HC Deb 04 July 1995 vol 263 cc197-9W
Mr. Win Griffiths

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list for each district council the amount of(a) uncollected rent from council houses, and (b) uncollected council or poll tax; and what percentage in each case the uncollected amounts represent of the annual revenue. [32525]

Uncollected community charge and council tax and council house rent arrears
Council house rent arrears1 Uncollected community charge2 Uncollected council tax3
£000 As a percentage of rental income £000 As a percentage of collectable debit4 £000 As a percentage of collectable debit4
Alyn and Deeside 256 3.5 919 10.8 633 7.4
Colwyn 52 1.4 969 14.8 701 10.7
Delyn 104 1.4 554 7.3 355 4.7
Glyndwr 188 5.1 529 10.7 726 14.7
Rhuddlan 95 2.4 923 15.3 422 7.0
Wrexham Maelor 386 1.9 2,393 19.9 1,067 8.9
Carmarthen 189 3.5 342 5.0 516 7.6
Ceredigion 115 2.2 785 9.0 798 9.2
Dinefwr 118 3.6 495 11.1 579 13.0
Llanelli 286 2.5 752 9.2 702 8.6
Preseli Pembrokeshire 205 2.6 263 3.3 653 8.2
South Pembrokeshire 169 3.7 332 6.6 455 9.1
Blaenau Gwent 160 1.0 938 18.0 626 12.0
Islwyn 123 1.3 660 13.4 379 7.7
Monmouth 182 2.0 628 6.6 646 6.8
Newport 912 3.7 2,656 22.6 1,064 9.1
Torfaen 1,030 4.1 1,006 13.4 473 6.3
Aberconwy 93 2.4 432 6.8 243 3.8
Arfon 113 1.4 851 17.2 326 6.6
Dwyfor 56 2.6 103 2.8 190 5.2
Meirionnydd 41 1.4 256 6.1 318 7.5
Ynys Mon 176 2.1 823 10.9 477 6.3
Cynon Valley 81 1.1 542 11.0 270 5.5
Merthyr Tydfil 91 0.9 471 11.2 287 6.8
Ogwr 475 3.1 1,652 12.4 905 6.8
Rhondda 247 3.3 414 7.9 210 4.0
Rhymney Valley 614 3.5 1,168 14.6 475 5.9
Taff Ely 391 3.7 987 10.6 632 6.8
Brecknock 93 2.4 242 4.9 239 4.8
Montgomeryshire 108 2.6 225 3.7 291 4.7
Radnorshire 30 1.4 55 1.9 140 4.9
Cardiff 719 2.1 4,417 17.8 3,173 12.8
Vale of Glamorgan 265 2.4 937 8.1 728 6.3
Port Talbot 113 1.3 363 7.9 389 8.4
Lliw Valley 179 2.4 310 4.7 368 5.6
Neath 240 2.7 670 9.9 355 5.3
Swansea 1,060 4.0 2,413 12.4 1,770 9.1
1 Cumulative arrears of council house rent, for current and former tenants, at 31 March 1995. Rental income is for the financial year 1994–95.
2 Provisional. Includes amounts written off between 1 April 1990 and 31 March 1995 and cumulative arrears at 31 March 1995.
3 Provisional. Includes amounts written off between 1 April 1993 and 31 March 1995 and cumulative arrears at 31 March 1995.
4 The collectable debit is the total amount billed for the financial year 1994–95 net of council tax benefit.

Mr. Gwilym Jones

The available information is given in the following table. The uncollected amounts are as at 31 March 1995 and are given as percentages of income for the financial year 1994–95.