To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 14 May 2008, Official Report, column 1629W, on the Valuation Office, how many households in England received a visit from a Valuation Office Agency official in the most recent (a) year and (b) other period for which figures are available. (218268)

For the last year, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 21 April 2008, Official Report, column 1688W. The approximate number of visits in other periods for which figures are available are 110,000 in 2005 and 125,000 in 2006.