Response 1117190

Response to request for information

Reference

1117190

Response date

6 June 2023

Request

1. Total number of Council Tax Liability Orders the council has up to the 1st May 2023
2. The value (£) of the total liability orders up to the 1st May 2023
3. What is the number of domestic properties within your council?
4. Is your Revenues and Benefits service currently outsourced? If yes who is running the service on your behalf?
5. Is your sundry debt collection currently outsourced. If yes who to
6. What is the total value (£) of sundry debts currently held by the council?

Response

1. Total number of Council Tax Liability Orders the council has up to the 1st May 2023

• • 4137

2. The value (£) of the total liability orders up to the 1st May 2023

• • £2,576,702.86

3. What is the number of domestic properties within your council?

• • 53711

4. Is your Revenues and Benefits service currently outsourced? If yes who is running the service on your behalf?

• • No

5. Is your sundry debt collection currently outsourced. If yes who to

• • The council initially carries out its own recovery by producing and sending reminder letters, once these have come to an end the arrears are looked at and escalated to a collection agent via an SLA at zero costs to the authority.

6. What is the total value (£) of sundry debts currently held by the council?

• • As at the 31st May the SDR outstanding balance was £3,388,247.29 of which £3,194,013.91 is not yet due.