§ Mr. McLoughlinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what statistics his Department collates on the number of properties in the 121W county of Derbyshire, excluding the city of Derby, in each of the council tax bands A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H; and what are the latest figures. [45537]
§ Ms ArmstrongThe Department collects the following data, for each Council Tax band, from billing authorities each year
Total number of dwellings on the valuation listNumber of Class A to W exempt dwellings on the valuation listNumber of demolished dwellings and dwellings outside area of authorityNumber of chargeable dwellingsNumber of chargeable dwellings eligible for disabled reliefNumber of dwellings effectively subject to Council Tax for a band by virtue of disabled reliefNumber of chargeable dwellings adjusted in accordance with the above figures for disabled reliefNumber of dwellings entitled to a 25 per cent. discountNumber of dwellings entitled to a 50 per cent. discountNumber of other dwellings (assumed to be entitled to no discounts)Total equivalent number of dwellings after discounts, exemptions and disabled reliefNumber of Band D equivalentsNumber of Band D equivalents of contributions in lieu of council tax (in respect of Class 0 dwellings)Taxbase for Revenue Support Grant purposes.I have today placed in the Library of the House tables showing the above information for district councils in Derbyshire, excluding the city of Derby. The data refer to the number of dwellings on the valuation list at 16 October 1997 and the position on exemptions and discounts as at 3 November 1997, which are the reference dates for the calculation of the taxbase for Revenue Support Grant purposes for 1998–99.