Council Tax: Bexley

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of properties which have been revalued for council tax purposes in the London borough of Bexley in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and how many such revaluations resulted in a change of council tax banding. (304996)

In the last three years, the changes to council tax bands for Bexley, including increases and reductions, as a result of day-to-day work undertaken by the VOA in maintaining valuation lists, are as follows:

Number of properties in list as at 1 April 2006—93,778

*Number of changes (including percentage) between 1 April 2006 and 31 March 2007*
	Number/percentage
Number deleted	119
Deleted as a percentage of total bands	0.13

Number increased	103
Increased as a percentage of total bands	0.11

New dwellings	291
New as a percentage of total bands	0.31

Number decreased	148
Decreased as a percentage of total bands	0.16

Number of properties in list as at 1 April 2007—93,950

*Number of changes (including percentage) between 1 April 2007 and 31 March 2008*
	Number/percentage
Number deleted	77
Deleted as a percentage of total bands	0.08

Number increased	176
Increased as a percentage of total bands	0.19

New dwellings	404
New as a percentage of total bands	0.43

Number decreased	220
Decreased as a percentage of total bands	0.23

Number of properties in list as at 1 April 2008—94,277

*Number of changes (including percentage) between 1 April 2008 and 31 March 2009*
	Number/percentage
Number deleted	390
Deleted as a percentage of total bands	0.41

Number increased	54
Increased as a percentage of total bands	0.06

New dwellings	735
New as a percentage of total bands	0.78

Number decreased	178
Decreased as a percentage of total bands	0.19

Volume 502: debated on Thursday 10 December 2009