Council tax

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To whom it may concern,

Please can I request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act:

1a) In £, the total amount of Council Tax which was unpaid, by municipal year from 2012/13 and including any arrears in 2018/19 to date);

1b) The total amount of Council Tax, in £, which was owed but never paid by Universal Credit claimants since 2012/13 (broken down by municipal year and including any arrears in 2018/19 to date);

1c) The number of households in receipt of Universal Credit which are currently in arrears on their Council Tax;

2) Since the national introduction of Universal Credit from 2013 onwards, has your authority had to reduce the number of housing officers dealing with benefits queries because of a reduction in government funding? If so, please provide figures for government funding (in £) and staffing numbers (in Full Time Equivalents) before and after these reductions.

If my request cannot be met within cost limits, please can you provide me with advice on how I may refine my request,

Yours faithfully,

Claire Wilde

Accesstoinformation, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

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Dear Claire Wilde,
 

Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Freedom of Information Request
1365-1819    

 

Thank you for your request for information dated 15/03/2019, relating to​
Council tax has been allocated reference FOI 1365-1819.

We will process your request as soon as possible and provide you with our
response within 20 working days.

 

 

Kind regards,

 

Information Management Team  

Customer, Information and Digital Services 
Finance and Customer Services
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council 

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Accesstoinformation, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

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Dear Claire Wilde,

 

Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Request for Information – 1365-1819

 

Further to your request for information, the responding service require
clarification on two parts of your request, could you please let us have
your response to our below queries;

 

In relation to question 1a

1a) In £, the total amount of Council Tax which was unpaid, by municipal
year from 2012/13 and including any arrears in 2018/19 to date);

 

Do you mean

·         a snapshot of the amount unpaid as of now for each of the
financial years from 2012/13; or

·         the amount unpaid for each of the financial years at the end of
that financial year eg 2012/13 unpaid as at 1/4/2013

 

In relation to question 2

2) Since the national introduction of Universal Credit from 2013 onwards,
has your authority had to reduce the number of housing officers dealing
with benefits queries because of a reduction in government funding? If so,
please provide figures for government funding (in £) and staffing numbers
(in Full Time Equivalents) before and after these reductions.

 

Do you mean housing officers or do you mean benefit assessment officers.

 

 

Your request has been put on hold and we will be unable to process this
further until we receive your clarification.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Information Management Team  

Customer, Information and Digital Services 
Finance and Customer Services
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council 

 

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Hello,

Happy to clarify:

For Q1a and 1b, I'm looking for the amount in £ which was unpaid as of the end of that year, not the amount that remains outstanding today.

For Q2, I'm referring to housing benefit officers, or anyone who deals with housing benefit enquiries.

By the way, details by either financial or municipal year is absolutely fine.

Kind regards,

Claire Wilde

Accesstoinformation, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

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Dear Claire Wilde,

 

Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Request for Information – 1365-1819

 

Thank you for your request for information received on the 15^th March
 2019.

 

Please find our response attached.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Information Management Team  

Customer, Information and Digital Services 
Finance and Customer Services
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council 

 

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