§ Mr. Keyasked the Attorney-General how many summonses for non-payment of water services charges were issued by each county court in England and Wales for the years 1979 to 1983, inclusive.
§ The Attorney-GeneralThe following table lists the number of summonses for non-payment of water services charges that were issued by each county court for the five years from 1979 to 1983, inclusive.
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1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 Brentford — — — — — Brentwood 3 2 — 1 — Bridgend — — 294 386 2,193 Bridgnorth — — — — — Bridgwater 11 537 720 237 772 Bridlington — — — 405 368 Brighton 84 2,308 2,738 1,990 4,385 Bristol — 177 3,924 3,305 5,840 Bromley — — — — — Bromsgrove — — 1 2 11 Burnley 1 250 727 819 627 Burton-upon-Trent — — 4 — — Bury 291 1,080 2,256 3,883 1,289 Bury St. Edmunds 1 — — — — Buxton 1 3 2 1 — Caernarfon 159 413 538 766 542 Caerphilly — — 347 122 — Cambridge 2 114 47 15 85 Camborne and Redruth 580 1,330 952 1,104 261 Canterbury 24 169 595 614 883 Cardiff — — 1 627 22,915 Carlisle 80 399 957 597 885 Carmarthen — 445 453 860 2,249 Chelmsford 9 — — — — Cheltenham — — 2 3 4 Chepstow 13 129 361 141 — Chester 127 157 372 200 377 Chesterfield — — 2 1 — Chichester 44 3,038 1,371 1,538 1,413 Chippenham — 680 821 230 864 Chorley — 183 670 357 — Clerkenwell 8,421 6,500 16,373 18,355 23,368 Colchester 1 51 20 3 10 Consett — 757 544 620 688 Conway 538 997 1,726 1,475 1,121 Corby — 48 — 48 — Coventry — 9 33 35 — Crewe — 202 — — — Croydon — — — — — Darlington — 3,135 1,701 2,055 2,014 Dartford 2 34 — 1 — Derby — — — — — Dewsbury 2,576 5,138 5,668 5,204 2,505 Doncaster 2,355 5,441 6,642 6,093 3,037 Dover — 270 720 364 651 Dudley — — — — — Durham — 1,104 883 1,012 1,128 Eastbourne 207 373 936 643 1,077 East Grinstead 87 2 90 292 381 East Retford — — 3 3 — Edmonton — — — — — Ellesmere Port — — — — — Epsom 441 86 133 101 27 Evesham — 1 — — — Exeter 2,504 2,813 1,961 2,680 908 Folkestone 35 271 90 379 207 Gainsborough — 14 39 52 24 Gateshead — 159 141 117 190 Gloucester 20 — 20 55 24 Goole — 242 476 624 277 Grantham — — — 1 — Gravesend — 320 826 343 786 Grays Thurrock 7 3 — — — Great Grimsby 3 1 — — 16 Great Malvern 1 2 1 — — Great Yarmouth — — — — — Guildford — — 2 8 1 Halifax — — 929 2,632 1,105 Harlow — — — — — Harrogate — 11 1,077 2,206 1,538
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1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 Hartlepool — 263 519 244 306 Hastings — 149 619 1,054 1,652 Haverfordwest 2 645 655 1,314 2,997 Haywards Heath 168 2,174 779 335 514 Hemel Hempstead — — — — — Hereford 312 101 1,157 2,883 3,236 Hertford — — — — — High Wycombe — — — — — Hinckley — — — — — Hitchin — — — — — Holywell 35 — 600 435 561 Horsham 83 2,029 679 504 262 Huddersfield 2,596 5,052 4,712 4,442 2,019 Huntingdon — 30,697 18,104 16,920 18,665 Hyde — — — — — Ilford 786 1,744 — — — Ilkeston — 1 — 4 — Ipswich — 4 3 6 — Keighley — 30 452 1,246 605 Kendal 50 205 568 542 446 Kettering — — — 1 — Kidderminster — — — — — King's Lynn — — — — — Kingston-upon-Hull 769 1,271 1,412 3,380 1,085 Kingston-upon-Thames — — — — 6 Lambeth — — 3 — — Lancaster — 932 1,659 2,022 1,188 Leeds — 2,485 5,526 6,028 — Leicester — — — — 18 Leigh — — 2 — — Leominster 110 73 265 38 — Lewes — 60 173 303 412 Lichfield — — — — — Lincoln 2 — 1 25 — Liskeard 495 528 390 289 — Liverpool — — — — — Llandrindodd Wells 68 84 276 24 — Llanelli 5 — 115 432 2,169 Llangefni 303 1,069 1,309 1,075 1,238 Loughborough — — — — — Lowestoft 47 31 50 241 120 Ludlow 45 13 64 2 — Luton — — — — — Lymington 2 155 358 235 — Macclesfield — — 