§ Mr. David ShawTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his current estimate of the legal, administrative and other costs incurred in the recent legal action involving the community charge leaflet by(a) the London borough of Greenwich and (b) the Department of the Environment.
§ Mr. Gummer[holding answer 22 May 1989]: Figures are not yet available, but Greenwich will have to foot the bill as well as the costs involved in correcting its own material distributed to 85,000 homes in which it falsely claimed that failure to pay the community charge would affect an individual's right to vote.