Non domestic rates (business rates): local rating lists (experimental)
Experimental release on the formal challenges and reports made against properties in both the 2005 and 2010 local rating lists, and the settlement of challenges.
Applies to England and Wales
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Released: 29 May 2014
Next Release: November 2014
Frequency of release: twice yearly (May and November)
This is the latest experimental statistical release on non-domestic rates (also known as business rates). The release includes statistics on formal challenges and reports made against properties in both the 2005 and 2010 Local Rating Lists. These are shown at quarterly intervals and are broken down to national, regional and local authority levels.
The first part of the release (tables denoted with a prefix A) illustrates the Valuation Office Agency’s (VOA’s) day-to-day rating workload. It includes counts of formal challenges and reports received, resolved and unresolved for each financial quarter from the start of both the 2005 and 2010 local rating lists to the end of March 2014. It also includes counts of properties which have been the subject of formal challenges and/or reports.
The second part of the release (tables denoted with a prefix C) includes regional and national statistics on settlements of formal challenges and Lands Tribunal cases made against the 2005 and 2010 local rating lists throughout the life of the lists.
Please note that we will not be publishing tables showing the aggregate rateable value for each rating list over time. Theses tables have been included in the second part of previous releases (table Bs). These tables are extremely complex to produce and we wish to quality assure the methodology to ensure it is fit for purpose.
Counts are rounded to the nearest ten with counts fewer than 5 reported as negligible and denoted by ‘-‘. Totals may not sum due to rounding. Statistics are derived from data for England and Wales extracted from the VOA’s administrative database as at 31 March 2014.
This publication is labelled as ‘experimental’ consistent with the UK Statistics Authority guidance on new statistical outputs. This helps users to identify those new Official Statistics that are undergoing evaluation and where we are actively inviting feedback on their usefulness.
The ‘experimental’ classification should not be interpreted as a qualifier of the content itself: all the statistical tables released are based on sound methods and assured quality, consistent with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics. However, during the ‘experimental’ period VOA will continue to develop the publication, and so the presentation and content is liable to change. Content may be added to or replaced by equivalent statistics if other forms are found to be more useful or reliable.
If you have any questions or comments about this release please contact:
The VOA statistics team
Email statistics@voa.gov.uk
Archived versions of this release
Local rating list statistics, 29 May 2014
Local rating list statistics, 28 November 2013
Local rating list statistics, 27 June 2013
Local rating list statistics, 23 May 2013
Local rating list statistics, 11 April 2013