§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 15 March,Official Report, columns 577–78, what measures he intends to take to improve the rate of processing appeals against council tax banding in the London borough of Lewisham.
§ Mr. NelsonThe Valuation Office agency and valuation tribunals have been set targets for the clearance of appeals which will ensure four out of five appeals will be cleared by 31 December 1994. Any remaining appeals will be cleared as quickly as possible in 1995.
Steps have already been taken in Lewisham by deploying additional resources including the use of overtime and Saturday working whenever possible to ensure that these targets are met.