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Housing: Valuation

Asked by Kevin HollinrakeConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 3 March 2025UIN 31979

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many dwellings were on the Valuation Office Agency’s valuation list in (a) England and (b) Wales in (i) 2009-10 and (ii) the most recent financial year for which figures are available.

Answered by James Murray

Information regarding the total number of properties (dwellings) on the Council Tax lists in England and Wales are published each year in the Council Tax Stock of Properties publication - www.gov.uk/government/statistics/council-tax-stock-of-properties-2024. Latest information is as of 31 March 2024.

Table CTSOP1.0 in the summary tables includes all properties in the England (1993) and Wales (1993 and 2005) Council Tax Valuation Lists, as at 1 April 1993 and 31 March for each year between 1994 and 2024.

The summary tables are available here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/668545157541f54efe51b926/CTSOP_summary_tables.xlsx

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