Insolvency Service Official Receivers accepting a fee where no bankruptcy petition has been filed at the Land Registry

Response to this request is long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, Insolvency Service should have responded by now (details). You can complain by requesting an internal review.

Dear Insolvency Service,

Insolvency Service Official Receivers accepting a fee where no bankruptcy petition has been filed at the Land Registry

On how many occasions since April 2014 has the Insolvency Service accepted a Official Receivers deposit fee where no petition has been registered at the land registry, that the Insolvency Service own rules state must contain a receipt for the official receivers deposit(fees) and this MUST be attached to the bankruptcy petition when it is filed with the court.

Please list dates and figures for both Creditor's Bankruptcy Petition and Debtor's Petitions.

Yours faithfully,

Mr. McGregor

FOI, Insolvency Service

Dear Sir,

I refer to your request below and note its contents.

The information you have requested is exempt information under section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and your request as it stands is therefore refused.

The appropriate limit has been specified in regulations and for Central Government it is set at £600. This represents the estimated cost of one person spending 24 hours in determining whether the Service holds the information, and locating, retrieving and extracting the information.

Under section 12(1) of the Freedom of Information Act The Insolvency Service is not obliged to comply with your request and we will not be processing your request further.

If you are dissatisfied with the way in which The Insolvency Service has dealt with this request you have the right to ask for a review within two months of the date of this letter. You may do this by writing to FOI/DPA Team, 3rd Floor Cannon House, 18 Priory Queensway, Birmingham B4 6FD, or by email to:

I hope this clarifies the matter. However, If you disagree with any final decision provided by The Insolvency Service you may refer this matter to the Information Commissioner. He may be contacted at ICO, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF

Regards,

Senior Official Receiver’s Office | The Insolvency Service | 3rd Floor Cannon House, 18 Priory Queensway, Birmingham B4 6FD | DX 713901 Birmingham 37 DX | Tel: 0121 3803452/07814599865 | www.gov.uk/insolvency-service

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Dear FOI,

The Insolvency Service has a duty to record this information if you are stating that it is beyond your costs, limit the request to 6 months April - October 2014.

Also clarify if a petition has not been registered with the Chief Registrar at the Land Registry what gives the Official Receiver the right to receive a deposit fee.

Yours sincerely,

Mr. McGregor

FOI, Insolvency Service

Dear Mr McGregor,

In the period April 2014 and October 2014 there were 10,338 bankruptcy orders dealt with by the Insolvency Service.

The information you have requested on how many occasions since April 2014 has the Insolvency Service accepted a Official Receivers deposit fee where no petition has been registered at the land registry is exempt information under section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and your request as it stands is therefore refused.

The appropriate limit has been specified in regulations and for Central Government it is set at £600. This represents the estimated cost of one person spending 24 hours in determining whether the Service holds the information, and locating, retrieving and extracting the information.

Referencing 10,338 cases would exceed that limit.

Under section 12(1) of the Freedom of Information Act The Insolvency Service is not obliged to comply with your request and we will not be processing your request further.

I hope this clarifies the matter. However, If you disagree with any final decision provided by The Insolvency Service you may refer this matter to the Information Commissioner. He may be contacted at ICO, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF

Regards,

Senior Official Receiver’s Office | The Insolvency Service | 3rd Floor Cannon House, 18 Priory Queensway, Birmingham B4 6FD | DX 713901 Birmingham 37 DX | Tel: 0121 3803452/07814599865 | www.gov.uk/insolvency-service

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