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Response 863948

Response to request for information

Response date

13 May 2022

Request

How many unpaid council tax reminders have been sent out for the last 5 financial years for which data is available?

  1. Number of reminders sent overall, broken down by year
  2. Number of households sent reminders, broken down by year

How many a) court summons b) liability orders did the council issue for unpaid council tax for the last 5 financial years for which data is available?

  1. Number issued overall, broken down by year
  2. Number of households issued, broken down by year
  3. Number of reminders issued, broken down by year

For the last 5 financial years for which data is available

  1. How many households are in council tax arrears, broken down by year
  2. How much is owed overall in council tax arrears, broken down by year

How many, a) overall and b) households, have applied for a special repayment plan to pay council tax for the last 5 financial years for which data is available, broken down by year?

How many a) overall and b) households, have the council agreed a special repayment plan with to pay council tax arrears for the last 5 financial years for which data is available, broken down by year?

How many a) overall and b) households, have asked for help from the council regarding council tax arrears repayment for the last 5 financial years for which data is available, broken down by year?

For the last 5 financial years for which data is available

  1. How many households have the council taken ‘enforcement action’ against to collect unpaid council tax, please breakdown by type of enforcement action, broken down by year?
  2. How many ‘enforcement actions’ have been used by the council, to collect unpaid council tax, overall, please breakdown by type of enforcement action, broken down by year?

For the last 5 financial years for which data is available?

  1. How many referrals have the council made to bailiffs in order to collect unpaid council tax, broken down by year?
  2. How many households have the council referred to bailiffs over unpaid council tax, broken down by year?

Response

How many unpaid council tax reminders have been sent out for the last 5 financial years for which data is available?

  1. Number of reminders sent overall, broken down by year

    • 2017/2018 - 11683

    • 2018/2019 - 12806

    • 2019/2020 - 15129

    • 2020/2021 - 10594

    • 2021/2022 – 16225

  2. Number of households sent reminders, broken down by year

    • 2017/2018 – 11381

    • 2018/2019 - 11940

    • 2019/2020 - 11182

    • 2020/2021 - 8033

    • 2021/2022 –11902

How many a) court summons b) liability orders did the council issue for unpaid council tax for the last 5 financial years for which data is available?

  1. Number issued overall, broken down by year
    1. Summons

      • 2017/2018 – 4137

      • 2018/2019 - 4577

      • 2019/2020 - 5361

      • 2020/2021 - 2705

      • 2021/2022 – 5491

    2. Liability orders

      • 2017/2018 – 1971

      • 2018/2019 - 2040

      • 2019/2020 - 2307

      • 2020/2021 - 1814

      • 2021/2022 – 2353

  2. Number of households issued, broken down by year
    1. Summons

      • 2017/2018 – 4024

      • 2018/2019 - 4013

      • 2019/2020 - 4022

      • 2020/2021 - 2054

      • 2021/2022 – 4144

  3. Number of reminders issued, broken down by year

    • Information not held

For the last 5 financial years for which data is available

  1. How many households are in council tax arrears, broken down by year

    • Information not held

  2. How much is owed overall in council tax arrears, broken down by year

    • Information not held

How many, a) overall and b) households, have applied for a special repayment plan to pay council tax for the last 5 financial years for which data is available, broken down by year?

Information not held

How many a) overall and b) households, have the council agreed a special repayment plan with to pay council tax arrears for the last 5 financial years for which data is available, broken down by year?

Information not held

How many a) overall and b) households, have asked for help from the council regarding council tax arrears repayment for the last 5 financial years for which data is available, broken down by year?

Information not held

For the last 5 financial years for which data is available

  1. How many households have the council taken ‘enforcement action’ against to collect unpaid council tax, please breakdown by type of enforcement action, broken down by year?

    • Unable to breakdown further than number of liability orders

  2. How many ‘enforcement actions’ have been used by the council, to collect unpaid council tax, overall, please breakdown by type of enforcement action, broken down by year?

    • Unable to breakdown further than number of liability orders

For the last 5 financial years for which data is available?

  1. How many referrals have the council made to bailiffs in order to collect unpaid council tax, broken down by year?

    • 2017/2018 – 1078

    • 2018/2019 - 1782

    • 2019/2020 - 1744

    • 2020/2021 - 932

    • 2021/2022 – 879

  2. How many households have the council referred to bailiffs over unpaid council tax, broken down by year?
    • Information not held

FOI Responses Council Tax 2022