Response 916390

Response to request for information

Response date

29 July 2022

Request

1. In relation to your collection of council tax for each financial year, 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 and April 2022 to date, please provide the total number of:
   • reminders issued;
   • final notices issued;
   • court summonses issued;
   • liability orders issued;
   • attachment of benefit arrangements made;
   • attachment of earnings arrangements made; and
   • referrals/ debt passed to enforcement agents;
2. Against how many people did you commence committal proceedings with regard to unpaid council tax in 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 and April 2022 to date?
3. How many people were committed to prison for non-payment of council tax in 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 and April 2022 to date?
4. What was the a. Average, b. Longest, c. shortest number of days served in prison by people committed to prison for non-payment of council tax owed to the local authority for each year 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 and April 2022 to date.
5. How many people were subject to a suspended committal order for non-payment of council tax in 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 and April 2022 to date?
6. If possible, what was the average amount of council tax arrears owed by people subject to council tax committal proceedings when the proceedings commenced, for 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 and April 2022 to date.

Response

1. In relation to your collection of council tax for each financial year, 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 and April 2022 to date, please provide the total number of:

A. reminders issued:

• 2017/2018 - 11182
• 2018/2019 –11676
• 2019/2020 - 10977
• 2020/2021 – 7870
• 2021/2022 – 11691
• 2022 – 5496

B. final notices issued;

• 2017/2018 - 1211
• 2018/2019 –1151
• 2019/2020 - 1195
• 2020/2021 – 2623
• 2021/2022 – 1216
• 2022 – 409

C. court summonses issued:

• 2017/2018 - 4024
• 2018/2019 –4013
• 2019/2020 - 4022
• 2020/2021 – 2054
• 2021/2022 – 4144
• 2022 – 1648
  
  

D. liability orders issued;

• 2017/2018 - 2026
• 2018/2019 –1962
• 2019/2020 - 2146
• 2020/2021 – 1172
• 2021/2022 – 2213
• 2022 – 1079

E. attachment of benefit arrangements made:

• 2017/2018 - 504
• 2018/2019 –411
• 2019/2020 - 464
• 2020/2021 - 228
• 2021/2022 – 510
• 2022 – 184

F. attachment of earnings arrangements made; and

• 2017/2018 - 513
• 2018/2019 –398
• 2019/2020 - 354
• 2020/2021 - 128
• 2021/2022 – 197
• 2022 – 82

G. referrals/ debt passed to enforcement agents:

• 2017/2018 - 1564
• 2018/2019 - 2091
• 2019/2020 - 2185
• 2020/2021 - 1012
• 2021/2022 – 2518
• 2022 – 1224

2. Against how many people did you commence committal proceedings with regard to unpaid council tax in 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 and April 2022 to date? Not available

3. How many people were committed to prison for non-payment of council tax in 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 and April 2022 to date? None

4. What was the a. Average, b. Longest, c. shortest number of days served in prison by people committed to prison for non-payment of council tax owed to the local authority for each year 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 and April 2022 to date. N/A

5. How many people were subject to a suspended committal order for non-payment of council tax in 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 and April 2022 to date? Not available

6. If possible, what was the average amount of council tax arrears owed by people subject to council tax committal proceedings when the proceedings commenced, for 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 and April 2022 to date.
Not available