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Valuation Office: ICT

Mr. Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 5 February 2008, Official Report, column 1033W, on Property: Databases, which local authorities submit billing authority reports to the Valuation Office Agency via the Valuebill electronic interface. [202468]

John Healey: The following local authorities submitted electronic billing authority reports (eBARs) to the Valuation Office Agency between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2007:


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Mr. Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether local billing authorities are required to adopt the Valuebill interface; and what guidance her Department has issued to local authorities on its adoption. [202633]

John Healey: Valuebill is a voluntary initiative aimed at improving the electronic exchange of property information between local authorities and the Valuation Office Agency. It is up to local authorities to decide whether to adopt the Valuebill interface. Valuebill is mentioned in the ODPM 2005 publication “Delivering Efficiency in Local Services: Further Guidance for Local Authorities” as an initiative to assist local authorities in increasing efficiency.

Waste Disposal Standards

Mr. Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which local authorities had performance targets in their local public service agreements or local area agreements on household waste collection, where such performance
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was incentivised with reward grants; and what the target was in each case. [202622]

John Healey: Reward targets appear in local public service agreements and local area agreements.

All texts of LPSAs and LAAs are in the public domain via either the Communities and Local Government website or the IdEA website (LAA) or directly from individual authorities.

Zennor Consulting Ltd

Mr. Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what payments her Department has made to Zennor Consulting Ltd in the last 12 months; and on what dates and for what purpose in each case. [203052]

Mr. Dhanda: Only one payment has been made to Zennor Consulting in the last 12 months. On 24 April this year the Department paid £7,500 including VAT in respect of financial services to ensure eligibility for European Regional Development Funding (ERDF).

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