To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many (a) large and (b) small properties were assessed as having capped rises in business rates bills under a fifth year of transitional relief in 2009-10 as part of the analysis undertaken for Department's August 2004 National Non-Domestic Rates Transitional Arrangements Consultation; and what estimate was made under that analysis of the external revenue implications of a fifth year of transition.

The consultation 'NNDR transitional arrangements' did not include options for a five-year scheme and therefore no such assessment was made.