Treasury written question – answered am ar 6 Ebrill 2010.
Austin Mitchell
Llafur, Great Grimsby
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what notification to the Valuation Office Agency is required of business rate payers when a hereditament is split; and how many such notifications were made in each year since 2000.
Ian Pearson
Economic Secretary, HM Treasury
Ratepayers may make a formal proposal to the local Valuation Officer asking that a hereditament be treated as more than one hereditament (split) but there is no legal requirement to advise the Valuation Officer of this. The number of rating proposals made from 2000 in England and Wales to split is shown in the following table:
| Number of rating proposals | |
| April 2000 to March 2001 | 8,250 |
| April 2001 to March 2002 | 6,830 |
| April 2002 to March 2003 | 6,310 |
| April 2003 to March 2004 | 6,260 |
| April 2004 to March 2005 | 8,550 |
| April 2005 to March 2006 | 3,960 |
| April 2006 to March 2007 | 3,600 |
| April 2007 to March 2008 | 3,330 |
| Apr 2008 to March 2009 | 5,040 |
| April 2009 to February 2010 | 4,080 |
| Total | 56,210 |
| Note: Figures rounded to nearest ten. | |
Rating list entries are also split as a direct result of information being supplied to the valuation officer by either the respective billing authority or by the valuation officer becoming aware of the need to alter an entry in the rating list. The number of reports made since 2000 in England and Wales by billing authorities is shown in the following table:
| Number of billing a uthority and VO reports to split | |
| April 2000 to March 2001 | 40,570 |
| April 2001 to March 2002 | 9,910 |
| April 2002 to March 2003 | 29,670 |
| April 2003 to March 2004 | 30,680 |
| April 2004 to March 2005 | 28,540 |
| April 2005 to March 2006 | 47,130 |
| April 2006 to March 2007 | 30,520 |
| April 2007 to March 2008 | 32,610 |
| April 2008 to March 2009 | 34,900 |
| April 2009 to February 2010 | 31,050 |
| Total | 335,570 |
| Note: Figures rounded to the nearest ten. | |
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