177 4225 Rochdale 1,386 258 1,128 Salford 4230 Salford 2,277 634 1,643 4245 Trafford 2,503 271 2,232 Stockport 1030 High Peak 1,241 160 1,081 4235 Stockport 2,709 220 2,489 4240 Temerside 1,413 255 1,158 Warrington 0625 Halton 1,262 328 934 4315 St Helens 1,761 544 1,217 0640 Warrington 2,120 411 1,709 4250 Wigan 3,063 610 2,453 REGIONAL TOTAL 69,034 12,469 56,565
Council Tax Proposals by billing authority Cumulative to 31 October 1993 VOA region and office DoE Code Billing authority Received Settled Outstanding Northern Alnwick 2905 Alnwick 1,334 424 910 2910 Berwick-upon-Tweed 882 103 779 2915 Blyth Valley 364 65 299 2920 Castle Morpeth 1,045 74 971 2925 Tynedale 1,649 112 1,537 2930 Wensbeck 281 19 262 Bradford 4705 Bradford 4,742 708 4,034 Carlisle 0905 Allerdale 1,397 105 1,292 0915 Carlisle 1,272 161 1,111 0925 Eden 2,171 306 1,865 Durham 1305 Chester-le-Street 459 156 303 1310 Darlington 1,151 265 886 1315 Derwentside 742 103 639 1320 Durham 1,219 67 1,152 1325 Easington 267 20 247 1330 Sedgefield 732 134 598 1335 Teesdale 1,255 13 1,242 1340 Wear Valley 824 59 765 Halifax 4710 Calderdale 3,302 651 2,651 4715 Kirklees 6,217 1,208 5,009 Harrogate 2705 Craven 2,218 131 2,087 2710 Hambleton 2,136 72 2,064 2715 Harrogate 3,765 306 3,459 2720 Richmondshire 1,253 99 1,154 Leeds 4720 Leeds 6,621 902 5,719 Middlesbrough 0705 Hartlepool 495 125 370 0710 Langbaurgh-on-Tees 1,346 265 1,081 0715 Middlesbrough 818 277 541 0720 Stockton-on-Tees 1,413 279 1,134 Newcastle 4510 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 2,034 360 1,674 4515 North Tyneside 1,342 200 1,142 Sunderland 4505 Gateshead 1,716 349 1,367 4520 South Tyneside 1,013 154 859 4525 Sunderland 1,220 386 834 Ulverston 0910 Barrow-in-Furness 678 98 580 0920 Copeland 855 137 718 0930 South Lakeland 3,279 493 2,786 York 2725 Ryedale 2,481 196 2,285 2730 Scarborough 2,374 256 2,118 2735 Selby 2,433 285 2,198 2740 York 1,238 297 941 REGIONAL TOTAL 72,033 10,370 61,663
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Council Tax Proposals by billing authority Cumulative to 31 October 1993 VOA region and office DoE Code Billing authority Received Settled Outstanding South Eastern Brighton 1405 Brighton 1,963 548 1,415 3820 Crawley 876 120 750 1420 Hove 1,611 437 1,174 1425 Lewes 1,832 302 1,530 3830 Mid Sussex 1,977 242 1,735 Chatham 2215 Dartford 904 156 748 2225 Gillingham 851 265 586 2230 Gravesham 1,121 192 929 2240 Rochester-upon-Medway 1,128 148 980 2255 Swale 1,811 190 1,621
