Liability Orders
Dear Derby City Council,
Please provide me with a copy of the actual Council Tax Liability Order template you use. Not a 'Notification of liability order', or a copy if the list supplied by yourselves to the Magistrates.
Yours faithfully,
David Phillips
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Dear David,
I acknowledge your request for information received on 06 January 2023
about Liability Orders.
Your request is being considered and you will receive the information
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Dear David,
The Council confirms it holds information that falls within the
description of your request which is attached.
For your information this request has cost the Council £14.58 to process.
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Dear Derby City Council,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Derby City Council's handling of my FOI request 'Liability Orders'.
I requested you provide me with a copy of the actual Council Tax Liability Order template 'YOU USE'.
Not a 'Notification of liability order', or a copy if the list supplied by yourselves to the Magistrates.
You provided me with a link to Liability Order templates which were removed from usage in 1992.
Please provide me with a copy of the CT Liability Order templates you use TODAY and also a copy if the Liability Order template (signed by a judge) that you provide debt collection agencies to enable them to act on your behalf and provide to alleged debtors on request as evidence that the Liability Orders exist.
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,
David Phillips
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Dear David,
Thank you for complaint about how we dealt with your Freedom of Information Request FOI559478856.
In accordance with our FOI & EIR complaints procedure your complaint will be allocated to our investigating officer to carry out the internal review.
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) guidance states that FOI internal reviews should take no longer than 20 working days.
The internal review decision will be sent to you by 22/02/23.
However, there may be occasions when it will take longer due to the volume of files involved/complexity of the issue and the workload of the investigating officer. We will let you know if this is the case.
The investigating officer will either uphold the original decision; provide an additional explanation of the exemption/exception applied; or release further information if it is considered appropriate to do so.
You may also apply to the Information Commissioner for a decision under section 50 of the Act but he may decline to deal with your application if you have not followed the Council’s complaints procedure first.
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Dear David,
The investigating officer has completed the internal review and the
decision is shown below.
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│Internal Review │
├────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────┤
│Date internal review/complaint received │25/1/23 │
│from applicant │ │
├────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────┤
│Applicant internal review/complaint reasons │
│ │
│ │
├────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────┤
│Dear Derby City Council, │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│Please pass this on to the person who │ │
│conducts Freedom of Information reviews.│ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│I am writing to request an internal │ │
│review of Derby City Council's handling │ │
│of my FOI request 'Liability Orders'. │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│I requested you provide me with a copy │ │
│of the actual Council Tax Liability │ │
│Order template 'YOU USE'. │ │
│ │ │
│Not a 'Notification of liability order',│ │
│or a copy if the list supplied by │ │
│yourselves to the Magistrates. │ │
│ │I have consulted the Council │
│ │Tax service manager who has │
│ │confirmed the following … │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│You provided me with a link to Liability│ │
│Order templates which were removed from │The link provided to the │
│usage in 1992. │template is the template used. │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│Please provide me with a copy of the CT │ │
│Liability Order templates you use TODAY │ │
│and also a copy if the Liability Order │The liability order template │
│template (signed by a judge) that you │have not been removed from │
│provide debt collection agencies to │usage. The link provided is │
│enable them to act on your behalf and │the right one. │
│provide to alleged debtors on request as│ │
│evidence that the Liability Orders │ │
│exist. │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │Liability order don’t have to │
│ │be signed by a judge , it can │
│ │be signed by a magistrate. The│
│ │order is signed upon each │
│ │successful application. So not │
│ │a one off issue. │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
├────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────┤
│Investigating Officer Internal Review Assessment & Decision │
├─────────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────┤
│ 1. Request dealt with under correct │Yes, the request was about Council│
│ legislation - FOIA │Tax which is not environmental │
│ │information. │
├─────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2. Request processed within the │Yes │
│ statutory timescales? │ │
├─────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
│ 3. Exemptions correctly applied? │N/A │
├─────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
│ 4. Information requested was │Yes, the link to the liability │
│ provided. │order used by the Council was │
│ │provided. │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │I also note that your internal │
│ │review request asked for │
│ │additional information which was │
│ │not part of the original request │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │‘a copy if the Liability Order │
│ │template (signed by a judge) that │
│ │you provide debt collection │
│ │agencies to enable them to act on │
│ │your behalf and provide to alleged│
│ │debtors on request as evidence │
│ │that the Liability Orders exist.’ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │Please see attached redacted copy │
│ │of a magistrate signed liability │
│ │order. │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │Section 40(2) Personal data third │
│ │party │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │Under section 40(2) by virtue of │
│ │section 40(3A) (a), personal data │
│ │of a third party can be withheld │
│ │if it would breach any of the data│
│ │protection principles to disclose │
│ │it. │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │Personal data is defined under the│
│ │Data Protection Act 2018 as data │
│ │that is biographical in nature, │
│ │has the applicant as its focus, │
│ │and/or affects the data subject’s │
│ │privacy in his or her personal, │
│ │professional or business life. │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │The Council has also considered │
│ │whether disclosure would │
│ │contravene Principle (a) of │
│ │Article 5(1) of the General Data │
│ │Protection Regulations - GDPR │
│ │which requires ‘information must │
│ │be processed fairly, lawfully and │
│ │in a transparent manner’. │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │This exemption applies to the │
