- Title or Description
- Earning/Wage Arrestment - Council Tax Payments
- FOI Number
- 521
- Date Received
- 23/05/2022
- Type of Request
- FOI
- Request or Question
-
I am writing to request information related to the collection of council tax debts via the use of Attachment of Earnings (or Earning/Wage Arrestment if based in Scotland) orders. Under the above-mentioned Act I would like you to provide me with the following information please:For each of the financial years;2019/2020
2020/2021
2021/2022
Question:
"How many Attachment of Earnings (or Earning/Wage Arrestment if based in Scotland) orders did your organisation issue for debts relating to Council Tax payments?"
Provision of data:
Please supply the figure for each requested year as a separate line item so an annual comparison of the increase/decrease can be calculated for each. - Response
- We do not hold this information as recovery action is carried out by Sheriff Offices. We do not receive a breakdown of payment method when receiving funds from the Sheriff Officers and therefore we give notice under Section 17 (1) (b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2002.