VOA region and office DoE Code Billing authority Received Settled Outstanding Eastbourne 1410 Eastbourne 1,690 317 1,373 1415 Hastings 1,103 171 932 1430 Rother 2,436 568 1,868 1435 Wealden 3,175 675 2,500 Folkestone 2210 Canterbury 2,246 336 1,910 2220 Dover 1,569 367 1,202 2250 Shepway 1,869 219 1,650 2260 Thanet 1,419 287 1,132 Guildford 3615 Guildford 2,619 290 2,329 3630 Runnymede 3,605 271 3,334 3640 Surrey Heath 1,424 382 1,042 3650 Waverley 2,488 350 2,138 3655 Woking 1,411 309 1,102 Reigate 3605 Elmbridge 2,536 331 2,205 3610 Epsom & Ewell 689 77 612 3620 Mole Valley 1,572 48 1,524 3625 Reigate & Banstead 2,218 316 1,900 3635 Spelthorne 1,224 356 863 3645 Tandridge 2,045 376 1,670 Tunbridge Wells 2205 Ashford 2,725 182 2,543 2235 Maidstone 2,271 143 2,128 2245 Sevenoaks 2,813 80 2,733 2265 Tunbridge & Malling 2,339 189 2,150 2270 Tunbridge Wells 2,271 315 1,956 Worthing 3805 Adur 893 248 645 3810 Awn 2,945 358 2,587 3815 Chichester 2,843 351 2,492 3825 Horsham 2,653 300 2,353 3835 Worthing 1,670 355 1,315 REGIONAL TOTAL 74,836 11,169 63,667
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Council Tax Proposals by billing authority Cumulative to 31 October 1993 VOA region and office DoE Code Billing authority Received Settled Outstanding Southern Aylesbury 0405 Aylesbury Vale 3,050 337 2,713 0415 Chiltern 1,974 159 1,815 0420 Milton Keynes 2,281 300 1,981 0410 South Buckinghamshire 1,319 84 1,235 0425 Wycombe 2,792 133 2,654 Basingstoke 1705 Basingstoke and Deane 2,205 659 1,546 1710 East Hampshire 2,240 379 1,861 1730 Hart 1,080 183 897 1750 Rushmoor 739 243 496 1765 Winchester 2,851 510 2,341 Bournemouth 1205 Bournemouth 3,141 563 2,578 1210 Christchurch 1,190 165 1,025 1240 East Dorset 2,286 173 2,113 1220 Poole 2,690 333 2,357 Dorchester 1215 North Dorset 1,468 57 1,411 1225 Purbeck 1,273 233 1,040 1230 West Dorset 2,585 122 2,463 1235 Weymouth and Portland 958 74 884 Oxford 3105 Cherwell 2,215 273 1,942 3110 Oxford 2,013 147 1,866 3115 South Oxfordshire 2,618 271 2,347 3120 Vale of White Horse 2,469 274 2,195 3125 West Oxfordshire 1,685 183 1,502 Portsmouth 1720 Fareham 1,503 179 1,324 1725 Gosport 943 89 854 1735 Havant 1,338 200 1,138 1745 Portsmouth 1,768 327 1,441
VOA region and office DoE Code Billing authority Received Settled Outstanding Portsmouth (IOW) 2105 Medina 1,377 247 1,130 2110 South Wight 1,651 244 1,407 Reading 0305 Bracknell Forest 1,121 124 997 0310 Newbury 2,610 281 2,329 0315 Reading 2,093 179 1,914 0320 Slough 865 202 663 0325 Windsor and Maidenhead 2,239 212 2,027 0330 Wokingham 2,159 238 1,921 Southampton 1715 Eastleigh 1,495 347 1,148 1740 New Forest 3,698 686 3,012 3915 Salisbury 2,765 280 2,485 1755 Southampton 1,957 355 1,602 1760 Test Valley 2,623 281 2,342 Swindon 3905 Kennet 1,746 178 1,568 3910 North Wiltshire 3,380 499 2,881 3920 Thamesdown 2,371 181 2,190 3925 West Wiltshire 2,531 171 2,360 REGIONAL TOTAL 89,355 11,360 77,995
