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Council Tax: Wales

Asked by Mrs Kemi BadenochConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 16 October 2024UIN 7830

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 September 2024, to Question 5155, on Council tax: Wales, if she will list each individual type of variable used in the Valuation Office Agency's Automated Valuation Model.

Answered by James Murray

The variables used in the Valuation Office Agency’s (VOA) Wales Automated Valuation Model and sources are listed in the table below:

Data / Variable

Source:

Sale Price & Date

VOA sales data; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data

Sale Price Adjustment

Office for National Statistics / HM Land Registry House Price Index

Property Coordinates

Ordnance Survey AddressBase Premium; VOA records; National Statistics Postcode Lookup (NSPL)

Billing Authority of Property

VOA Records

Property Attributes: Dwelling Type Dwelling Group Dwelling Age Dwelling Area Parking Facilities Subsidised Housing Indicator Bedroom Count Bathroom Count

VOA Records

Plot size

Land Registry Title Polygons and Ordnance Survey National Geographic Database

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