Response 3495021

Response to request for information

Reference

3495021

Response date

3 June 2024

Request

1. Has your local authority employed debt collection agencies to collect unpaid council tax debts or business rates over the last five years?
2. Has your local authority employed bailiffs to collect unpaid council tax debts or business rates over the last five years?
3. Has your local authority applied for any bankruptcy petitions against people with unpaid council tax debts or business rates over the last five years? If so, how many?
4. Has your local authority applied for any charging orders against people with unpaid council tax debts or business rates over the last five years? If so, how many?
5. Has your local authority “sold” any books of council tax or business rates debt over the last five years?

Response

1. Has your local authority employed debt collection agencies to collect unpaid council tax debts or business rates over the last five years? No
2. Has your local authority employed bailiffs to collect unpaid council tax debts or business rates over the last five years? Yes (enforcement agents)
3. Has your local authority applied for any bankruptcy petitions against people with unpaid council tax debts or business rates over the last five years? If so, how many? Yes - 2
4. Has your local authority applied for any charging orders against people with unpaid council tax debts or business rates over the last five years? If so, how many? Yes - information not available as figures in unextractable format
5. Has your local authority “sold” any books of council tax or business rates debt over the last five years? No