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Council Tax Proposals by billing authority Cumulative to 31 October 1993 VOA region and office DoE Code Billing authority Received Settled Outstanding Western Barnstaple 1135 Mid Devon 1,717 459 1,258 1115 North Devon 2,008 338 1,670 1145 Torridge 1,591 262 1,329 3320 West Somerset 899 201 698 Bath 0105 Bath 1,799 395 1,404 0115 Kingswood 915 120 795 0120 Northavon 2,406 397 2,009 0125 Wansdyke 1,540 298 1,242 Bristol 0110 Bristol 4,954 650 4,304 0130 Woodspring 4,116 349 3,767 Exeter 1105 East Devon 3,208 590 2,618 1110 Exeter 1,780 173 1,607 1130 Teignbridge 3,646 652 2,994 1140 Torbay 2,140 484 1,656 Gloucester 1605 Cheltenham 2,264 666 1,598 1610 Cotswold 3,309 588 2,721 1615 Forest of Dean 2,612 449 2,163 1620 Gloucester 789 192 597 1625 Stroud 3,195 425 2,770 1630 Tewkesbury 1,335 208 1,127 Plymouth 0805 Caradon 1,830 247 1,583 1120 Plymouth 2,863 747 2,116 1125 South Hams 3,532 644 2,888 1150 West Devon 1,835 262 1,573 St Austell 0810 Carrick 2,306 353 1,953 0835 Isles of Scilly 214 16 198 0815 Kerrier 2,065 417 1,648 0820 North Cornwall 2,111 284 1,827 0825 Penwith 1,432 143 1,289 0830 Restormel 1,756 245 1,511 Taunton 3305 Mendip 2,551 294 2,257 3310 Sedgemoor 1,897 362 1,515 3325 South Somerset 3,659 705 2,954 3315 Taunton Deane 2,256 450 1,808 REGIONAL TOTAL 76,532 13,085 63,447
Council Tax Proposals by billing authority Cumulative to 31 October 1993 VOA region and office DoE Code Billing authority Received Settled Outstanding West Midland Birmingham 4605 Birmingham 7,082 1,219 5,863 Coventry 4610 Coventry 2,411 619 1,792 3705 North Warwickshire 902 133 769 3710 Nuneaton and Bedworth 1,218 137 1,081 3715 Rugby 1,116 154 962 Kidderminster 1805 Bromsgrove 1,406 240 1,166 4615 Dudley 2,490 271 2,219 1845 Wyre Forest 1,402 209 1,193 Lichfield 3410 East Staffordshire 1,478 161 1,317 3415 Lichfield 1,589 219 1,370 3445 Tamworth 284 32 252 4630 Walsall 1,288 269 1,019 Sandwell 4620 Sandwell 1,392 300 1,092 Shrewsbury 3205 Bridgnorth 1,628 442 1,186 3210 North Shropshire 1,646 479 1,167 3215 Oswestry 605 37 568 3220 Shrewsbury and Atcham 1,949 169 1,780 3225 South Shropshire 1,317 58 1,259 3230 Wrekin 1,349 132 1,217 Stoke-on-Trent 3420 Newcastle-upon-Lyme 1,226 289 939 3425 Stafford 2,062 441 1,621 3435 Staffordshire Moorlands 1,583 242 1,341 3440 Stoke-on-Trent 1,138 226 912 Warwick 4625 Solihull 1,964 283 1,681 3720 Stratford-upon-Avon 3,695 610 3,085 3725 Warwick 2,307 322 1,985 Wolverhampton 3405 Cannock Chase 862 224 638 3430 South Staffordshire 1,893 247 1,646 4635 Wolverhampton 1,915 427 1,488 Worcester 1810 Hereford 483 193 290 1815 Leominster 1,969 408 1,561 1820 Malvern Hills 2,586 473 2,115 1825 Redditch 811 147 664 1830 South Herefordshire 1,459 218 1,241 1835 Worcester 915 111 804 1840 Wychavon 2,254 415 1,889 REGIONAL TOTAL 61,678 10,556 51,122 TOTAL FOR ENGLAND 707,467 109,536 597,931
§ Mrs. BeckettTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the average cost to public funds of processing an appeal against a property valuation for council tax purposes.
§ Mr. CurryThe estimated average cost of processing a council tax appeal in the current financial year is £115. This estimate includes Valuation Office Agency and valuation tribunal costs.