Council Tax Debt - deduction made from benefit.

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Ms Barbara Adams

Dear Fife Council,

1. How many council tax accounts in arrears, where a claimant has deductible benefit has your authority sent to the DWP to have deductions made from their benefit, to pay off arrears on their council tax account?

Yours faithfully,

Ms Barbara Adams

Kay Henderson, Fife Council

Dear Barbara Adams,

 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002 – REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

 

Thank you for your information request received on 02/03/2021; our ref:
34453 relating to Council Tax Debt. This is being dealt with in terms of
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Kay Henderson, Fife Council

Dear Barbara Adams,

 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002 – REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

 

I refer to your information request received 02/03/2021;  our ref: 34453
relating to Council Tax Debt.

 

Please advise which financial years you are looking at for the information
to be provided.

 

If you are not satisfied with the way we have handled your request, you
have the right to request a review of the decision.  Please write to: Head
of Legal & Democratic Services, Finance & Corporate Services, Fife House,
North Street, Glenrothes, KY7 5LT or e-mail to [email address]. 
The law provides for you to make this request up to 60 workings days from
when we received your enquiry or 40 working days from when you receive
this correspondence whichever is the later date.  Where the outcome of the
review fails to resolve the matter to your complete satisfaction you have
the right to apply to the Scottish Information Commissioner for a
decision.www.itspublicknowledge.info/Appeal

 

Fife Council will consider and seek to resolve any request to the Head of
Legal & Democratic Services that falls outside these timescales.

 

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Kay Henderson

Information Specialist, Customer & Online Services, Information Management
& Requests Team

1^st Floor West, Fife House, North Street, Glenrothes, KY7 5PT

Tel: 03451 55 55 55 extension 444225

Email: [email address]

Work Pattern: Tues/Wed/Thurs

 

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Ms Barbara Adams

Dear Kay Henderson,

Thank you for you reply. Between March 2020 to January 2021.

Yours sincerely,

Ms Barbara Adams

Kay Henderson, Fife Council

Dear Barbara Adams,

 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002 – REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

 

I refer to your email dated and received 02/03/2021, our ref 34453. 

 

I am pleased to enclose the information you requested and trust that it
meets your requirements.

 

Request and response

 

How many council tax accounts in arrears, where a claimant has deductible
benefit has your authority sent to the DWP to have deductions made from
their benefit, to pay off arrears on their council tax account? 

 

You clarified a timescale of between march 2020 and January 2021.

 

There has been 11,347 3^rd Party Deduction Applications made between March
20 and January 21.

 

Water Deduction Applications                         -      1276

Council Tax Deduction Applications                -        173

Universal Credit Deduction Applications       -       9898

 

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included when being reproduced as part of another publication or service.

 

If you are not satisfied with the way we have handled your request, you
have the right to request a review of the decision. Please write to: Head
of Legal & Democratic Services, Finance & Corporate Services, Fife House,
North Street, Glenrothes, KY7 5LT or e-mail to [email address].
The law provides for you to make this request up to 60 working days from
when we received your enquiry or 40 working days from when you receive
this correspondence whichever is the later date. Where the outcome of the
review fails to resolve the matter to your complete satisfaction you have
the right to apply to the Scottish Information Commissioner for a
decision.www.itspublicknowledge.info/Appeal

 

Fife Council will consider and seek to resolve any request to the Head of
Legal & Democratic Services that falls outside these time scales.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Kay Henderson

Information Specialist, Customer & Online Services, Information Management
& Requests Team

1^st Floor West, Fife House, North Street, Glenrothes, KY7 5PT

Tel: 03451 55 55 55 extension 444225

Email: [email address]

Work Pattern: Tues/Wed/Thurs

 

Please note I am working from home for the foreseeable

 

 

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application go to www.fife.gov.uk/postalvote

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