Liability Order Costs
Dear Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council,
Please provide from your records:
1 - The cost breakdown for Council tax liability orders for the last 5 years, and
2 - If they are estimated costs then also provide actual costs, and
3 - Details of periods where the council applied for and was granted £3.00 court costs for liability order applications and refunds made by HMCTS or MOJ for overcharging by £2.50, and
4 - Minutes of any meetings or related correspondence as to how the council dealt with the refunds detailed in 3 to those who were overcharged including if this money was not refunded what happened to the money refunded by HMCTS or MOJ.
4 - The detailed Council Tax budget for its Revenue Services for the last 5 years and actual expenditure for the same.
5 - The detailed Council Tax budget for its Legal Department for the last 5 years and actual expenditure for the same.
Yours faithfully,
Marc Horn
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Dear Marc Horn,
Thank you for your email received on 14 May 2024 about liability order costs.
Please note you can now log a Freedom of Information request on our online portal on the following link.
https://www.knowsley.gov.uk/your-council...
I have recorded your request for information under reference F2024.05.7809.
This has been passed to the relevant service and you will receive a response by 12 June 2024.
In line with guidance published by the Information Commissioner’s Office, the council may make a charge for the provision of information – for example in order to cover the costs of postage (in line with the relevant postal charges) or charges for printing and copying (which will reflect photocopying charges levied by the council’s public libraries) or if this falls within the regulations of an EIR (Environmental Information).
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Kind regards,
Customer Liaison Team
Knowsley Council
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Huyton
Knowsley
Merseyside
L36 9UX
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Dear Marc Horn
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Merseyside
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Dear Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council's handling of my FOI request 'Liability Order Costs'.
The matter is of significant public importance, especially for the poorer part of society who are unable to meet their financial commitments and bear the burden of the actions of the authority in this specific matter of court costs for unpaid council tax.
Each council has differing costs and no other council to date has made this claim that it is too burdensome and has without question supplied the information.
This council is fully aware of the impact of making this information public as it is highly likely the costs claimed for Liability order costs are neither incurred nor reasonable, and has a fiduciary duty as trustees to the beneficiaries to account for their action.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/l...
Yours faithfully,
Marc Horn
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Kind regards,
Customer Liaison Team
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direct or consequential loss arising from the use, or reliance on, this
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Dear Mr Horn
Thank you for taking the time to contact us on the 17 June 2024 to request an internal review of the information provided to you under reference number F2024.05.7809 .
The review has been passed to the service and the new reference number is 9314.
You will receive a response from the service within 20 working days.
Yours sincerely
Customer Liaison Team
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Unless expressly stated, opinions in this email are those of the individual sender, and not of Knowsley MBC. Legally binding obligations can only be created for, or be entered into on behalf of, Knowsley MBC by duly authorised officers or representatives.
Knowsley MBC excludes any liability whatsoever for any offence caused, any direct or consequential loss arising from the use, or reliance on, this e-mail or its contents. We believe but do not warrant that this e-mail and any attachments are virus free. You must therefore take full responsibility for virus checking and no responsibility is accepted for loss or damage arising from viruses or changes made to this message after it was sent. Knowsley MBC reserves the right to monitor and/or record all e-mail communications through its network in accordance with relevant legislation.
Dear Mr Horn
Please see the attached response.
Kind regards
Customer Liaison Team
Knowsley Council , Huyton Municipal ‑ Fourth Floor , Archway Road , Huyton , Knowsley , L36 9YU
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privileged information and is intended for the named recipient(s) only. It
must not be distributed without consent. If you are not one of the
intended recipients, please notify the sender immediately and do not
disclose, distribute, or retain this email or any part of it and do not
take any action based on it.
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individual sender, and not of Knowsley MBC. Legally binding obligations
can only be created for, or be entered into on behalf of, Knowsley MBC by
duly authorised officers or representatives.
Knowsley MBC excludes any liability whatsoever for any offence caused, any
direct or consequential loss arising from the use, or reliance on, this
e-mail or its contents. We believe but do not warrant that this e-mail and
any attachments are virus free. You must therefore take full
responsibility for virus checking and no responsibility is accepted for
loss or damage arising from viruses or changes made to this message after
it was sent. Knowsley MBC reserves the right to monitor and/or record all
e-mail communications through its network in accordance with relevant
legislation.
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