§ Mr. Corbettasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many prosecutions there have been in each of the last three years against householders for the non-payment of rates and with what result; what was the total sum involved; what is the latest estimated number of people who have not paid current rate demands; and what is the latest available estimate of the number of ratepayers in England and Wales.
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§ Mr. Guy BarnettI regret that, with the execption of information on the total number of direct domestic ratepayers, estimated in 1974–75 in England and Wales as 17 million, this information is not available.