§ Mr. Stratton Millsasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the total amount of rates outstanding in relation to the rent and rates strike.
§ Mr. David HowellThe tenants of public housing authorities pay a weekly sum to the housing authority which includes rent and rates. The latest available figure for the amount still outstanding from these tenants attributable to the campaign of civil disobedience is £1.1 million. Up-to-date information about the rates outstanding from owner-occupiers is not readily available; but at 31st March 1972 the amount of rates outstanding from owner-occupiers and attributable to the civil disobedience campaign was estimated to be £800,000.