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Valuation Office

Volume 457: debated on Monday 5 March 2007

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what meetings the Valuation Office Agency has had with local government representatives since January 2005. (124427)

It is an inherent part of the Valuation Office Agency’s responsibilities that it works closely with local government. Accordingly there are numerous meetings with local government representatives over the course of a year on a range of service delivery issues. No central record is maintained so the Valuation Office Agency can only provide this information at disproportionate cost.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether tax officials from HM Revenue and Customs have legal rights of access to the property database provided by Rightmove for the Valuation Office Agency. (124476)

The contract giving access to Rightmove’s database of property records (i.e. records that had previously appeared on the rightmove.co.uk website) is between Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs and Rightmove.co.uk plc—the sharing or use of data is subject to the provisions of the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005. Tax officials have not therefore had access to the Rightmove property data.