FOI Request - Debt Collection for Unpaid Council Tax and Business Rates

Request 101003568523

1.  Has your local authority employed debt collection agencies to collect unpaid council tax debts or business rates over the last five years?

2.  Has your local authority employed bailiffs to collect unpaid council tax debts or business rates over the last five years?

3.  Has your local authority applied for any bankruptcy petitions against people with unpaid council tax debts or business rates over the last five years? If so, how many?

4.  Has your local authority applied for any charging orders against people with unpaid council tax debts or business rates over the last five years? If so, how many?

5.  Has your local authority “sold” any books of council tax or business rates debt over the last five years?
 

Response 30-05-2024

1. No
2. No
3. The low numbers associated with this response may result in the identification of individuals. Therefore numbers between 1 and 5 have
been redacted. This response is exempt under Section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - personal information.

4. No 

5. No