Written question asked by Austin Mitchell (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 15 May 1991. It was answered by Robert Key (Conservative) on Wednesday, 15 May 1991 on behalf of the Department of the Environment.

Untitled Written question

Question: If he will provide the basis for his estimate set out in paragraph 2 of his illustrative tables for the council tax of #80,000 for an average property value for England; whether it includes (i) leasehold and (ii) rented dwellings at their freehold value with vacant possession; whether it is on the same basis as the survey of property transactions in England and Wales given in Chapter 14 of the 1990 Inland Revenue Statistics; and if he will publish in the Official Report tables showing the figures he is using on (i) his basis and (ii) the same basis as in tables 14.1, 14.2, 14.3 and 14.4. - No figures included.

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