Dear Lady Fleming

Reference number: FOI/RAP/02/19/16950

On 4^th February 2019 we received the following request for information
from you:-

Complaints to Magistrates for Council Tax (CT) Liability Orders.

Going as far back as is reasonable (eg 5 years), up to the most recent
data available, Please could you provide me with a table of information
under the following headings:-

1.  Date Of hearing

2. Number of CT Accounts Listed on a Complaint

3. Total Court fee paid

4. length of hearing defended/undefended

5. Number of CT accounts Liability Order made against

6. Total costs awarded to Billing authority

7. Actual cost of preparing for and attending the hearing.

Our Response

Your request for information has been considered under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 I can confirm that Hertfordshire County Council does
not hold the information you have requested, and can respond as follows:-

Your request for information has been considered under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 I can confirm that Hertfordshire County Council does
not hold the information you have requested.  Council Tax including the
use of liability orders comes under the remit of the District and Borough
Councils, Their contact details  can be found on our website at
[1]http://www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/your-cou...

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me, quoting
the reference above. To find out more about Freedom of Information, please
visit [2]http://www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/your-cou...

If you are unhappy with the way the County Council has handled your
request for information you may request an internal review of the request.
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Team, who has had no prior involvement with the request. Requests for an
internal review should be sent to the Information Governance Unit at the
address above.

If you are unhappy with the outcome of the internal review you are
entitled to ask the Information Commissioner to investigate your
complaint. You should write to: FOI/EIR Complaints Resolution, Information
Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9
5AF.

Yours sincerely

Ingrid Howard

Information Access Practitioner

Information Access Team

Hertfordshire County Council

Postal Point CHN 320

County Hall,

Hertford, SG13 8DQ

01992 555848 (25848) 

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