Response 1853282

Response to request for information

Reference

1853282

Response date

6 October 2023

Request

1. How many people did you commence committal proceedings against with regard to unpaid council tax in the financial year 2022/23?
2. What was the total amount of council tax arrears owed by people subject to council tax committal proceedings, at the time of the commencement of those proceedings, in the financial year 2022/23?
3. As a result of those committal proceedings how many people were committed to prison for non-payment of council tax in the financial year 2022/23?
4. What estimates do you have (if any) of your legal costs in the financial year 2022/23 in seeking to recover unpaid council tax and the total amount of that debt that has thus far been recovered?

Response

1. How many people did you commence committal proceedings against with regard to unpaid council tax in the financial year 2022/23?
   • 29
2. What was the total amount of council tax arrears owed by people subject to council tax committal proceedings, at the time of the commencement of those proceedings, in the financial year 2022/23?
   • £111,789.50
3. As a result of those committal proceedings how many people were committed to prison for non-payment of council tax in the financial year 2022/23?
   • None
4. What estimates do you have (if any) of your legal costs in the financial year 2022/23 in seeking to recover unpaid council tax and the total amount of that debt that has thus far been recovered?
   • We have obtained no legal expense as a result of undertaken committal action