Valuation Office Agency
This page contains statistics published by the VOA since November 2014. We have grouped our official statistics into 2 topics:
You can find VOA statistics published before November 2014 on theNational Archive website.
Forthcoming publications and announcements
Publication dates for VOAs statistical outputs are pre-announced on the release calendar. An annual publication plan can also be found on the announcements page.
As part of theCode of Practice for Official Statistics, any changes to the schedule, including unscheduled revisions or ad hoc releases will be detailed on theannouncements page.
Recent publications
This list shows the latest release of each of our official statistics.
- 3 April 2023:Non-domestic rating: change in rateable value of rating lists, England and Wales, 2023 Revaluation (compiled list)
- 25 May 2023:Non-domestic rating: stock of properties including business floorspace, March 2023
- 17 August 2023:Council Tax: challenges and changes in England and Wales, March 2023
- 1 August 2024:Non-domestic rating: challenges and changes, 2017 and 2023 rating lists, June 2024
- 13 June 2024: Non-domestic rating: stock of properties, 2024
- 11 July 2024: Council Tax: stock of properties, 2024
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has been responsible for publishing official statistics on theprivate rental market since October 2019.
Prior to October 2019 VOA published private rental market statistics for England only, which can be accessed on thePrivate rental market statisticspage.
Ad hoc statistics releases
Publications made by the VOA that arent official statistics are released as ad hoc statistics. This includes:
- supplementary datasets related to our official statistics
- data in support of VOAs operational reporting
Some statistics may also be published on the FOI disclosure log where they are requested under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and are judged to be of wider public interest with respect to official statistics.
Search VOA statistics
You cansearch VOA statisticsby keyword and date of publication.
Corporate procedures and standards
We follow theUK Statistics Authoritys Code of Practice for official statisticswhen producing our Official Statistics. Further, to improve confidence in our statistics, we have engaged with the Best Practice and Impact Division of the Office for National Statistics to modernise our official statistics products and processes. Following the completion of this work, the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) carried out a compliance check of our Council Tax statistics. The OSR published its report, Compliance Check of Valuation Office Agency (VOA) Council Tax statistics, on 20 March 2024.
VOA publishes the following policy statements:
- VOA revisions policy
- VOA statement of compliance with the Pre-Release Access to Official Statistics Order 2008
- VOA confidentiality and access policy
- VOA quality policy
Additional resources
Below are additional resources relating to non-domestic rating, Council Tax and the private rental market:
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- National non-domestic rates collected by councils
- Council Tax statistics
- Tables on rents, lettings and tenancies from English Housing Survey
Welsh Government
- StatsWales: non-domestic rates collection
- Council Tax statistics and research
- StatsWales: private sector rents
Scottish Government
- non-domestic rates revaluation appeals
- Council Tax collection statistics
- Council Tax data
- private sector rent statistics, Scotland, 2010 to 2015
Scottish Assessors Association (SAA)
Northern Ireland
- Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
- Housing stock statistics
- Summary of valuation lists
- Prime rates