Council Tax: Valuation
Communities and Local Government
Written answers and statements, 28 October 2009
Caroline Spelman (Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Communities and Local Government; Meriden, Conservative)
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether the E-BAR/Valuebill interface for council tax reports established by the Valuation Office Agency includes the transfer of personal data.
Barbara Follett (Minister of State (the East of England), Regional Affairs; Stevenage, Labour)
A Billing Authority (BA) council tax report can contain contact details including name, address (if different from the property address), telephone number and email address. The electronic BA reports data transfer takes place through a secure password restricted website with 128 bit encryption.