Scottish Parliament (Hansard, 19 December 1990)

§ 23. Mr. McKelvey
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has any plans for a directly elected Scottish parliament.

§ Mr. Allan Stewart
No.

§ 24. Mr. Dunnachie
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has any plans to review or repeal the poll tax in Scotland.

§ 27. Mr. McMaster
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has any plans to review or repeal the poll tax.

§ 32. Mr. Kirkwood
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps he proposes to take to review the community charge legislation in Scotland.

§ Mr. Allan Stewart
My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has announced the Government's intention to
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§ Mr. Allan Stewart
On the basis of local authorities' 1990–91 budget estimates, expenditure has increased by 8.94 per cent. since the introduction of the community charge in Scotland in 1 April 1989.

§ Mr. Cohen
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in theOfficial Report for each local authority area in Scotland (a) the number of individuals who are liable to pay the personal community charge, (b) the number of people who are paying the personal community charge and (c) the number of people who are exempt from paying the personal community charge, separately distinguishing the numbers by exemption category.

§ Mr. Allan Stewart
Information on the number of people who are paying the personal community charge is not held centrally. The following table gives the figures requested which are available and relates to 1 July 1990. Information held by community charges registration officers on people who are exempt from the personal community charge is not comprehensive, and the figures given are estimates provided by the local authorities.
conduct a careful and fundamental review of the community charge arrangements in Scotland, England and Wales.