§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when his Department decided to transfer the responsibility for the operation of valuation appeals committees to the new joint valuation boards. [21777]
§ Mr. KynochAfter local government reorganisation responsibility for funding valuation appeal panels and committees will continue to rest, as at present, with the relevant valuation authority, or as the case may be, joint board. Powers were taken in the Local Government Etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, following consultation, for the Secretary of State to specify the combination of areas for which a single assessor should be appointed and how the joint arrangements will work and for the establishment of valuation appeal panels and committees to parallel the new valuation authorities or joint boards.
§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the valuation appeals committees operating in Scotland indicating(a) the membership of each and (b) how many committee members have been appointed by the Scottish Office. [21769]
§ Mr. KynochFollowing are the current local valuation appeal panels, from which valuation appeal committees are drawn as required to deal with appeal hearings. Appointments to valuation appeal panels are made by sheriffs principal and lists of panel members are not held centrally. No valuation appeal panel or valuation appeal committee members have been appointed by the Scottish Office.
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- Borders region valuation appeal panel
- Central region valuation appeal panel
- Dumfries and Galloway region valuation appeal panel
- Fife region valuation appeal panel
- Grampian region valuation appeal panel
- Highland region valuation appeal panel
- Lothian region valuation appeal panel
- Strathclyde region valuation appeal panel
- Tayside region valuation appeal panel
- Orkney valuation appeal panel
- Shetland valuation appeal panel
- Western Isles valuation appeal panel