§ Mr. David NicholsonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list in theOfficial Report the 30 local authorities in England with the largest amounts of rate arrears, with the amounts outstanding and the number of people owing in each case.
§ Mr. GummerThe latest information from CIPFA published statistics on gross rate arrears, including non-domestic rate arrears, show that the 30 local authorities in England with the largest amounts of rate arrears are as below. Information about the number of people and businesses owning rates is not available.
Gross arrears outstanding £1000 Lambeth 233,263 Liverpool 25,230 Brent 16,661 Southwark 313,856 Camden 13,085 Newham 211,284 Manchester 310,702 Westminster 9,816 Hackney 19,559 Birmingham 8,490 City of London 7,828 Lewisham 7,419 Ealing 7,242 Leicester 6,796 Tower Hamlets 5,443 Waltham Forest 25,410 Wandsworth 5,390 Bristol 5,315 Islington 5,185 Hammersmith and Fulham 25,031 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 4,943 Greenwich 4,544 Haringey 4,323 Barnet 14,007 Wirral 3,856 Kensington and Chelsea 13,756 Doncaster 3,743 Harrow 13,704 Wolverhampton 3,301 Sefton 2,947 Notes: Gross arrears are at 31 March 1988 unless otherwise indicated: 1 As at 31 March 1987. 2 As at 31 March 1986. 3 As at 31 March 1985.