Response 3752956

Response to request for information

Reference

3752956

Response date

17 June 2025

Request

1. Tax year 24/25: The number of times between 1^st April 2024 – 31^st March 2025 that private bailiffs/enforcement agents have been instructed to enforce council tax debts owed to the local authority.
2. Tax year 23/24: The number of times between 1^st April 2023 – 31^st March 2024 that private bailiffs/enforcement agents have been instructed to enforce council tax debts owed to the local authority.
   Please provide a separate figure for each tax year, rather than a combined figure
   By “private bailiffs/enforcement agents” we mean those who are self-employed or who work for private companies, including as high court enforcement officers.  Please include cases where local authority employees have visited a property to enforce a warrant of control.   
3. Do you currently have a policy of exempting recipients of Council Tax Support / Reduction from the use of bailiff action? (Yes/No)

Response

1. 726
2. 1295
3. no