FOI request (FOIR-496778744)

Council Tax Arrears

Requested Tue 14 March 2023
Responded  Fri 31 March 2023

I am writing to politely request the following information under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA):

1. For the last financial year for which data is available, how much is owed overall in council tax arrears, broken down by year?

2. For the last financial year for which data is available, how many households are in council tax arrears, broken down by year?

3. For the last financial year for which data is available, how many applications for a special repayment plan to pay council tax have the council received, broken down by year?

4. For the last financial year for which data is available, how many referrals have the council made to bailiffs in order to collect unpaid council tax, broken down by year?

Response

Please see attached our response to your Freedom of Information request.

The information for the first two questions is as at 21st March 2023.

Please note that the information regarding special arrangements is based on when the Liability Order was obtained as are unable to get the information relating the actual year it was for.

Information obtained is as at 23rd March 2023.

Prior to 2009, we have found no information relating to referrals to Bailiffs and have indicated this on the spreadsheet.

Attachments

• FOIR-496778744_FOIR-496778744_1-FOI_496778744.xlsx