asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the total sum currently due to (a) the Greater London Council and (b) London borough councils as a result of rates withheld by non-domestic ratepayers who have appealed against their 1973 rateable value assessment.
No information is available relating solely to non-domestic ratepayers but estimates of the total amounts legally withheld from all the London boroughs are:
| March 1975 | £13,355,000 |
| March 1976 | £19,459,000 |
| March 1977 | £15,551,000 |
| March 1978 | £10,369,000 |
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many appeals by commercial and industrial ratepayers against the 1973 rateable value assessments are still outstanding in Greater London.
No information is available which relates solely to appeals by commercial and industrial ratepayers. Between 1973 and 1978, a total of 250,000 appeals have been made by ratepayers in Greater London of which about 35,000 are currently outstanding.