1 — — Maidstone 1,254 1,085 2,405 2,136 2,205 Manchester — — — — — Mansfield — — — — — Market Drayton — 2 1 — — Matlock — 1 1 1 — Mayors & City — — — — — Medway — 393 1,722 1,612 2,727 Melton Mowbray — — — — — Merthyr Tydfil — — — 43 337 Middlesbrough — 4,801 235 3,804 3,871 Mold 407 566 1,418 1,399 2,596 Monmouth — 146 474 21 — Morpeth — 586 146 436 741 Neath — — 48 308 3,553 Nelson 248 174 844 446 — Newark — — — 4 — Newbury 1 206 4 45 51 Newcastle upon Tyne 475 5,223 7,580 482 246 Newport (Gwent) 89 1,222 2,001 3,701 6,744 Newport (IOW) — 274 738 753 1,354 Newton Abbot 943 1,879 1,145 1,534 386 Northampton — — 3 6 — North Shields — 1,655 1,345 1,086 1,311 Northwich 1 — — — — Norwich — 10 3 21 3
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1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 Nottingham — — — — 19 Nuneaton — — — — — Oldham 674 1,777 3,268 4,515 2,100 Oswestry — — — — — Otley — 220 553 784 449 Oxford — — — — — Petersfield — 316 326 141 — Penrith 34 118 334 406 336 Penzance 677 1,536 1,004 1,250 314 Peterborough — — — — — Plymouth 3,637 3,903 2,685 3,454 962 Pontefract — 648 1,319 1,670 836 Pontypool 12 328 532 148 — Pontypridd — 2 2,416 41 3,968 Poole 18 23 1,353 1,278 2,394 Portmadoc 354 966 1,281 1,353 1,074 Portsmouth — 886 2,894 1,563 3,036 Preston — 639 1,844 2,467 6,590 Rawtenstall 85 341 915 1,401 213 Reading 2 — — — — Redditch — — — — 381 Reigate 1 6 6 2 — Rhyl 288 597 1,657 709 2,403 Rochdale 406 958 1,648 3,113 692 Romford — 193 2,557 1,959 6,312 Rotherham 259 1,519 2,644 2,748 1,331 Rugby — — — — — Runcorn — — — — — St. Albans 402 436 971 2,132 680 St. Austell 608 1,326 842 918 284 St. Helens — — — — — Salford 2 119 257 146 131 Salisbury — 798 1,231 733 1,413 Scarborough 2 — 5 854 773 Scunthorpe — 14 30 21 11 Sheerness — 174 — — — Sheffield 26 12 1,908 4,697 2,412 Shoreditch — — — — — Shrewsbury 2 — 12 1 — Sittingbourne — — 529 554 1,010 Skegness 2 — — 1 — Skipton 219 453 762 876 410 Sleaford — 1 2 2 — Slough — — 42 10 4 Southampton — 1,104 2,876 1,849 3,208 Southend 126 1,390 2,591 1,231 — Southport — — — 5 3 South Shields — — — 2 18 Spalding 1 — 6 49 — Stafford — 2 — — — Staines 9 — 33 1 — Stamford — — 1 — — Stockport Stockton-on-Tees — 3,699 2,032 2,158 2,360 Stoke-on-Trent — — 3 — 43 Stourbridge — — — — — Stratford-on-Avon 1 2 — — — Stroud — — 4 — — Sudbury — — — — 1 Sunderland — — 136 95 178 Swansea — 50 37 758 5,705 Swindon — 221 469 96 460 Tamworth — — — — — Taunton 20 1,234 1,439 610 1,667 Thanet — 255 801 1,014 1,792 Thorne 426 1,259 1,443 1,372 683 Todmorden — — 199 — — Torquay 1,688 3,150 2,139 2,619 776 Trowbridge — 991 2,332 658 1,394 Truro 972 1,026 1,467 959 459
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 Tunbridge Wells 3 372 1,246 535 868 Uxbridge — — 16 — — Wakefield 922 1,291 1,308 2,118 608 Walsall — — — — — Wandsworth — — — — — Warrington 466 9,194 8,048 8,126 — Warwick — — — — — Watford 4,617 4,897 1,447 4,332 5,624 Wellingborough — — — 1 — Wells — 209 1,414 31 — Wellington — — — — — Welshpool/Newtown — — — — — West Bromwich — — — — — West London — — — — — Westminster — 1 — — — Weston-super-Mare — 97 1,027 478 1,205 Weymouth — 432 830 529 1,151 Whitby 1 92 95 51 3 Whitchurch — — — — — Whitehaven 72 152 398 647 283 Wigan — 30 78 114 26 Willesden — — — — — Winchester 7 6 636 207 331 Wisbech 198 12 14 43 57 Wolverhampton — — — — — Woolwich — — — — — Worcester — — — — — Workington 50 169 489 266 539 Worksop — 156 281 329 208 Worthing 88 3,443 1,397 1,062 1,221 Wrexham 3 19 63 — 297 Yeovil 228 546 1,789 1,080 1,617 York — 46 1,056 2,916 1,128 Total 89,949 201,782 277,351 279,159 305,406