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FOI request (FOIR-115759009)
Council Tax arrears and Bailiff use
Requested Fri 26 April 2019
Responded Tue 21 May 2019I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information;
For the period 2013/14 -2018/19 by year;
1) How many households were in Council Tax arrears each year?
2) How many households in Council Tax arrears became subject to a liability order?
3) How many cases of council tax arrears were referred to bailiffs?
3b) What was the value of the council tax arrears referred to bailiffs?
3c) What was the value of the arrears recovered?
3d) What were the costs of the bailiff action (including costs faced by households and costs faced by the council)?
4) How many cases of council tax arrears had repayment plans arranged?
5) How many cases of council tax arrears had third party deductions applied?
6) How many cases of council tax arrears had attachment of earnings orders applied?
Please provide each set of information above, for each financial year as requested, separately in your response. We would prefer to receive your response in electronic format, either included in the body of an email or as an attachment in Excel, Word or PDF format.
Response
1) Reminders - Final Notices and Summonses issued within a financial year, some of which may have since with withdrawn:
2013/14: 27,263 Reminders, 9,953 Final Notices, 4,738 Summonses
2014/15: 22,933 Reminders, 9,906 Final Notices, 5,467 Summonses
2015/16: 26,196 Reminders, 12,422 Final Notices, 4,647 Summonses
2016/17: 23,745 Reminders, 10,004 Final notices, 1,861 Summonses
2017/18: 26,010 Reminders, 8,870 Final Notices, 1,925 Summonses
2018/19: 24,030 Reminders, 9,377 Final Notices, 3,280 Summonses
2) Liability Orders granted per year:
2013/14: 2,994
2014/15: 3,237
2015/16: 2,788
2016/17: 1,187
2017/18: 1,256
2018/19: 2,394
3) Cases passed to bailiffs per year:
2013/14: 3,609
2014/15: 7,822
2015/16: 2,977
2016/17: 1,031
2017/18: 337
2018/19: 2,302
3b) Value of arrears passed to bailiffs per year:
2013/14: £2,603,278.08
2013/14: £5,738,480.53
2015/16: £2,130,594.63
2016/17: £708,540.48
2017/18: £253,097.35
2018/19: £2,882,947.66
3c) Information not held
3d) The bailiff costs involved for 2013/14, Visit Fee £24.50, £12.00 Walking Possession, £52.00 Levy Fee. From 2014/15 onwards £75.00 (Compliance), £235.00 (Enforcement) - fees faced by the household
4) Information not held
5) Third Party Deductions by year:
2013/14: 880
2014/15: 881
2015/16: 839
2016/17: 767
2017/18: 435
2018/19: 54
6) Attachment to Earnings orders by year:
2013/14: 635
2014/15: 849
2015/16: 925
2016/17: 712
2017/18: 361
2018/19: 142
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