Council Tax: Valuation Mrs. Spelman To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which local authorities in (a) the East of England and (b) the West Midlands provide details of (i) building control commencement lists and (ii) building control completion notices to the Valuation Office Agency; and whether the Valuebill/e-BAR interface is used in each case. Ian Pearson I have been asked to reply. Tables showing which local authorities within (a) the East of England and (b) the West Midlands regions of England have provided building control commencement lists and building control completion notices to the Valuation Office Agency are shown in the following tables. The Valuebill/e-BAR interface is not used for the submission of building control commencement lists or building control completion notices. ------------------------------------------------------------------- |BA |Commencement lists|Completion notices| ------------------------------------------------------------------- |Thurrock |Yes |Yes | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |Southend on Sea |Yes |Yes | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |Harlow |Yes |Yes | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |Epping Forest |Yes |Yes | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |Brentwood |Yes |Yes | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |Basildon |Yes |Yes | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |Castle Point |No |Yes | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |Rochford |Yes |Yes | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |Maldon |Yes |Yes | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |Chelmsford |Yes |Yes | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |Uttlesford |No |No | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |Braintree |Yes |Yes | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |Colchester |Yes |Yes | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |Tendring |No |Yes | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |Norwich |No |Yes | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |South Norfolk |Yes |Yes | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |Great Yarmouth |No |Yes | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |Broadland |Yes |Yes | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |North Norfolk |Yes |Yes | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |Kings Lynn and West Norfolk|Yes |Yes | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |Breckland |No |Yes | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |Ipswich |No |Yes | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |Suffolk Coastal |Yes |Yes | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |Waverney |No |No | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |Mid Suffolk |No |No | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |Barbergh |Yes |Yes | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |St. Edmundsbury |Yes |Yes | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |Forest Heath |No |Yes | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |Three Rivers |No |No | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |Watford |Yes |Yes | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hertsmere |Yes |Yes | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |Welwyn Hatfield |No |No | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |Broxbourne |No |No | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |East Hertfordshire |No |No | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |Stevenage |Yes |Yes | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |North Hertfordshire |No |No | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |St. Albans |No |No | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |Dacorum |No |No | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |Luton |No |No | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bedford |No |No | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |Central Bedfordshire |No |No | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cambridge |No |Yes | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |South Cambridgeshire |No |Yes | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |Peterborough |No |Yes | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |East Cambridgeshire |No |Yes | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |Fenland |No |Yes | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |Huntingdonshire |No |Yes | ------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |BA |Commencement lists |Completion notices| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bromsgrove |Yes |Yes | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wyre Forest |Yes |Yes | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Dudley |Yes |Yes | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Redditch |Yes |Yes | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Worcester |Yes |Yes | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wychavon |No |No | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Herefordshire |Yes |Yes | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Malvern Hills |Yes |Yes | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Shropshire |No |No | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Telford and Wrekin |Yes |Yes | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |East Staffs |Yes |Yes | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lichfield |Yes |Yes | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Newcastle |Yes |Yes | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Stafford |Yes |Yes | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Staffs Moorlands |Yes |Yes | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Tamworth |Yes |Yes | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Stoke |Yes |Yes | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cannock Chase |Yes. |Yes. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South Staffs |No |No | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Walsall |No |No | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wolverhampton |Yes |Yes | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North Warwickshire |Yes |No | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Nuneaton and Bedworth|No |No | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Rugby |No |No | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Stratford-upon-Avon |No |No | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Warwick |No |Yes | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Birmingham |Currently no but about to restart|No | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Coventry |No |Yes | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sandwell |No |Yes | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Solihull |Yes |No | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Neill To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether the Valuation Office Agency takes into account a nearby Traveller encampment as a potential material consideration when valuing a dwelling for council tax purposes. Barbara Follett If a Traveller encampment was in existence on 1 April 1993 (or 1 April 2005 in Wales), or was set up after that date and can be said to have changed the physical state of the locality, it is a factor that can be taken into account when determining the council tax bands of other dwellings, providing that the existence of the camp is not transient.