Council Tax Arrears
Received: 15 February 2023
Hello,
I hope you are doing well. I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information:
For the period 2013/14 - 2021/2022
1)How many households were in Council Tax arrears each year?
Of these:
1a) How many households were in Council Tax arrears relating to earlier years?
1b)How many households were in Council Tax arrears relating to in year?
2)Of the households in Council Tax Arrears, how many households contained or were:
2a)Someone above the state pension age?
2b)Someone sick or disabled/in receipt of incapacity benefit
2c)A lone parent
2d)Someone who is unemployed
2e)In receipt of Universal Credit
2f)In receipt of Universal Credit and Council Tax Reduction
3)What is the value of Council Tax Arrears relating to earlier years before write-offs in the current year?
4)What is the value of Council Tax arrears written off in year relating to the previous year only?
5)What is the value of Council Tax arrears relating to earlier years?
6)What is the total value of Council Tax arrears for all previous years as of 31st March post write offs?
Of these:
6b) What is the total value of Council Tax arrears in respect of the previous year only?
6c) What is the total value of Council Tax arrears in respect of earlier years?
7) What is the total value of Council Tax not collected in the current year?
8) What is the total value of Council Tax written off in year relating to the current year?
9) What is the total value of Council Tax arrears in respect of the current year outstanding as of 31st March?
10) What is the total value of Council Tax arrears as of 31st March?
11) What is the net change in value in arrears outstanding as of 31st March?
12) What is the total value of court and administration costs relating to Council Tax arrears for the respective year?
I would prefer to receive your response in electronic format, either in the body of an email or as an attachment in Excel, Word or PDF format. I have attached a spreadsheet for ease of use and hope it may be convenient. Please do let me know if there is anything that I can help with. I'm very happy to clarify and/or discuss my request.
Apologies. I just wanted to add a note to my previous request made on 15/02/2023 to request that you contact me should you believe the request to take too much time and cost more than £450 before carrying out the request.
All the best,