Toxic Waste (Hansard, 20 November 1990)

§ Mr. Steinberg
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will estimate the number and location of toxic waste sites that are known to contain benzine.

§ Mr. Heathcoat-Amory
This information is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Authority Number of people who have made a payment in respect of a personal community charge by 30 September 1990 Number of people liable who have not made a payment in respect of a personal community charge by 30 September 1990 Percentage making some payment

Coventry 189,403 41,693 82.0

Dudley 208,161 26,281 88.8

Sandwell 189,119 33,374 85.0

Solihull 158,100 16,315 90.6

Walsall 168,842 28,851 85.4

§ Mr. Nellist
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many local authorities levy the standard charge for the poll tax at(a) zero, (b) one half, (c) one, (d) one and a half and (e) two times the personal charge for the area.

§ Mr. Key
Local authorities have the discretion to levy different multiples of the personal charge on different classes of unoccupied property. Information on the highest multiplier set on any class of property in an authority's area has been derived from returns by local authorities and is as follows:

Authority	Number of people who have made a payment in respect of a personal community charge by 30 September 1990	Number of people liable who have not made a payment in respect of a personal community charge by 30 September 1990	Percentage making some payment
Coventry	189,403	41,693	82.0
Dudley	208,161	26,281	88.8
Sandwell	189,119	33,374	85.0
Solihull	158,100	16,315	90.6
Walsall	168,842	28,851	85.4