§ Mr. LidingtonTo 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. RaynsfordThe available information requested is tabled below.
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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.