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30th December 2024
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Council tax arrears
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1. The total amount owed to the council in council tax arrears within your local authority on the latest date which figures were available.
£8,961,668.93
2. The total number of people who are currently in arrears of payment of their council tax to your local authority (arrears defined as having missed at least one payment)?
973 reminders issued in May.
1750 summons issued in May.
3755 accounts with an outstanding Liability Order.
Please note the cases that have outstanding Liability Orders may cross over with the reminders and summonses issued last month.
3. The total number of people who currently have debt management procedures commenced against them by your authority for non-payment of council tax (including those under any escalation process in debt recovery, receiving e.g. automated reminders, letter before action and referral to debt collection agency)?
Same answer as question 2.
3755 have a Liability order against them. A further 1750 have been issued reminder notices and 1750 summonses issued in May.
Again, the 3755 Liability Orders may cross over with the summons and reminders.
4. The total number of people who have had court proceedings begun against them relating to non-payment of council tax in your local authority in 2023/24 and 2024/25?
2023: 3982 people.
2024: 4107 people.
