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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1548545/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Local councils are responsible for the collection of council tax and any arrears. The Government does not collect data on the number of people who are in council tax arrears. Data on the level of council tax arrears in England can be found in Table 7 <a href=\"https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1108764%2FCollection_rates_for_Council_Tax_and_non-domestic_rates_in_England__2021_to_2022__revised_.pdf&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cec2324910fa8452a369c08dad9384a67%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638061133024060602%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=0vJxBkm%2BnUUS9Iq4PksiGchdL5fMZu5Fd7jaqe37C2k%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. Further to the Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014, the Department has published best practice guidance on council tax collection.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the effect of trends in the level of council tax arrears on the Government's Levelling Up agenda.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4082", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lisa Nandy"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the number of households in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England that have fallen into council tax arrears; and what steps his Department is taking to support economically vulnerable households in those areas.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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