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IG-4774
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Information Governance
Development
4th Floor
Loxley House
Station Street
Nottingham
NG2 3NG
Requester
Tel: 0115 876 3855
Email: information.governance
At contact address specified for request number above
@nottinghamcity.gov.uk
www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk
11th December 2014
Dear Requester
Re: Request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act)
The Authority has considered your request which was received on 1st December 2014
and our response to your questions is shown below.
1) “Since the Taking Control of Goods (fees) Regulations 2014 came into force,
has Nottingham City Council handed any monies which a debtor has paid
directly to the authority in respect of his or her council tax liability to its
enforcement agent? If so, how much and in how many cases?”
Since the Taking Control of Goods (fees) Regulations 2014 were introduced monies
paid to the Council are handed onto a bailiff in the following circumstances:
a) The payment fully settles the debt with the bailiff including their fees. In this case
the value of the fees is passed to the bailiff;
b) The debtor clearly indicates that the payment is for the bailiff.
To date we have passed 37 such payments onto a bailiff for a sum totalling £4,131.
This compares to £8.3m of debt referred to the bailiffs this year.
You are free to use any information supplied for your own personal use. However,
any other type of re-use, for example, by publishing the information or issuing copies
to the public will require the permission of the copyright owner. If the copyright is
owned by Nottingham City Council details of the conditions on re-use can be obtained
by contacting this office.
If you are unhappy with the response provided or with the handling of your request,
you can ask for an internal review by writing to
Stephanie Pearson, Information
Governance Specialist, Information Governance, 4th Floor, Loxley House,
Station Street, Nottingham, NG2 3NG stating the reasons for your dissatisfaction.
If you remain unhappy after receiving the response to your initial complaint you can
request an independent review from the Information Commissioner's Office at
FOI/EIR Complaints Resolution, Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe
House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF. You may also contact t
he
Information Commissioner's Office by telephone on 01625 545745 or by email at
xxxx@xxx.xxx.xxx.xx.
Yours sincerely,
Information Governance
Nottingham City Council