Issue - meetings

With reference to article 17 of the minute of its meeting of 6 December 2012, the Committee had before it a report by the acting Director of Corporate Governance which (a) requested approval, in terms of financial regulation 11.3.7, to write off business rate debts in excess of £25,000 deemed to be unrecoverable during 2012/13 and (b) advised of the numbers and values of Council Tax, business rates, community charge and housing benefit overpayments of up to £10,000, deemed to be unrecoverable during 2012/13 after all approved recovery procedures had been followed, in terms of financial regulations 11.3.6 and 11.3.9.

The report recommended –

that the Committee -

(a)       note the value of Council Tax, business rates, community charge and housing benefit overpayments deemed by the Director of Corporate Governance as unrecoverable, as detailed at appendices 1 to 4; and

(b)       agree that the business rates amounts over £25,000 (and as detailed at appendix (5) in the exempt section of the agenda) deemed as unrecoverable by the Director of Corporate Governance, also be written off.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the recommendations.