§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people have been exempted from paying the poll tax by way of each category of exemption in(a) Greenock and Port Glasgow, (b) Strathclyde and (c) Scotland as a whole.
§ Mr. LangInformation held by community charge registration officers on people who are exempt from the
Known Exemptions from Community Charge Inverclyde Strathclyde Scotland Persons aged 18 or over in receipt of Child Benefit 248 4,750 7,776 Prisoners 276 5,306 6,425 Foreign armed forces 39 1,737 3,138 Dependants of foreign armed forces 5 247 247 Persons aged 18 or over who are severely mentally handicapped 330 7,609 14,794 Other 898 15,458 21,139 Total 1,796 35,107 53,519 Note: "Other' includes patients in residential homes, nursing homes or hospitals, members of religious communities, residents in Crown property, persons of no fixed abode etc.