│ │magistrate signature, debtors │
│ │Council Tax account number and │
│ │name and address, arrears due in │
│ │the attachment. │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │This is because the information is│
│ │personal data and disclosure would│
│ │contravene the first data │
│ │protection principle which │
│ │requires the Council to process │
│ │personal data fairly and lawfully.│
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │In this case the individuals │
│ │concerned would have a reasonable │
│ │expectation that we would not │
│ │disclose personal data relating to│
│ │them - signature, CTAX account │
│ │number, name and residential │
│ │address, arrears due into the │
│ │public domain given that │
│ │disclosure under FOI is to the │
│ │world at large and will remain in │
│ │the public domain indefinitely. │
│ │Also, there is no lawful │
│ │basis/legitimate interest to │
│ │disclose this information. │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │This is why any personal data has │
│ │been withheld and redacted from │
│ │the attachment under 40(2) by │
│ │virtue of section 40(3A) (a) of │
│ │the Freedom of Information Act │
│ │2000. │
├─────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
│ 5. Applicant received advice and │N/A │
│ assistance/informed about any │ │
│ delays. │ │
├─────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
│ 6. Additional comments about any │N/A │
│ difficulties involved with │ │
│ handling of the request. │ │
├─────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
│ 7. Lessons learnt/process changes │N/A │
│ required, if applicable. │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
├─────────────────────────────────────┼──┬───────────────────────────────┤
└─────────────────────────────────────┴──┴───────────────────────────────┘
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Yours sincerely,
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Dear FOI,
What you provided me with isn't a "Magistrates signed Liability Order". It's a header and footer from the 'List' sent by yourselves to the Magistrates. I've spoken with the court and they hold no records whatsoever of Liability Orders.
I requested you provide me with a copy of the actual Council Tax Liability Order template 'YOU USE'.
Not a 'Notification of liability order', or a copy of the list.
You are obviously avoiding complying with my request.
You now have 5 working days to either comply with my request or admit Liability Orders don't exist in physical form. If you fail I shall pass this case file to the ICO
Yours sincerely,
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Dear David,
We have approached the service with your comments and will revert back to you as soon as we can.
Kind regards
Freedom of Information Team | Corporate Resources Directorate | Derby City Council | The Council House| Corporation Street |Derby | DE1 2FS |Tel: 01332 640763 | www.derby.gov.uk
Dear David,
I have now heard back from the service and they have advised that nothing
further is held other than what has previously been provided.
Kind regards
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Dear FOI,
What you provided me with isn't a "Magistrates signed Liability Order". It's a header and footer from the 'List' sent by yourselves to the Magistrates. I've spoken with the court and they hold no records whatsoever of Liability Orders.
I requested you provide me with a copy of the actual Council Tax Liability Order template 'YOU USE'.
Not a 'Notification of liability order', or a copy of the list.
You are obviously avoiding complying with my request therefore I have today passed this file to the ICO.
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I've been waiting since Februaryfor your reply.
You have failed and are breaking the law.
Please respond immediately.
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Dear David,
The response was sent to you on 10/2/23, please check your email inbox.
However, please see attached a copy of the response sent for your convenience.
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Dear FOI,
Once again what you provided me with isn't a "Magistrates signed Liability Order". It's a header and footer from the 'List' sent by yourselves to the Magistrates. I've spoken with the court and they hold no records whatsoever of Liability Orders. Why is this the case?
I requested you provide me with a copy of the actual Council Tax Liability Order template 'YOU USE'.
Not a 'Notification of liability order', or a copy of the list.
You are obviously avoiding complying with my request.
Either comply/admit Liability Orders dont exist or we shall have the ICO take on this case.
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Dear David,
The Council has provided you with the information requested.
The attached redacted liability order is the template used and was provided as part of the internal review decision sent to you on 10/2/23.
As advised in the internal review decision response you have the right to appeal to the Information Commissioners Officer about our decision.
The information Commissioners contact details are:
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Yours sincerely,
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Dear FOI,
That isn't an individual liability order template but the header from a list.
The file has now been forwarded to the ICO
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David Phillips
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Dear David,
Thank you for your comments which have been noted.
We have nothing more to add to the response already provided.
Yours sincerely,
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Dear FOI,
Ignorance of the law is no defence.
We are uncovering the council tax scam.
The case is now in the hands of our legal team and the ICO.
Yours sincerely,
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Dear Derby City Council,
You are late responding and are breaking the law!
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Dear David,
The Council confirms it holds the information and we advised you on 11/4/23 that the response was sent to you on 10/2/23 and provided a copy of the response provided.
Section 21 – information reasonably accessible by other means
Under Section 21 of the Act, we are not required to provide information in response to a request if it is already reasonably accessible to you. This absolute exemption applies because the information is accessible and was sent to you on 10/2/23 and again on 11/4/23 , please search you email inbox.
You can ask for our decision to be reviewed under the Council’s FOI Complaints Procedure. Please send your appeal reasons within 40 working days to the …
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Dear FOI,
You don't hold the information we requested and the reason this is so is because Liability Orders don't exist. The court simply acts as an administration office and holds no records of individual liability orders whatsoever. We believe the council prints and posts out its own 'notification of liability orders' illegally.
The ICO will be in touch and a press release will follow
Yours sincerely,
David Phillips
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Dear David,
Thank you for your comments which have been noted.
The information held has been provided as advised.
Yours sincerely,
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