To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 1 May 2007, Official Report, column 1539W, on Valuation Office: contracts, for what reasons the contract with Rightmove does not seek to collect data from Wales. (143456)

The contract with Rightmove was entered into to support work in preparation for the (now postponed) council tax revaluation in England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much has been spent by (a) her Department and its predecessor and (b) Ordnance Survey on the National Spatial Address Infrastructure. (143459)

Communities and Local Government and its predecessors spent approximately £50,000 in support of the National Spatial Address Infrastructure (NSAI). Ordnance Survey’s external expenditure on NSAI totals £98,000.

In addition, both organisations invested significant management time in the initiative, but the time spent by individual members of staff is not separately identifiable.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many appeals were forecast to arise by the Valuation Office Agency in relation to the 2005 business rates revaluation. (143502)

The Valuation Office Agency made no specific forecast.