Sandwell - Council Tax Arrears

Pat James made this Freedom of Information request to Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.

The request was successful.

Dear Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I require that you provide or direct me to the following information from your Billing Authority Records:

1 the total number of Council Tax defaulters for the financial year 2015/2016 only;

2 the total value of outstanding Council Tax for the financial year 2015/2016 only.

Yours faithfully,

Pat James

Sandwell MBC, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

Ms Pat James
 
 
Your request for information has been passed to an investigating officer.
 
Your reference is FS-Case-12831182
 
 
Thank you
 
Sandwell MBC

Sandwell MBC, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

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Dear Ms Pat James,
 
Information Request - FS-Case-12831182
 
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request. In response to your
request I can confirm the following:
 
 
Dear Pat James Freedom of Information Request – FS128831182 Thank you for
your Freedom of Information request. Please accept the following by way of
a response and the late. Your request dated 13 February 2017 sought
information on the following questions: 1. The total number of Council Tax
defaulters for the financial year 2015/2016 only 22,725 Summonses were
raised in 2015/2016 only 2. The total value of outstanding Council Tax for
the financial year 2015/2016 only £3,008,274.88 remains for non-payment of
council tax 2015 – 2016 only as at 31st January 2017. I hope that this
information is of assistance to you. If you are dissatisfied with the
handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal
review. Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of
the date of receipt of the response to your request, and should be
addressed to: Freedom of Information Unit Sandwell Council House Freeth
Street Oldbury West Midlands B69 3DE Email – [email address] If
you are not content with the outcome of an internal review, you have the
right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision.
The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information
Commissioner's Office Wycliffe House Water Lane Wilmslow Cheshire SK9 5AF
Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications. Yours sincerely Anthony Griffiths TEAM MANAGER - RECOVERY
 
 
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the
right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be
submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your
request, and should be addressed to:
 
Information Management Unit
Sandwell Council House
Freeth Street
Oldbury
West Midlands
B69 3DE
 
Email – [Sandwell Council request email]
 
If you are not content with the outcome of an internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:
 
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire SK9 5AF
 
Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.
 
Yours sincerely
 
Sandwell MBC