Non-Domestic Rates: Ports

Mrs. Spelman
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will place in the Library a copy of the most recent editions of guidance and rating manuals that the Valuation Office Agency uses for valuing ports and businesses within ports.

John Healey
The latest Rating Manuals used by the Valuation Office Agency are published on their website and are available to inspect at:

http://www.voa.gov.uk/index.htm.

There are separate sections for different types of property, including docks and harbours. There is not a separate section for businesses within ports.