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FOI request (FOIR-717109631)
Use of bailiffs to collect council tax debt in 2024/25 and 2023/24
Requested Fri 23 May 2025
Responded Wed 25 June 2025Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, we would like to request the following information.
1. Tax year 24/25: The number of times between 1st April 2024 – 31st March 2025 that private bailiffs/enforcement agents have been instructed to enforce council tax debts owed to the local authority.
2. Tax year 23/24: The number of times between 1st April 2023 – 31st March 2024 that private bailiffs/enforcement agents have been instructed to enforce council tax debts owed to the local authority.
Please provide a separate figure for each tax year, rather than a combined figure.
By 'private bailiffs/enforcement agents' we mean those who are self-employed or who work for private companies, including as high court enforcement officers. Please include cases where local authority employees have visited a property to enforce a warrant of control.
3. Do you currently have a policy of exempting recipients of Council Tax Support/Reduction from the use of bailiff action? (Yes/No)
Response
Please accept my apologies for the delay in responding.
1. Tax year 24/25 - 9 times
2. Tax year 23/24 - 9 times
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