Response 3715772

Response to request for information

3715772

30 April 2025

For 2021 to 2025 by financial year:

How many accounts were raised at billing in financial year?
What was the total value of liability in financial year?
How many accounts were in arrears at the end of the financial year?
How was the value of arrears in that financial year?
How many council tax cases were referred to bailiffs?
How much money was retrieved by the bailiffs?
How much debt was written off by the council in that financial year?
Do you currently have a formal policy in place for dealing with residents in vulnerable circumstances as part of your collections process for Council Tax arrears?
Do you currently have a policy of exempting recipients of Council Tax Support / Reduction from the use of bailiff action?

How many accounts were raised at billing in financial year?
- 2021/22 - 52,420
- 2022/23 - 53,622
- 2023/24 - 54,675
- 2024/25 - 55,376
What was the total value of liability in financial year?
- Information can be found at the following link: GOV.UK Council Tax Statistics
How many accounts were in arrears at the end of the financial year?
- Information no longer held for that specific time
How was the value of arrears in that financial year?
- Information can be found at the following link: GOV.UK Council Tax Statistics
How many council tax cases were referred to bailiffs?
- 2021 - 1,620
- 2022 - 1,780
- 2023 - 1,874
- 2024 - 1,707
How much money was retrieved by the bailiffs?
- 2021 - £589,793.55
- 2022 - £563,259.49
- 2023 - £699,072.22
- 2024 - £735,717.37
How much debt was written off by the council in that financial year?
- 2021 - £14,787.54
- 2022 - £10,605.13
- 2023 - £274,424.36
- 2024 - £180,278.10
Do you currently have a formal policy in place for dealing with residents in vulnerable circumstances as part of your collections process for Council Tax arrears?
- Yes
Do you currently have a policy of exempting recipients of Council Tax Support / Reduction from the use of bailiff action?
- No

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