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FOI request (FOIR-833565490)
Council tax arrears, enforcement, and recovery data (2021-2026)
Requested Thu 30 April 2026
Responded Wed 20 May 2026Under the Freedom of Information Act, please provide the following council-wide yearly data from Hastings Borough Council for each of the following financial years (from the first to last day of each financial year) - 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25, and 2025/26:
Council tax:
- The number of live council tax accounts at the end of each financial year (if held).
2. The number of council tax accounts with arrears at the end of each financial year.
3. The total value (£) of council tax arrears outstanding at the end of each financial year.
Debt collection:
4. The total amount (£) of council tax arrears collected/recovered in each financial year (regardless of the year the debt relates to).
5. The total number of liability orders issued for council tax arrears in each financial year.
6. The total value (£) of liability order costs charged to council tax accounts in each financial year.
7. The total number of council tax arrears cases referred to enforcement agents in each financial year.
8. The total value (£) of unpaid council tax debt for cases referred to enforcement agents in each financial year (based on the balance recorded when the case was referred, where available).
9. The total value (£) of enforcement agent fees added to council tax accounts in each financial year (if held).
If providing this full request exceeds the cost limit, please provide as much of the information as possible within the limit, prioritising questions 3 - 9.
If any of this information is not held in the exact format requested, please provide the closest available data.
Response
1. Hastings Borough Council does not hold the exact information requested, however, we have looked at the closest Valuation Office Schedule, for number of council tax assessments, to 31st March of each year and can confirm:
2021/22 - 43781
2022/23 - 43936
2023/24 - 44118
2024/25 - 44239
2025/26 – 44567
2.
2021/22 – 7536
2022/23 – 7591
2023/24 – 7081
2024/25 – 6903
2025/26 – 8733
3.
2021/22 - £3,786,112.76
2022/23 – £4,131,310.69
2023/24 – £4,311,049.06
2024/25 – £4,693,258.91
2025/26 – £6,304,429,64
Debt Collection
4.
2021/22 – £1,736,501.14
2022/23 – £1,752,979.21
2023/24 – £1,658,493.44
2024/25 – £1,260,560.31
2025/26 – N/A
5.
2021/22 – 4588
2022/23 – 3231
2023/24 – 3706
2024/25 – 5368
2025/26 – 2750
6.
2021/22 – £458,800
2023/24 – £370,600
2024/25 – £536,800
2025/26 – £275,000
7.
2021/22 – 3346
2022/23 – 2691
2023/24 – 2428
2025/26 – 3513
8.
2021/22 - £4,930,345.67
2022/23 - £3,561,824.37
2023/24 - £3,728,682.11
2024/25 - £3,569,805.05
9. We do not hold this information
- The number of live council tax accounts at the end of each financial year (if held).
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