Council Tax Enforcement Data for Financial Year 2024/25
Received: 21 November 2025
Dear Barnet Borough Council,Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please provide the following information relating to Council Tax liabilities for the financial year 2024/25.For clarity: this request refers to all Council Tax accounts where liability fell within the period 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025, regardless of when the bill was issued.Please include all accounts where liability covered the whole financial year or any part of the financial year, including part-year tenancies and mid-year changes of liability.1. Council Tax enforcement actionsa. Number of summonses issued for non-payment of council tax b. Number of Liability Orders granted by magistrates for non-payment of council tax c. Number of cases referred to enforcement agents (bailiffs) d. Number of enforcement letters issued by enforcement agents on behalf of the council e. Number of enforcement visits made by enforcement agents on behalf of the council2. Fees and chargesa. The summons fee chargedb. The Liability Order fee chargedc. A breakdown of how these fees are calculated or determined3. Enforcement agent firms useda. The names of all enforcement agent companies used by the council for council tax collection, recovery, and enforcement during 2024/25(Please note: I am requesting only the names of the enforcement firms, not contract values or commercially sensitive information.)4. Households in receipt of Council Tax Reduction (CTR) a. Number of cases referred to enforcement agents where the household was in receipt of CTR b. Number of Liability Orders granted where the household was in receipt of CTR c. For Liability Orders involving households on CTR, a split by:Working-age householdsPension-age households5. Attachment of Benefits and Attachment of Earnings a. Number of Attachment of Benefits (AoB) requests sent to DWP (e.g., UC or legacy benefits) b. Total value of the debt included in AoB requests (regardless of deductions taken) c. Number of Attachment of Earnings Orders (AoEOs) issued d. Total value of the debt included in AoEOs e. Number of households subject to AoEOs who were in receipt of CTRPlease provide the data in either Excel or CSV.If any part of the request exceeds the cost limit, please provide the information that can be supplied within the limit, rather than refusing the request in full.Yours faithfully,
Outcome / Documents
- Calculation of the Reaonable Costs in Obtaining a Council Tax Liability Order_Jan 24 - application/pdf - Download
- Enforcement Data for Financial Year 2024_25 FOI_15945808 - application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet - Download
- Response (all information to be supplied) - application/pdf - Download