Number of Residents taken to court by Colchester Council for failure to pay council tax
Dear Colchester Borough Council,
I write to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 requesting details of the number of Colchester residents which the council has taken to court for failure to pay council tax.
For each individual year from 2019 to 2023, please would you be able to specify the number of residents prosecuted by Colchester Council for failure to pay council tax.
For each individual year 2019 to 2023, could you also specify the number of successful prosecutions.
Yours faithfully,
Daniel Rees
Dear Daniel Rees ,
Thank you for contacting Colchester City Council with your Freedom of
Information request regarding: Number of Residents taken to court by
Colchester Council for failure to pay council tax.
Your request has been logged under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
2000 with the reference FOI 4219.
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Kind regards
Customer Information, Colchester City Council, [Colchester Borough Council request email]
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Dear Daniel Rees ,
Thank you for contacting Colchester City Council with your Freedom of
Information request regarding: Number of Residents taken to court by
Colchester Council for failure to pay council tax.
The Officer managing your Freedom of Information (FOI) request requires
some clarification, as below. Please send this information to
[Colchester Borough Council request email] and the Officer will review the additional
information provided and respond to you accordingly.
For each individual year from 2019 to 2023, please would you be able to
specify the number of residents prosecuted by Colchester Council for
failure to pay council tax.
2019/2020 4593
2020/2021 3404
2021/2022 4464
2022/2023 3895
2023/2024 5429
For each individual year 2019 to 2023, could you also specify the number
of successful prosecutions.
2019/2020 4437
2020/2021 3003
2021/2022 4272
2022/2023 3729
2023/2024 4915
Kind regards
Customer Information, Colchester City Council, [Colchester Borough Council request email]
Dear Daniel Rees ,
Thank you for contacting Colchester City Council with your Freedom of
Information request regarding: Number of Residents taken to court by
Colchester Council for failure to pay council tax.
The Officer managing your Freedom of Information (FOI) request requires
some clarification, as below. Please send this information to
[Colchester Borough Council request email] and the Officer will review the additional
information provided and respond to you accordingly.
For each individual year from 2019 to 2023, please would you be able to
specify the number of residents prosecuted by Colchester Council for
failure to pay council tax.
2019/2020 4593
2020/2021 3404
2021/2022 4464
2022/2023 3895
2023/2024 5429
For each individual year 2019 to 2023, could you also specify the number
of successful prosecutions.
2019/2020 4437
2020/2021 3003
2021/2022 4272
2022/2023 3729
2023/2024 4915
Kind regards
Customer Information, Colchester City Council, [Colchester Borough Council request email]
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