HC Deb 25 February 1994 vol 238 cc447-8W
Mr. Skinner

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many complaints have been made about the council tax in each individual council that is responsible for the collection of the council tax.

Mr. Baldry

This information is not held centrally.

Mrs. Maddock

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many appeals have been lodged since the 1992 valuations of homes for the purpose of assessing council tax in each district and borough of Dorset and Hampshire; and how many of these cases in each district and borough have now received a final adjudication.

Mr. Baldry

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Don Valley (Mr. Redmond) on 17 February at column967.

Mrs. Maddock

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when his Department expects the currently outstanding appeals against house valuations for the purposes of assessing council tax to be concluded in each district and borough of Dorset and Hampshire.

Mr. Baldry

As I announced on 11 January, we expect four out of five appeals to be dealt with before the end of the year and the remainder to be settled as rapidly as possible thereafter.