Response 3586686

Response to request for information

Reference

3586686

Response date

12 November 2024

Request

All properties within your Billing Authority area where there is either a credit held on the account or there was previously a credit which has now been written on:

• The fields required are all non-personal;
• Primary Liable Party Name (Business Name)
• Full Property Address
• Postcode
• Billing Authority Reference Number (Assessment Number)
• Current Rateable Value
• Credit Amount
• Date Credit Applies To

Response

The Council does not release information about Business Rates accounts that currently have credit balances (including those written on) in response to Freedom of Information requests.

Information in respect of credit balances is considered exempt under section 31(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (prevention or detection of crime)

The Council holds this information but believes that its disclosure could result in fraudulent refund claims being made to the Council for these credit balances.

This follows decisions by the Information Commission in respect of requests made to Wandsworth Council (reference FS50619844) and the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham (reference FS50643256) in respect of requests for NNDR credit balances.