To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will list (a) for May 1989 and (b) to date the establishment for the (i) Hereford, (ii) South Yorkshire, (iii) Worcester and (iv) Humberside valuation and community charge tribunals; and if any changes are envisaged for the near future;(2) if he will list for
(a) 1980, (b) 1985 and (c) 1987 the establishment for the (i) Humberside, (ii) South Yorkshire, (iii) Worcester and (iv) Hereford local valuation panel.
The establishments of the three valuation and community charge tribunals are as follows:
| Hereford and Worcester | South Yorkshire | Humberside | |
| 1980 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| 1985 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| 1987 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| May 1989 | 7 | 5 | 7 |
| March 1990 | 7 | 5 | 7 |
The establishments of all valuation and community charge tribunals are to be kept under review in relation to the volume of appeals that they handle.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment on what date he made the Community Charge Transitional Relief Report (England) available in the Vote Office.
[holding answer 7 March 1990]: The report was laid on 15 February and copies were placed in the Library. I understand that the Vote Office made the normal arrangements to obtain copies of the report and that 500 copies were made available on 17 February.