Dear Tracey Smith

 

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request, which was received by
Vale of White Horse District Council on 30 August 2023.

 

Please accept this email as confirmation that your request has been
received and is being considered by the relevant department and that a
response will be sent to you within 20 working days, subject to the
information not being exempt and subject to any need for clarification.

 

The deadline for this will be 27 September 2023

 

The reference number for this request is Vale 23/480

 

I trust that this email is sufficient to assure you that your request is
being dealt with. However, should you have any queries in the meantime,
please do not hesitate to contact the FOI team at
[1][Vale of White Horse District Council request email]

 

Kind regards

 

Information Governance Team

 

Legal & Democratic Services

Vale of White Horse District Council

[2]www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk

 

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Dear Ms Smith

 

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request, which were received by
Vale of White Horse District Council and logged under FOI  23/480 Vale.

 

Under Section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the 2000 Act) you
are entitled to be informed in writing whether the council holds the
information specified in your request and, if that is the case, to have
that information communicated to you unless any of the statutory
exemptions apply. I have considered your request and can confirm we do
hold some of the information asked and I do not believe any of the
statutory exemptions apply to your request.

 

Please find below the information you requested (where available):

 

1.      How much council tax arrears (monetary value) were passed to
enforcement agents/internal enforcement agents for recovery in 2021 and
how much was recovered?

2.      How much council tax arrears (monetary value) were passed to
enforcement agents/internal enforcement agents in 2022 and how much was
recovered?

3.      How much council tax arrears (monetary value) were passed to
enforcement agents/internal enforcement agents to date in 2023 and how
much was recovered?

 

Vale of White Horse District Enforcement Agents
Council
2020/2021 2021/2022 2022/2023
 
Q. How much council tax arrears £17,433.19 £2,179,097.68 £5,054,961.89
(monetary value) were passed to
enforcement agents/internal
enforcement agents for recovery in
Q. How much was recovered £1,391.86 £522,034.58 £994,479.17

 

NB: Please note the figures for recovered are recovered so far as a high
percentage of outstanding cases will have long-term repayment plans and
therefore collection will continue against all these cases so is still
being recovered. With that in mind, any snapshot amount quoted would
actually be meaningless on its own and wouldn’t provide any accurate final
collection rates.

 

4.      How many charging orders against people’s homes were obtained in
2021

 

0

 

5.      How many charging orders against people’s homes were obtained in
2022

 

0

 

6.      How many charging orders against people’s homes were obtained in
2023 to date

 

0

 

Please treat this as the councils’ formal response under the 2000 Act.  If
you are not satisfied with the decision I have made in response to your
request, you can make a request for an internal review by emailing
[1][Vale of White Horse District Council request email] within 40 working days from the date we issued
our response. If you remain dissatisfied after following that procedure,
you have the right under Section 50 of the 2000 Act to complain to the
Information Commissioner if you feel the council has not dealt with your
request properly. You can contact the Commissioner at Wycliffe House,
Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF (telephone number: 0303 123 1113).
You can also find further information at [2]www.ico.org.uk.

 

Kind Regards

 

Vicky Johnson
Revenues & Benefits Client Officer

 

Finance

Vale of White Horse District Council & South Oxfordshire District Council

Direct Line: 01235 422481 (Abingdon - VWHDC) Text phone users add 18001
before you dial

[mobile number]

Email : [3][email address]

 

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[4]www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk

[5]www.southoxon.gov.uk

 

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Council

 

We’ve moved – our address is now:

Abbey House
Abbey Close
Abingdon
OX14 3JE

Please update your records.

 

 

 

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