§ Mr. David MarshallTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total number of people on the community charge register for each registration authority in Scotland, and the Scottish total, for the date the register was first compiled, and for each year since.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe available information, obtained from returns by community charge registration officers, is set out in the table. The figures include students, who are liable for 20 per cent. of the community charge, but exclude those liable for collective or standard charges. The October 1988 figures were provisional, and unavailable for some areas.
October 1988 September 1989 July 1990 Borders 82,540 77,935 78,285 Central n/a 206,389 202,412 Dumfries and Galloway 110,859 111,326 111,434 Fife 253,500 269,058 259,961 Grampian 377,766 377,785 373,581 Highland n/a 147,771 148,270 Lothian 589,209 604,320 578,982 Strathclyde 1,786,017 1,761,450 1,737,284 Tayside 290,700 295,490 291,682 Orkney 14,775 14,329 14,372 Shetland 16,459 16,021 15,982 Western Isles n/a 22,315 22,165 All Scotland total n/a 3,904,189 3,834,410 n/a: Not available.