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Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what methodology his Department used to calculate the increase in the small business rateable value threshold for (a) London and (b) elsewhere referred to on page 10 of his Department's consultation paper on transitional arrangements for the non-domestic rating revaluation 2010 in England. [289911]

Ms Rosie Winterton: The thresholds to be used in the 2010 transitional arrangements for large and small properties have been calculated by taking the same thresholds from the 2005 scheme, increasing them by the overall percentage increase in rateable values at the 2010 revaluation and then rounding them to the nearest £500. These figures are based on the same ratings list as used for the consultation document Transitional Arrangements for the Non-Domestic Rating Revaluation 2010 in England" published on 8 July 2009. The ratings list is a live database and is continually being updated (to reflect appeals, deletions, additions, physical alterations, splits and mergers).

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many deletions from the ratings list have been made in each region in each year from 2004-05 to 2009-10; and what the total rateable value was of such deletions in each such year. [289912]

Ms Rosie Winterton: The information is contained within the following table:

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Assessments deleted( 1) from the 2000 and 2005 rating lists as at 31 July 2009
Government region	Year	Rating list	Number assessments	Rateable value
East Midlands	April 2004 to March 2005	2000 Rating List	2,916	30,398,443
East Midlands	April 2005 to March 2006	2005 Rating List	2,826	39,787,299
East Midlands	April 2006 to March 2007	2005 Rating List	2,757	36,129,261
East Midlands	April 2007 to March 2008	2005 Rating List	3,048	41,483,065
East Midlands	April 2008 to March 2009	2005 Rating List	3,075	51,895,099
East Midlands	April 2009 to March 2010	2005 Rating List	875	13,738,991
East Midlands total			15,497	213,432,158
East of England	April 2004 to March 2005	2000 Rating List	3,537	49,827,682
East of England	April 2005 to March 2006	2005 Rating List	3,583	65,885,305
East of England	April 2006 to March 2007	2005 Rating List	3,601	62,652,649
East of England	April 2007 to March 2008	2005 Rating List	4,046	64,319,289
East of England	April 2008 to March 2009	2005 Rating List	3,938	83,957,242
East of England	April 2009 to March 2010	2005 Rating List	991	18,332,412
East of England total			19,696	344,974,579
London	April 2004 to March 2005	2000 Rating List	6,157	422,044,961
London	April 2005 to March 2006	2005 Rating List	5,981	220,307,586
London	April 2006 to March 2007	2005 Rating List	6,928	297,295,804
London	April 2007 to March 2008	2005 Rating List	7,652	321,816,042
London	April 2008 to March 2009	2005 Rating List	7,985	294,874,526
London	April 2009 to March 2010	2005 Rating List	2,023	61,508,545
London total			36,726	1,617,847,464
North East	April 2004 to March 2005	2000 Rating List	1,513	13,305,049
North East	April 2005 to March 2006	2005 Rating List	1,508	22,736,020
North East	April 2006 to March 2007	2005 Rating List	1,678	21,876,766
North East	April 2007 to March 2008	2005 Rating List	1,607	31,516,786
North East	April 2008 to March 2009	2005 Rating List	1,669	33,387,299
North East	April 2009 to March 2010	2005 Rating List	532	6,766,727
North East total			8,507	129,588,647
North West	April 2004 to March 2005	2000 Rating List	5,293	57,247,295
North West	April 2005 to March 2006	2005 Rating List	5,098	62,974,039
North West	April 2006 to March 2007	2005 Rating List	4,981	68,810,272
North West	April 2007 to March 2008	2005 Rating List	5,582	89,658,351
North West	April 2008 to March 2009	2005 Rating List	5,828	105,989,797
North West	April 2009 to March 2010	2005 Rating List	1,767	31,218,774
North West total			28,549	415,898,528
South East	April 2004 to March 2005	2000 Rating List	5,232	81,451,428
South East	April 2005 to March 2006	2005 Rating List	4,887	103,447,565
South East	April 2006 to March 2007	2005 Rating List	4,885	104,021,083
South East	April 2007 to March 2008	2005 Rating List	5,157	112,603,829
South East	April 2008 to March 2009	2005 Rating List	5,361	125,570,746
South East	April 2009 to March 2010	2005 Rating List	1,525	30,431,408
South East total			27,047	557,526,059
South West	April 2004 to March 2005	2000 Rating List	4,569	31,213,242
South West	April 2005 to March 2006	2005 Rating List	4,389	47,005,559
South West	April 2006 to March 2007	2005 Rating List	4,336	46,106,217
South West	April 2007 to March 2008	2005 Rating List	4,972	52,777,633
South West	April 2008 to March 2009	2005 Rating List	4,868	69,491,427
South West	April 2009 to March 2010	2005 Rating List	1,298	17,850,427
South West total			24,432	264,444,505
Wales	April 2004 to March 2005	2000 Rating List	2,266	15,553,645
Wales	April 2005 to March 2006	2005 Rating List	2,269	23,561,379
Wales	April 2006 to March 2007	2005 Rating List	2,205	31,320,039
Wales	April 2007 to March 2008	2005 Rating List	2,574	25,227,448
Wales	April 2008 to March 2009	2005 Rating List	2,546	25,915,050
Wales	April 2009 to March 2010	2005 Rating List	622	9,305,793
Wales total			12,482	130,883,354
West Midlands	April 2004 to March 2005	2000 Rating List	3,390	45,381,231
West Midlands	April 2005 to March 2006	2005 Rating List	3,514	60,262,742
West Midlands	April 2006 to March 2007	2005 Rating List	3,767	64,893,836
West Midlands	April 2007 to March 2008	2005 Rating List	3,922	74,134,718
West Midlands	April 2008 to March 2009	2005 Rating List	4,107	89,269,673
West Midlands	April 2009 to March 2010	2005 Rating List	1,162	17,367,210
West Midlands total			19,862	351,309,410
Yorkshire and the Humber	April 2004 to March 2005	2000 Rating List	4,008	37,935,653
Yorkshire and the Humber	April 2005 to March 2006	2005 Rating List	3,991	48,377,188
Yorkshire and the Humber	April 2006 to March 2007	2005 Rating List	3,852	42,499,948
Yorkshire and the Humber	April 2007 to March 2008	2005 Rating List	4,450	57,583,166
Yorkshire and the Humber	April 2008 to March 2009	2005 Rating List	4,481	70,082,585
Yorkshire and the Humber	April 2009 to March 2010	2005 Rating List	1,249	24,213,342
Yorkshire and the Humber total			22,031	280,691,882
Total	April 2004 to March 2005	2000 Rating List	38,881	784,358,629
Total	April 2005 to March 2006	2005 Rating List	38,046	694,344,682
Total	April 2006 to March 2007	2005 Rating List	38,990	775,605,875
Total	April 2007 to March 2008	2005 Rating List	43,010	871,120,327
Total	April 2008 to March 2009	2005 Rating List	43,858	950,433,444
Total	April 2009 to March 2010	2005 Rating List	12,044	230,733,629
Total			214,829	4,306,596,586
(1) Excludes all reconstituted deletions and property effected by boundary or address changes.

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