§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many community charge defaulters have been gaoled in England and Wales since the charge was introduced.
§ Mrs. RumboldAccording to the records held centrally, which are approximate, one prisoner was received into a Prison Service establishment in 1990 following committal for non-payment of the community charge.
Data for 1991 are not yet complete but the provisional figure for such receptions in the year is about 110.