To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many full-time equivalent staff are employed by the Valuation Office Agency for undertaking work relating to (a) council tax valuations and (b) business rate valuations. (176249)

At 2 January 2008, the VGA employed 4,037 full time equivalent staff of whom approximately 3,500 were engaged on council tax valuations and business rate valuations. As staff work flexibly across these local taxation activities, according to work demands, no further breakdown is available.