Written question asked by Vincent Cable (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 9 November 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 13 November 2007. It was answered by Pat McFadden (Labour) on Monday, 19 November 2007 on behalf of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.

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Bankruptcy: Council Tax

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many individual bankruptcy petitions were received by the official receivers where council tax arrears were mentioned as a significant reason in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

Answer

The information requested is not held in a readily available format and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

467 c487W; 164226

Session

2007-08

Subjects

Bankruptcy Council tax

Link

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