FI15136

Request

1.      Since April 1 2021, how many liability orders for non-payment of council tax has the council issued? 

2.      Over the same period, broken down by financial year, please tell me: 

3.      For each individual liability order – what is the average amount of money owed? 

4.      On how many occasions has the council employed bailiffs to enforce these liability orders? 

5.      How many convictions for non-payment has the council secured? 

6.      How many of these have resulted in a custodial sentence?

7.      What is the council’s total spend on the costs associated with issuing these orders? Including bailiffs and so on.

Response

	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24
Number of Liability Orders Issued	3,216	2,926	3,574
Average value of Liability Order	£1,249.24	£888.98	£889.70
Cases referred to Enforcement Agents	2,001	4,149	3,205
Convictions for non-payment	0	0	0
Custodial sentences	0	0	0

 

The costs associated with the issuing orders and the use of bailiffs is considered exempt from disclosure under Section 43(2) of the Freedom of Information Act.