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Council tax debt and prosecutions

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Dear Copeland Borough Council,

Under the Freedom of Information Act, I wish to know:

* What were the primary three reasons for refusals to pay?
* How much Council Tax debt has been written off for each of those four years?
* Finally, can you say what the legal costs of pursuing the aforesaid legal action has been for the entire five years, including estimated legal services costs up to November of this year.

Yours faithfully,

Phil Coleman

Freedom of Information, Copeland Borough Council

Thank you for your Request for Information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Your request is being considered and you will receive any recorded information held by Copeland Borough Council within the statutory timescale of 20 working days as defined by the Freedom of Information Act 2000, subject to the information not being exempt or containing a reference to a third party.

For your information, the Act defines a number of exemptions, which may prevent release of the information you have requested.  There will be an assessment and if any of the exemption categories apply then the information will not be released.  You will be informed if this is the case, including your rights of appeal.

If the information you request contains reference to a third party then they may be consulted prior to a decision being taken on whether or not to release the information to you.  You will be informed if this is the case.

There may be a fee payable for this information.  This will be considered and you will be informed if a fee is payable.  In this event the fee must be paid before the information is processed and released.  The 20 working day time limit for responses is suspended until receipt of the payment.

If you have any queries or concerns then please contact me.

Further information is also available from the Information Commissioner at:

Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Telephone 01625 545700
https://ico.org.uk/

Yours sincerely

Freedom of Information
Copeland Borough Council
01946 598300
[email address]
Copeland Borough Council, Whitehaven Commercial Park, Moresby Parks, Whitehaven, Cumbria, CA28 8YD

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Freedom of Information, Copeland Borough Council

Dear Phil Coleman

Thank you for your recent request for information.  Your request has been considered under the FOI Act 2000.

In order to process your request further we need a little more information:

There are magistrates court liability hearings and there are committal hearings (both for council tax). Can you confirm you are referring to committal hearings.

The request mention years below too but which years you require are not specified - please provide confirmation of this.

Your FOI request will be paused in the abeyance.

If you have any queries or concerns then please contact me.

Further information is also available from the Information Commissioner at:

Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Telephone 01625 545700
https://ico.org.uk/

Yours sincerely

Freedom of Information
Copeland Borough Council
01946 598300
[email address]
Copeland Borough Council, Whitehaven Commercial Park, Moresby Parks, Whitehaven, Cumbria, CA28 8YD

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Freedom of Information, Copeland Borough Council

Dear Phil Coleman

Further to our email below we have not received a response to enable us to process your request further. Copeland Borough Council now considers this request closed.

If you have any queries or concerns then please contact me.

Further information is also available from the Information Commissioner at:

Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Telephone 01625 545700
https://ico.org.uk/

Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information
Copeland Borough Council
01946 598300
[email address]
Copeland Borough Council, Whitehaven Commercial Park, Moresby Parks, Whitehaven, Cumbria, CA28 8YD

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