HC Deb 08 March 2004 vol 418 cc1370-1W
Mr. Lidington

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list for each local authority in Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes the level of uncollected council tax for each year since 1996–97(a) in cash terms and (b) as a percentage of total council tax revenue due. [158870]

Mr. Raynsford

The available information requested is tabled below.

Uncollected council taxes
£000
Amounts uncollected in-year 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03
Milton Keynes 3,189 3,196 1,998 2,144 3,097 3,860 3,223
Districts in Buckinghamshire
Aylesbury Vale 1,231 1,168 1,773 1,744 1,466 1,004 1,007
Chiltern 331 337 470 496 442 398 403
South Bucks 233 125 386 450 886 484 293
Wycombe 1,361 1,212 1,308 1,372 1,116 1,712 1,769
Percentage uncollected in-vear
Milton Keynes 8.9 8.9 5.0 4.7 6.3 7.0 5.4
Districts in Buckinghamshire
Aylesbury Vale 3.8 3.3 4.5 4.0 3.1 2.0 1.8
Chiltern 1.4 1.3 1.6 1.6 1.3 1.1 1.0
South Bucks 1.5 0.7 2.0 2.1 3.8 2.0 1.1
Wycombe 3.9 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.3 3.3 3.1
Source:
QRC4 returns

The figures relate only to amounts of council tax uncollected during the financial year to which they relate. This is because the figures reported to central government on amounts collected for previous years are not broken down by financial year. Council taxes nevertheless continue to be collected after the end of the financial year, and so the amounts and percentages that are ultimately uncollected for any financial year will be lower than those shown in the table.