§ Mr. DewarTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the number of speculative bank account arrestments served in Scottish clearing banks for the recovery of outstanding debts to local authorities in each year since 1985–86; and how many were successful in(a) locating an account and (b) recovering the amount outstanding.
§ Mr. RifkindInformation is not collected centrally on the use of bank account arrestments for the recovery of local authority debts.