Council Tax Arrears

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Dear Glasgow City Council,

How many council taxes accounts from March 2020 to January 2021 have you transferred to your local sheriff officer for collection?
How many of those council tax account households were in receipt of housing benefit or council tax benefit, or both?
How many of those accounts transferred to Sheriff Officers in your authority were collected through the arrestment of wages?

Yours faithfully,

Ms Barbara Adams

Customer Care Centre, Glasgow City Council

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Dickson, John (Revenues), Glasgow City Council

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Date  18 January 2021  

 

Ms Barbara Adams  

 

 

e-mail : [FOI #716096 email]

 

 

Dear Ms Adams,

 

Freedom Of Information  Request

 

I refer to your Freedom of Information Request received on 5 January 2021,
wherein you asked that certain information be supplied to you, namely :-

 

“How many council taxes accounts from March 2020 to January 2021 have you
transferred to your local sheriff officer for collection?

How many of those council tax account households were in receipt of
housing benefit or council tax benefit, or both?

How many of those accounts transferred to Sheriff Officers in your
authority were collected through the arrestment of wages?”

 

 

The Council is treating your request as a request under the Freedom of
Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

 

The information which can be provided as requested is as follows -:

 

 

 1. How many council taxes accounts from March 2020 to January 2021 have
you transferred to your local sheriff officer for collection?

 

o 44,854

 

 

 

 2. How many of those council tax account households were in receipt of
housing benefit or council tax benefit, or both?

 

o 4,864

 

 

 3. THow many of those accounts transferred to Sheriff Officers in your
authority were collected through the arrestment of wages?

 

o The Council does not hold the information requested. We are therefore
unable to comply with this aspect of your request which is refused in
terms of section 17(1) of the Act.

 

 

The Council accordingly feels that it has complied with your request.
However, should you be dissatisfied with the way Glasgow City Council has
dealt with your request you are entitled to require the council to review
its decision.  Please note that for a review to take place you must:

 

Lodge a written requirement for a review within 40 working days of the
date of this letter. Include a correspondence address and a description of
the

original request and the reason why you are dissatisfied.

 

Address your request to the :

 

Director of Governance and Solicitor to the Council

Glasgow City Council

City Chambers

George Square

Glasgow G2 1DU

 

Email: [4][email address]

 

You will receive notice of the results of the review within 20 working
days of receipt of your request.  The notice will state the decision
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the Scottish Information Commissioner if you are still dissatisfied with
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Please note that you cannot make an appeal to the Scottish Information
Commissioner until you have first requested an internal review by the
Council.

 

 

If you wish to submit a complaint to the Council in relation to the manner
in which it has handled your request for information then you can do so by
requesting that the Council review its decision. Details of how to request
a review are set out in the above paragraph “Right of Review”.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

 

John Dickson

Executive Compliance Officer

Financial Services

 

 

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