FOI request (FOI204383)

Council Tax court cases

Requested Tue 03 January 2017
Responded  Fri 06 January 2017

1. How many people were found guilty of not paying their council tax by a court in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 (in either calendar or financial years, however this information is held)?

2. How many people were sentenced to imprisonment for failure to pay their council tax in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 (in either calendar or financial years, however this information is held)?

2 (a) Of those people sentenced to imprisonment, how many people subsequently paid their council tax in full to avoid imprisonment in those same years?

3. If possible, please provide how long each prison sentence was for the individual found guilty of not paying their council tax in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 (in either calendar or financial years, however this information is held)?

Response

1 - 2011 - 4157, 2012 - 3167, 2013 - 2935, 2014 - 3365, 2015 - 2287, 2016 - 1632. 2 - nil 2a - nil 3 - nil