NDR Recovery Action
Dear Revenues Manager,
In relation to NDR debt recovery and the enforcement options available once a liability order has been obtain:
1. Do you ever use alternative method of recovery through a court of competent jurisdiction (Regulations 10(2) and 20(1) Non-Domestic Rating (Collection and Enforcement) Regulations 1989 S.I.1989/1058)? Between 2018/19 and 2023/24
a. If yes how many/% per year?
b. How many/% were successful?
2. Liability Orders
a. How many NDR debt Liability Orders have been applied for in each year 2018/19 – 2022/23?
b. How many Liability Orders have been granted per year for NDR debt in each year 2018/19 – 2022/23?
3. Enforcement Agents
a. How many NDR debts have been sent to Enforcement Agents in each year 2018/19 – 2022/23?
b. How much NDR debt was collected via Enforcement Agents in each year 2018/19 – 2022/23?
4. Security for Unpaid Rates Non-Domestic Rating -
a. If used how many per year in each year 2018/19 – 2022/23?
b. What are the average costs to pursue this method?
c. How many of the debts subject to this method of recovery have been collected in each year 2018/19 – 2022/23?
4. Insolvency
a. If used how many in each year 2018/19 – 2022/23?
b. If used do you use an external company to undertake this work?
c. What was the average cost for undertaking each insolvency action?
5. Commitment to Prison Inquiry into Means and Conduct
a. How many in each year 2018/19 – 2022/23?
b. What % of these resulted in debt successfully recovered?
6. S49 Powers to reduce or remit liability
a. How many times has this been implemented in each year 2018/19 – 2022/23?
b. What was total sum/% of this ‘relief’ in each year 2018/19 – 2022/23?
Yours faithfully,
Debra Buckton
Dear Requester
Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
received on 27/Mar/2023. We have registered your request under reference
number FOI 08660 and would be grateful if you would please use this
reference and the email address [Eden District Council request email] on any future
correspondence relating to this request.
We aim to respond to your request no later than 25/Apr/2023.
Description of request:
In relation to NDR debt recovery and the enforcement options available
once a liability order has been obtain:
1. Do you ever use alternative method of recovery through a court of
competent jurisdiction (Regulations 10(2) and 20(1) Non-Domestic
Rating (Collection and Enforcement) Regulations 1989 S.I.1989/1058)?
Between 2018/19 and 2023/24 a. If yes how many/% per year?
2. How many/% were successful?
2. Liability Orders
3. How many NDR debt Liability Orders have been applied for in each year
2018/19 – 2022/23?
4. How many Liability Orders have been granted per year for NDR debt in
each year 2018/19 – 2022/23?
3. Enforcement Agents
4. How many NDR debts have been sent to Enforcement Agents in each year
2018/19 – 2022/23?
5. How much NDR debt was collected via Enforcement Agents in each year
2018/19 – 2022/23?
4. Security for Unpaid Rates Non-Domestic Rating - a. If used how many
per year in each year 2018/19 – 2022/23?
5. What are the average costs to pursue this method?
6. How many of the debts subject to this method of recovery have been
collected in each year 2018/19 – 2022/23?
4. Insolvency
5. If used how many in each year 2018/19 – 2022/23?
6. If used do you use an external company to undertake this work?
7. What was the average cost for undertaking each insolvency action?
5. Commitment to Prison Inquiry into Means and Conduct a. How many in
each year 2018/19 – 2022/23?
6. What % of these resulted in debt successfully recovered?
6. S49 Powers to reduce or remit liability a. How many times has this
been implemented in each year 2018/19 – 2022/23?
7. What was total sum/% of this ‘relief’ in each year 2018/19 – 2022/23?
Whilst it is the Council’s policy to provide information wherever
possible, we need to advise you that there are a number of exemptions
under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which may prevent the release of
some or all of the information you have requested. Some exemptions are
absolute and some only apply where the public interest in maintaining the
exemption outweighs that in disclosing the information. You will be
informed if this is the case and the reason why.
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received. In certain instances, owing to the complexity of the request
received or the consideration of the public interest, we may extend this
response deadline. Should we need to extend the deadline, we will contact
you and inform you of this setting out the reasons for the extension.
Yours faithfully
FOI Team
Tel: 01768 817817
Email: [Eden District Council request email]
Eden District Council, Town Hall, Penrith, CA11 7QF Tel: 01768 817817
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Dear Eden District Council,
I refer to my request made for which I should have received a response by 25 April 2023.
Please provide an update.
Yours faithfully,
Debra Buckton
Dear Debra Buckton
Freedom of Information Request Relating to NDR Recovery Action.
Further to your request which was logged under reference FOI: 08660, we
are now in a position to provide a response to your request for
information under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Freedom of Information Request Relating to NDR Recovery Action.
Further to your request which was logged under reference FOI: 08660, we
are now in a position to provide a response to your request for
information under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Please accept our apologies for the delay in processing your request.
Please find the information requested below:
In relation to NDR debt recovery and the enforcement options available
once a liability order has been obtain:
Do you ever use alternative method of recovery through a court of
competent jurisdiction (Regulations 10(2) and 20(1) Non-Domestic Rating
(Collection and Enforcement) Regulations 1989 S.I.1989/1058)? Between
2018/19 and 2023/24 - No
If yes how many/% per year? - N/A
How many/% were successful? – N/A
Liability Orders
How many NDR debt Liability Orders have been applied for in each year
2018/19 – 2022/23?
