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Written question asked by Ian Twinn (Conservative), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 16 January 1997. It was answered by Paul Beresford (Conservative) on Thursday, 16 January 1997 on behalf of the Department of the Environment.

Dept of the Environment

Question
What response was received to the consultation paper on the appointment of valuation tribunals in the light of local government reorganisation in parts of England. - Inc list of measures and list of responses received placed in Lib.
Answer

Dr. Twinn: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what response was received to the consultation paper on the appointment of valuation tribunals in the light of local government reorganisation in parts of England. [11855] Sir Paul Beresford: The list of responses received has been placed in the Library of the House; copies of individual responses may be obtained through the Library. Regulations will be introduced shortly to give effect to the following measures. (i) That, with effect from 1 April 1997, the appointing bodies for the valuation tribunals listed in column 1 will be those authorities listed in column 2, who will be entitled to appoint members in the proportion given in column 3; the revised membership complement is shown in column 4. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Name Appointing bodies Proportion Complement Bedfordshire Bedfordshire CC Luton UA 2 1 21 Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire CC Milton 3 1 36 Keynes UA Derbyshire Derbyshire CC Derby City UA 7 2 63 Dorset Dorset CC Bournemouth UA Poole 6 3 2 33 UA Durham Durham CC Darlington UA 5 1 42 East Sussex East Sussex CC Brighton and 2 1 36 Hove UA Hampshire South Hampshire CC Portsmouth UA 5 1 1 35 Southhampton UA Leicestershire Leicestershire CC Leicester 14 10 1 50 City UA Rutland UA Staffordshire Staffordshire CC Stoke on Trent 3 1 56 UA Wiltshire Wiltshire CC Thamesdown UA 5 2 21 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1. Vacancies should be filled as they arise--whether through retirement of members, or an increase in complement--by the new appointing authorities, until their entitlement is reached. All subsequent vacancies would be filled by the authority which appointed the departing member. 2. Where the appointing body by which a member was appointed has ceased to exist, it will fall to the president to give notice of termination of office, if so directed by the Secretary of State.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
11855; 288 c313-4W
Session
1996-97
Subjects
Local government Reform Valuation Tribunal Service
Contains statistics
Yes