To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 8 January 2008, Official Report, columns 509-10W, on valuation: licensed premises, if he will place in the Library the latest edition of the full Rating Manual. (204870)

The Rating Manual is available on the Valuation Office Agency’s website (www.voa.gov.uk).

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 8 January 2008, Official Report, columns 509-10W, on valuation: licensed premises, whether the section of the Rating Manual has been rewritten. (204871)

The Rating Manual section on public houses, licensed restaurants and wine bars is being rewritten in conjunction with preparations for the 2010 Revaluation. It is intended to have this complete by the end of October this year. At that time it will be published on the Valuation Office Agency’s website to replace the existing section.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will place in the Library a copy of the Valuation Office Agency’s document Valuation of Public Houses: Approved Guide in use for the 2010 non-domestic rates revaluation. (204891)

No such document currently exists.