HC Deb 28 March 1995 vol 257 c597W
Mr. Donohoe

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many appeals against valuations for council tax have been lodged; how many appeals have been considered; how many appeals have been successful; and what is the average time taken to consider an appeal against valuation in each valuation area in Scotland. [16319]

Number of proposals/appeals and their progress as at 31 December 19941
Region Number of proposals/appeals lodged Number settled Number where list adjusted/appeal upheld Average2 time from date of lodgement to date of settlement Months
Borders 3,124 2,943 2,314 10
Central 3,115 2,751 1,706 9
Dumfries and Galloway 3,235 3,213 1,824 7
Fife 6,735 6,354 3,634 7
Grampian 11,741 9,945 6,023 9
Highland 6,366 5,286 3,037 8
Lothian 13,451 12,569 8,202 10
Strathclyde 42,734 35,780 25,618 5
Tayside 11,629 7,095 5,306 9
Orkney 217 216 122 3
Shetland 181 176 130 3
Western Isles 929 818 424 9
Scotland 103,457 87,146 53,340 7

Source:

Information supplied by assessors in regular statistical returns.

Notes:

1 Analysis of all classes of proposal/appeal lodged with assessors, almost all of which will relate to appeals against banding. Separate statistics are not provided for each class of appeal.

2 Average time from date of lodgement to date of settlement, of those proposals/appeals which have been settled.

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