HL Deb 18 December 1990 vol 524 cc48-9WA
Baroness Fisher of Rednal

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many summonses have been issued by magistrates' courts to persons having difficulty in paying their community charge.

Earl Ferrers

No information is available about the financial circumstances of those issued with summonses for non-payment of the community charge.

Baroness Fisher of Rednal

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many summonses have been issued by magistrates' courts to Community Charge non-payers.

Earl Ferrers

By the end of September approximately 547,000 summonses had been issued by magistrates' courts in relation to community charge proceedings.