§ Sir David SteelTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his estimate of uncollected arrears of poll tax and council tax for each local authority in total and as a percentage of each authority's current council tax revenue. [13537]
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§ Mr. KynochThe table shows the amount of council tax councils have budgeted to collect for the current year and the available information on uncollected council tax and community charge income in total and expressed as a percentage of the amount budgeted to be collected for the current year. The available information on uncollected community charges and council tax includes uncollected water charges and is therefore not directly comparable with the amount of council tax which authorities budgeted to collect in 1996–97.
(1) (2) (3) Council Amount of council tax budgeted to be collected for 1996–97 Total amount of uncollected1 community charges, council tax and water charges Column 2 as percentage of column 1 (£ thousand) (£ thousand) Aberdeen City 49,634 21,085 42.5 Aberdeenshire 47,081 9,501 20.2 Angus 23,717 8,238 34.6 Argyll and Bute 22,901 12,234 53.4 Clackmannanshire 10,616 3,510 33.3 Dumfries and Galloway 31,034 8,106 26.1 Dundee City 36,499 21,560 59.1 East Ayrshire 24,945 16,480 66.1 East Dunbartonshire 28,341 11,520 40.6 East Lothian 21,596 13,373 61.9 East Renfrewshire 21,627 6,918 32.0 Edinburgh City 139,913 107,096 76.5 Falkirk 27,476 8,897 32.4 Fife 76,268 33,369 43.8 Glasgow City 145,985 203,671 139.5 Highland 47,669 23,024 48.3 Inverclyde 19,330 14,774 76.4 Midlothian 18,575 13,892 74.8 Moray 16,808 4,596 27.3 North Ayrshire 27,831 25,131 90.3 North Lanarkshire 67,714 16,493 224.4 Orkney 3,023 385 12.7 Perth and Kinross 34,144 7,887 23.1 Renfrewshire 40,879 30,135 73.7 Scottish Borders 20,993 5,256 25.0 Shetland 3,031 471 15.5 South Ayrshire 29,719 10,105 34.0 South Lanarkshire 68,696 50,805 74.0 Stirling 20,375 7,033 34.5 West Dunbartonshire 23,255 20,301 87.3 West Lothian 29,978 25,304 84.4 Western Isles 4,654 1,986 42.7 Scotland 1,184,387 743,156 62.7 Source: 1. 1996–97 Budget Estimate Returns. 2. October 1996 Council Tax and Community Charge Income Returns. Notes: 1 Amount uncollected as reported by councils up to end October 1996. The figures include uncollected council water charges and community water charges. 2 Excludes uncollected community charges which North Lanarkshire have been unable to supply.