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 Debra
I refer to your Freedom of Information request to which I am now in a
position to respond on behalf of South Norfolk Council. My response is
outlined below along with your questions for ease of reference.
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? N/A
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?
2018 -110
2019 – 84
2020 – 47
2021 – 78
2022 - 71
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?
cases debt
sent collected
13 20865.45
139 150101
9 15954.55
51 83278.02
34 30913.16
4. Security for Unpaid Rates Non-Domestic Rating - a. If used how many per
year in each year 2018/19 – 2022/23? N/A
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? N/A
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? N/A
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?
18/19 = 3 times – total = £2036.01 variable %
19/20 = 1 time – total = £5002.64 variable %
20/21 = 2 times total = £23023.54 variable %
21/22 = 1 time total = £15,593.75 variable %
22/23 none
b. What was total sum/% of this ‘relief’ in each year 2018/19 – 2022/23?
See above
I hope this is of assistance and is sufficient to meet your requirements,
but if, for whatever reason you wish to get back to me, please feel free
to do so. In particular if you are unhappy with the information provided
or how your request was handled, please let me know and I will explain how
you can request an internal review of our decision.
Please quote SFOI 23-129 in any further correspondence concerning this
request.
Regards
Suzanne Edwards
Governance Support Officer
t 01603 430450 e [email address]
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