Council tax rebate status 2022
Dear Croydon Borough Council,
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from your organisation:
1) Could you please provide a count of how many households in your council area fall into each of the following council tax bands: A, B, C & D
2) Could you please provide a count by council tax band of A, B, C & D how many of them have been repaid the council tax rebate which has been confirmed by the chancellor.
3) Could you please provide a count of how many households in your council area fall into each of the following council tax bands: A, B, C & D and pay their tax via direct debit.
4) Could you please provide a count by council tax band of A, B, C & D how many of them have which pay by direct debit have been repaid the council tax rebate which has been confirmed by the chancellor.
5) Can you please confirm what the deadline is for those houses in band A, B, C & D to have their council tax rebate returned by. Could you also provide
My preferred format for this data is excel or CSV format.
If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request.
If you can identify any ways that my request could be refined I would be grateful for any further advice and assistance.
If you have any queries please don’t hesitate to contact me via email and I will be very happy to clarify what I am asking for and discuss the request.
Thank you for your time and I look forward to your response.
Yours faithfully,
Carolyn Tuson
FOI/EIR
Our reference: 4929597
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Dear Carolyn Tuson
Freedom of Information Act 2000
Thank you for your request for information that was received on 27 May
2022.
We are dealing with your request under the Freedom of Information Act
2000 and we aim to send a response by 24 June 2022, however due to the
current COVID 19 (Coronavirus) outbreak you may experience some delay in
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Dear Carolyn Tuson
FOI/3214
Subject: IR - Freedom of Information request - Council tax rebate status
2022
Freedom of Information request
Thank you for your recent request for information. This is to inform you
that we are unable to answer your request based on what you have
requested.
Could you please clarify in greater detail exactly the information you are
requesting
Specifically, can you please clarify what is meant by Repaid and Returned.
Kindly be informed that the time for processing your request stops until
we hear from you. Please quote the above reference in your correspondence
with us. In some circumstances a fee may be payable and if that is the
case, either myself or a colleague will let you know the likely charges
before proceeding.
If we do not hear from you within the next 20 working days we will close
your request.
Please provide your clarification by responding to this email. Please do
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Kind Regard
Information Management Team
Croydon Digital Services
Assistant Chief Executive Directorate
7th Floor, Zone B
Bernard Weatherill House
8 Mint Walk
Croydon CR0 1EA
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