HC Deb 23 March 1994 vol 240 cc276-7W
Mr. Henderson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) how many appeals against valuation have resulted in a movement in the valuation of a property by two bands or more(a) in total in England and (b) in each standard region since the introduction of the council tax;

(2) how many successful appeals against valuation there have been in terms of changing the banding of a property (a) in England and (b) in each standard region of England since the introduction of the council tax.

Mr. Baldry

This information is currently being collected by the Valuation Office Agency for the 12-month period to the end of March 1994. A copy of the information will be placed in the Library as soon as possible thereafter.

Mr. Henderson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) how many appeals there have been against council tax valuations since the council tax was introduced(a) in total for England, (b) in each standard region of England and (c) in each local authority area in England;

(2) how many appeals against council tax valuations are still waiting to be heard (a) in total for England, (b) in total for each standard region and (c) in each local authority area in England.

Mr. Baldry

I am placing in the Library a table which sets out, by valuation office region, and by billing authority, the number of proposals to alter the valuation list which were received by the end of the initial appeal period, the number that had been settled by the end of February and the number outstanding.

Mr. Henderson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table setting out for each local authority in England which submits a claim for transitional relief for 1994–95,(a) the estimated amount of transitional relief each such authority has claimed, (b) the percentage of the total sum of transitional relief for England which each individual claim represents and (c) the estimated amount of transitional relief per dwelling in each authority which has submitted a claim.

Mr. Baldry

I will arrange for this information to be placed in the Library of the House once it is available.