§ Mr. Jim CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on linking rateable value of property to changing house prices. [21281]
§ Mr. ClappisonI take it that the hon. Member is referring to the banding of dwellings for council tax. The bandings reflect the relativities between the values of dwellings, based on 1991 property values. These relativities are not necessarily affected by subsequent changes in absolute house prices, and the Government have no current plans to review the bandings.