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From: Debra Buckton <[3][FOI #964881 email]>
Sent: 25 March 2023 15:05
To: Freedom Of Information <[4][Exeter City Council request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - 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     No
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?    Not had any Liability Orders refused, figures as
below
b. How many Liability Orders have been granted per year for NDR debt in
each year 2018/19 – 2022/23?   18/19 - 206 Liability Orders.  19/20 - 125
Liability Orders.  20/21 - 100 Liability Orders.  21/22 - 309 Liability
Orders.  22/23 - 209 Liability Orders
3. Enforcement Agents
a. How many NDR debts have been sent to Enforcement Agents in each year
2018/19 – 2022/23? Only 2 years of data held, 21/22 - 158 cases.  22/23 -
176 cases
b. How much NDR debt was collected via Enforcement Agents in each year
2018/19 – 2022/23?  Only 2 years of data held, 21/22 - £305,000.  22/23 -
£270,000

4. Security for Unpaid Rates Non-Domestic Rating -
a. If used how many per year in each year 2018/19 –
2022/23?                   Not Used
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?                     
Not Used
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?                                                         0
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?        0
b. What was total sum/% of this ‘relief’ in each year 2018/19 – 2022/23?

Yours faithfully,

Debra Buckton

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