§ Lord Morris of Manchesterasked Her Majesty's Government:
What are the numbers of evictions from social housing and numbers of suspended prison sentences for council tax arrears in each of the past three years. [HL3097]
§ The Minister of State, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (Lord Rooker)Information on the numbers of evictions from social housing for council tax arrears is not collected centrally and so could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
The number of suspended prison sentences for council tax arrears is, in effect, the number of committal orders obtained and postponed.
76WAAlthough figures for committal orders obtained and postponed are not collected by central government, they are reported by local authorities to the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy on its annual revenue collection statistics form. Estimated figures for England, for the latest three years for which information is available, are:
1999–2000 15,900 2000–01 17,600 2001–02 22,400 The above figures include grossed estimates for authorities that did not return their form, and so have been rounded to the nearest hundred.