§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list by valuation tribunal the number of council tax appeals that have been received to498W date in respect of internal drainage boards; how many have been heard; what was the decision of the tribunal; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. BaldryAppeals to valuation tribunals in respect of internal drainage boards concern the valuation of agricultural land and buildings for purposes of drainage rates rather than of council tax. The information relates to valuation tribunal offices, which can cover one or more tribunals. The decisions of the tribunals are not available centrally.
Information is provided below in respect of those offices reporting these appeals:
Land Drainage Appeals to Valuations Tribunals in England by Tribunal Office: April— September 1993 Office Received Resolved Avon and Gloucestershire 21 21 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 3 1 Cambridgeshire 33 10 Dorset and Somerset `79 0 East Sussex 106 1 Hereford and Worcestershire 43 43 Humberside 72 41 Kent 60 7 Lincolnshire 251 65 Leicester, Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire 4 0 North Yorkshire 28 14 Norfolk 31 0 Suffolk 20 0 West Sussex 113 0 TOTAL 864 193 1To July.