§ Mr. NellistTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, further to his reply to the hon. Member for Oldham, West (Mr. Meacher),Official Report, 21 June, column 707, if he will give, for the latest date available, a list of the offices with the number of cases with a poll tax deduction in place.
§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardThe latest count, completed in May 1990, showed that 22 offices in Scotland had income support cases with a deduction to clear community charge arrears. Up to this date no deductions had been taken in England and Wales. The table records the offices and the number of such deductions in each office.
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Local Office Number of cases Airdrie 1 Ayr 145 Bathgate 19 Bellshill 28 Clydebank 7 Cumbernauld 1 Dumbarton 37 East Kilbride 49 Falkirk 746 Galashiels 264 Glasgow (Anniesland) 20 Glasgow (Bridgetown) 36
Local Office Number of cases Glasgow (Maryhill) 20 Glasgow (Parkhead) 17 Glasgow (Partick) 123 Glasgow (Provan) 154 Glasgow (Springburn) 73 Hamilton 2 Johnstone 16 Motherwell 3 Stirling 672 Stranraer 1