HC Deb 29 October 2003 vol 412 cc310-1W
Simon Hughes

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much council tax was collected in each year in the London boroughs since 1996. [135157]

Mr. Raynsford

The table shows the amounts of council tax collected in each London borough and the City of London, irrespective of the financial year to which they relate, in each year from 1995–96 to 2002–03.

Simon Hughes

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what proportion of council tax due was collected in the London boroughs in each year since 1996. [135158]

Mr. Raynsford

The following table gives the in-year council tax collection rates for each London borough

In-year council tax collection rates1
Percentage
1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03
Inner London
City of London 99.0 98.1 97.5 97.4 98.2 98.3 98.4 97.6
Camden 83.7 87.7 88.5 91.1 92.3 92.7 93.5 92.7
Greenwich 89.4 91.4 92.2 92.2 91.3 92.2 92.0 92.8
Hackney 78.8 79.4 78.1 74.5 67.9 67.8 74.0 79.5
Hammersmith and Fulham 87.4 87.6 89.1 92.3 93.2 93.8 94.5 95.1
Islington 80.8 83.0 88.3 88.9 90.2 90.0 91.5 88.4
Kensington and Chelsea 93.2 94.9 94.9 95.2 95.6 96.0 95.6 95.6
Lambeth 71.8 78.6 80.3 80.3 84.4 82.0 86.5 90.1
Lewisham 81.5 84.8 90.6 90.6 92.0 93.3 93.7 93.7
Southwark 83.7 84.7 81.9 81.3 80.2 87.1 90.2 92.0
Tower Hamlets 87.3 87.2 86.7 88.1 88.3 89.3 90.7 91.8
Wandsworth 88.6 87.9 90.9 91.4 92.8 94.0 94.5 94.8
Westminster 93.6 92.6 92.6 93.7 92.9 91.8 93.0 93.5
Average inner London 84.4 86.7 88.0 88.5 88.7 89.6 91.1 91.9
Outer London
Barking and Dagenham 95.4 94.9 95.0 95.3 94.7 94.0 94.5 91.8
Barnet 94.4 94.7 95.1 95.3 95.6 95.8 96.2 96.2
Bexley 96.4 96.2 94.5 94.2 94.9 95.4 95.7 96.0
Brent 87.0 87.6 89.5 91.4 90.4 92.0 91.1 89.5
Bromley 97.4 97.2 97.4 97.0 96.3 96.6 96.5 96.4
Croydon 93.4 92.1 92.4 92.8 91.7 91.9 93.9 94.7
Ealing 92.9 94.3 94.8 94.9 94.4 93.4 94.1 94.6
Enfield 90.8 91.8 91.8 93.5 93.7 94.4 94.6 94.6
Haringey 81.4 84.7 82.3 85.0 85.1 88.8 90.1 92.5
Harrow n/a 96.4 96.9 96.8 96.2 98.2 98.6 97.2
Havering 96.5 96.7 97.7 96.8 95.6 96.4 96.1 95.9
Hillingdon 93.9 94.3 95.0 95.7 95.0 95.6 96.5 95.2
Hounslow 88.8 92.7 91.9 91.4 93.4 94.0 93.9 93.8
Kingston upon Thames 97.3 97.1 93.9 91.9 93.7 94.0 95.9 96.5
Merton 96.9 94.4 95.5 95.1 95.2 95.7 95.6 96.5
Newham 76.9 81.0 82.0 83.1 83.3 84.9 86.8 90.0
Redbridge 94.7 95.6 96.1 96.1 95.7 95.5 95.7 95.7
Richmond upon Thames 96.4 97.0 97.3 96.2 96.7 97.0 97.6 97.6
Sutton 98.3 98.0 97.4 97.0 97.3 97.3 97.3 97.3
Waltham Forest 88.9 91.5 91.8 87.8 87.7 88.0 90.6 93.0
Average outer London 92.9 93.8 93.8 93.9 93.7 94.3 94.9 95.0
Average Greater London 90.1 91.4 91.8 92.1 92.1 92.8 93.7 94.1
1 Amount of council tax due received by the end of the financial year as a percentage of the net collectable debit for the year.

Note:

n/a = not available