2018/19 – 121
2019/20 - 110
2020/21 - 0
2021/22 - 194
2022/23 – 101
How many Liability Orders have been granted per year for NDR debt in each
year 2018/19 – 2022/23?
2018/19 – 52
2019/20 - 69
2020/21 - 0
2021/22 - 97
2022/23 – 56
Enforcement Agents
How many NDR debts have been sent to Enforcement Agents in each year
2018/19 – 2022/23?
2018/19 – 0
2019/20 - 0
2020/21 - 0
2021/22 - 28
2022/23 - 46
How much NDR debt was collected via Enforcement Agents in each year
2018/19 – 2022/23?
2018/19 – £2,237.52
2019/20 - £3,548.31
2020/21 - £1,229.00
2021/22 – £17,931.20
2022/23 - £167,012.00
Security for Unpaid Rates Non-Domestic Rating - a. If used how many per
year in each year 2018/19 – 2022/23? Not Used
What are the average costs to pursue this method? N/A
How many of the debts subject to this method of recovery have been
collected in each year 2018/19 – 2022/23? N/A
Insolvency
If used how many in each year 2018/19 – 2022/23? - Not Used
If used do you use an external company to undertake this work? N/A
What was the average cost for undertaking each insolvency action? N/A
Commitment to Prison Inquiry into Means and Conduct a. How many in each
year 2018/19 – 2022/23? None
What % of these resulted in debt successfully recovered? N/A
S49 Powers to reduce or remit liability a. How many times has this been
implemented in each year 2018/19 – 2022/23? None
What was total sum/% of this ‘relief’ in each year 2018/19 – 2022/23? N/A
We hope this satisfies your query. However if you are dissatisfied with
this response, you can request an internal review under the Council’s
Complaints Procedure. To do this, you will need to contact;
[1][email address], or in writing to: Westmorland and
Furness Council, Town Hall, Penrith, CA11 7QF, within 40 working days of
receipt of this response.
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Yours sincerely,
Alec Swatton
Westmorland and Furness Council
FOI team
Westmorland and Furness Council, Town Hall, Penrith, CA11 7QF.
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From: foi <[Eden District Council request email]>
Sent: 27 March 2023 11:04
To: [FOI #964774 email]
Subject: Freedom of Information request relating to NDR Recovery Action -
Reference FOI 08660
Dear Requester
Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
received on 27/Mar/2023. We have registered your request under reference
number FOI 08660 and would be grateful if you would please use this
reference and the email address [4][Eden District Council request email] on any future
correspondence relating to this request.
We aim to respond to your request no later than 25/Apr/2023.
Description of request:
In relation to NDR debt recovery and the enforcement options available
once a liability order has been obtain:
1. Do you ever use alternative method of recovery through a court of
competent jurisdiction (Regulations 10(2) and 20(1) Non-Domestic
Rating (Collection and Enforcement) Regulations 1989 S.I.1989/1058)?
Between 2018/19 and 2023/24 a. If yes how many/% per year?
2. How many/% were successful?
2. Liability Orders
3. How many NDR debt Liability Orders have been applied for in each year
2018/19 – 2022/23?
4. How many Liability Orders have been granted per year for NDR debt in
each year 2018/19 – 2022/23?
3. Enforcement Agents
4. How many NDR debts have been sent to Enforcement Agents in each year
2018/19 – 2022/23?
5. How much NDR debt was collected via Enforcement Agents in each year
2018/19 – 2022/23?
4. Security for Unpaid Rates Non-Domestic Rating - a. If used how many
per year in each year 2018/19 – 2022/23?
5. What are the average costs to pursue this method?
6. How many of the debts subject to this method of recovery have been
collected in each year 2018/19 – 2022/23?
4. Insolvency
5. If used how many in each year 2018/19 – 2022/23?
6. If used do you use an external company to undertake this work?
7. What was the average cost for undertaking each insolvency action?
5. Commitment to Prison Inquiry into Means and Conduct a. How many in
each year 2018/19 – 2022/23?
6. What % of these resulted in debt successfully recovered?
6. S49 Powers to reduce or remit liability a. How many times has this
been implemented in each year 2018/19 – 2022/23?
7. What was total sum/% of this ‘relief’ in each year 2018/19 – 2022/23?
Whilst it is the Council’s policy to provide information wherever
possible, we need to advise you that there are a number of exemptions
under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which may prevent the release of
some or all of the information you have requested. Some exemptions are
absolute and some only apply where the public interest in maintaining the
exemption outweighs that in disclosing the information. You will be
informed if this is the case and the reason why.
Once the information has been identified the Authority may also ask that a
fee be paid for processing and delivering the information to you. Details
of any fee to be charged will be notified to you as soon as possible.
Under the terms of the legislation, we have an obligation to respond to
your request within 20 working days from the day after your request was
received. In certain instances, owing to the complexity of the request
received or the consideration of the public interest, we may extend this
response deadline. Should we need to extend the deadline, we will contact
you and inform you of this setting out the reasons for the extension.
Yours faithfully
FOI Team
Tel: 01768 817817
Email: [5][Eden District Council request email]
Eden District Council, Town Hall, Penrith, CA11 7QF Tel: 01768 817817
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