HC Deb 14 January 1991 vol 183 c374W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the number of people in each of the 32 London boroughs who have been summonsed for the non-payment of the community charge.

Mr. John Patten

Information is not available centrally on the number of people in each London borough who have been summonsed for non-payment of the community charge. However, the table shows the number of summonses heard at magistrates courts in the London area from April to September 1990, the latest date for which the information is available.

Number of community charge summonses heard at magistrates courts in the London area April-September 1990
Magistrates court Summonses
City of London
Guildhall justice room 76
Inner London
Hampstead 1,500
Horseferry Road 2,962
South Western 1,671
Thames 3,070
Outer London
Barking 33
Barnet/Hendon 86
Bromley 7,187
Croydon 14,212
Ealing/Acton 590
Enfield 3,764
Havering 12
Feltham/Brentford 209
Kingston-upon-Thames 7,679
Wimbledon 422
Stratford/West Ham 6,600
Redbridge 575
Sutton 8,533
Waltham Forest 853

Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the number of people who have been sentenced to a period of imprisonment by courts covering the Greater London area who have been summonsed for the non-payment of their community charge.

Mrs. Rumbold

The information for 1990 is not yet available.