HC Deb 21 April 1995 vol 258 cc287-8W
Mr. Tipping

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his latest estimate of uncollected community charge(a) nationally and (b) for each district council in Nottinghamshire. [19884]

Mr. Robert B. Jones

The outstanding arrears of community charge in England as at 31 March 1994 were estimated to be £1,700 million, of which £217 million had been collected by December 1994. No data are yet available centrally on the amount of community charge written off between April and December 1994.

Mr. Curry

[holding answer 18 April 1995]: I have placed the available information in the Library of the House.