HC Deb 16 May 1989 vol 153 c139W
Mr. Soley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether police officers who presently receive a rent and rates allowance are to be given a poll tax allowance following the abolition of rates.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

No. The recent arbitration award on police rent allowance stated specifically that payments of the community charge levied on police officers should not be reimbursed by police authorities.

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