RE: Council Tax Collections For Overdue Accounts
Dear Manchester City Council,
Please provide me with the following for the last SIX years:
1) The amount of overdue Council Tax accounts sent for bailiff collection.
2)Of these, the amount of accounts returned due to unsuccessful collection by the bailiff company (Either as a percentage or actual numbers)
3)The average amount of unsuccessful visits the bailiff company has made to the debtor before the account has been handed back to the council
4)The amount of Council Tax accounts recalled from bailiff enforcement AT THE COUNCIL'S REQUEST.
5) The amount of times the council has been REQUESTED BY THE DEBTOR to take back the debt from the bailiffs and of those, the actual amount that were taken back ,SPECIFICALLY using 4.4 and 4.5 of the Government's Guidance to local councils on good practice in the collection of Council Tax arrears.
6)The amount of complaints received regarding council tax collection staff in respect of overdue council tax collections procedure
7)Of those, the amount that were referred to the LGO, due to the council's internal complaints procedure being exhausted
8)Of those referred to the LGO, the amount of those found in favour of the debtor.
9)The amount of council tax accounts reduced to zero balance as per Section 13 of The Local Government Finance Act 1992
Yours faithfully,
Dunc G
Dear Sirs
Thank you for your request for information received by the Council on 16th
December 2014.
Guidance issued by the Information Commissioner’s Office sets out the
requirements for a request to be valid and says that a request must ‘state
the name of the applicant and an address for correspondence’ (Section 8(1)
of the Freedom of Information Act).
http://ico.org.uk/for_organisations/guid...
In order for your request to comply with this requirement, I would be
grateful if you could provide your full name.
When we receive your name, we will deal with your request as outlined in
the Council’s Code of Practice on handling requests for information.
Yours faithfully
Cath Cryer
Information Compliance Unit
Democratic Services
PO Box 532
Town Hall
Albert Square
Manchester
M60 2LA
Email: [Manchester City Council request email]
Website: www.manchester.gov.uk
Dear Manchester City Council,
As per your request, please be advised that my full name is
Mr Duncan Jaygill.
(However, the same guidance also says it is good practice for the public authority to still consider a request made using an obvious pseudonym.)
Yours faithfully,
Duncan Jaygill
Dear Mr Jaygill
Re: Request for Information - Reference No: COR/9RWFTP
Thank you for your request for information received by Manchester City
Council on 17th December 2014.
Please note that it may take up to 20 working days (approximately 4 weeks)
for the Council to consider your request and to provide a formal response.
If this timescale needs to be extended to consider an exemption you will be
notified and kept informed.
If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Yours sincerely
Cath Cryer
Information Compliance Unit
Democratic Services
PO Box 532
Town Hall
Albert Square
Manchester
M60 2LA
Email: [Manchester City Council request email]
Website: www.manchester.gov.uk
Dear Manchester City Council,
Thanks you for your reply.
However, please allow me to correct you on one point.
The request was actually received by yourselves on 16th December and not 17th December, so the timescale for your full response should be from the earlier date
Many thanks
Yours faithfully,
Dunc
Dear Manchester City Council,
Your response is now overdue.
By law, you should have replied promptly and by 20th January 2015.
Yours faithfully,
D. Jaygill
Dear Mr Jaygill
Thank you for your email.
Please accept our apologies for the delay in providing a response to your
request. I will make enquiries with the department providing the
information to establish when the Council will be able to issue you with a
response.
Yours sincerely
Cath Cryer
Information Compliance Unit
Democratic Services
PO Box 532
Town Hall
Albert Square
Manchester
M60 2LA
Email: [Manchester City Council request email]
Website: www.manchester.gov.uk
Dear Manchester City Council,
Please could I have an update as to when I might expect a response.
You are now breaking the law
Yours faithfully,
D. Jaygill
Good afternoon Mr Jaygill.
Here is the answer to your recent FOI request. I apologise that we have
missed the deadline by a few days.
Regards
Charles Metcalfe
Corporate Revenues Manager - Manchester City Council
Alexandra House
Moss Lane East
Manchester
M15 5NX
Internal tel: 800 6382
tel: 0161 219 6382
fax: 0161 274 7214
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Council Tax ex councillor questions Town and District Council
I would like to know if a complaint is actually laid before the Magistrates prior to a summons being issued by the Magistrates for non payment of Council tax?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw4I2gEt...