§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people in the area including Nottingham(a) were imprisoned, (b) had attachments to earnings, and (c) had distraint warrants issued for non-payments of rates in each of the years from 1979.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggEstimates of numbers of rate defaulters committed to custody by courts in Nottinghamshire are given in the table below; provision of information for other years would involve disproportionate cost. Information on attachment of earnings orders and distraint warrants is not recorded centrally.
Committals to custody for non-payment of rates by courts in Nottinghamshire Estimated number 1979 20 1983 20 1987 10 1988 5