Council Tax: Bexley

Mr. Evennett
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.

Ian Pearson
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

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|                                        |Number/percentage|
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|Number deleted                          |119              |
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|Deleted as a percentage of total bands  |0.13             |
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|                                        |                 |
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|Number increased                        |103              |
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|Increased as a percentage of total bands|0.11             |
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|                                        |                 |
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|New dwellings                           |291              |
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|New as a percentage of total bands      |0.31             |
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|                                        |                 |
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|Number decreased                        |148              |
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|Decreased as a percentage of total bands|0.16             |
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Number of properties in list as at 1 April 2007—93,950

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|                                        |Number/percentage|
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|Number deleted                          |77               |
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|Deleted as a percentage of total bands  |0.08             |
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|                                        |                 |
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|Number increased                        |176              |
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|Increased as a percentage of total bands|0.19             |
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|                                        |                 |
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|New dwellings                           |404              |
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|New as a percentage of total bands      |0.43             |
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|                                        |                 |
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|Number decreased                        |220              |
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|Decreased as a percentage of total bands|0.23             |
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Number of properties in list as at 1 April 2008—94,277

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|                                        |Number/percentage|
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|Number deleted                          |390              |
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|Deleted as a percentage of total bands  |0.41             |
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|                                        |                 |
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|Number increased                        |54               |
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|Increased as a percentage of total bands|0.06             |
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|                                        |                 |
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|New dwellings                           |735              |
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|New as a percentage of total bands      |0.78             |
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|                                        |                 |
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|Number decreased                        |178              |
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|Decreased as a percentage of total bands|0.19             |
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