Government has spent £13.7m on tax valuation system

Automated Valuation Model is run by Capgemini

The Valuation Office is an agency of HMRC

The government has spent £13.7m in total and £6.7m since September 2005 on a system that automatically assesses properties for council tax and business rates, according to a parliamentary answer.

The Automated Valuation Model is run by the Valuation Office, an agency of HM Revenue & Customs.

Treasury minister Ian Pearson said in a written answer that of the £6.7m, £4.3m was spend on IT development and consultancy and £2.4m on IT support costs.

The main contractor on the project is Capgemini, though work has been sub-contracted to a number of third parties.