To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what data the Valuation Office Agency has (a) provided to and (b) received from Ordnance Survey in the last two years. (114401)

The information is as follows:

(a) The Valuation Office Agency has supplied samples of the non-domestic rating list and addresses drawn from the valuation list, followed by compilations of similar data covering the whole of England and Wales.

(b) The data received from Ordnance Survey by the Valuation Office Agency is:

Land Line;

MasterMap;

1:10,000 Scale Black and White Raster Map;

1:25,000, 1:50,000 and 1:250,000 Scales Colour Raster Map;

Postcode Map; and

Boundary-Line.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much the Valuation Office Agency spent on products from Ordnance Survey in each year since 1997-98. (114581)

The Valuation Office Agency pays for access to Ordnance Survey's digital mapping products. This is the only material purchased by the agency.

The total amounts paid by the Valuation Office Agency for these products provided by Ordnance Survey for the years 1997-98 to 2002-03 could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The amounts paid in subsequent years are:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will place in the Library the internal guidance used by the Valuation Office Agency on the measurement of floor space of domestic properties for council tax valuation purposes. (114583)

The Valuation Office Agency’s (VOA’s) “Guide to Measuring for Council Tax Purposes”, which is based on the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ Code of Measuring Practice, has been placed in the Library of the House.