Issue - meetings

Please note that Appendix 4 is contained within the Confidential/Exempt Section of this agenda.

(i)        to note the value of Council Tax, Non-Domestic Rates and Housing Benefit Overpayments deemed by the Chief Officer - Finance as unrecoverable and shown in Appendices 1 to 4; and

(ii)       to approve the Non-Domestic Rates debts in excess of £25,000 shown in Appendix 4 are unrecoverable and be written off.

With reference to article 24 of the minute of meeting of the Finance, Policy and Resources Committee of 20 September 2017, the Committee had before it a report by the Director of Customer Services which outlined details in relation to the numbers and values of Council Tax, Non-Domestic Rates and Housing Benefit Overpayments made unrecoverable during 2017/18 as required in terms of Financial Regulations.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)       note the value of Council Tax, Non-Domestic Rates and Housing Benefit Overpayments deemed by the Chief Officer - Finance as unrecoverable and shown in Appendices 1 to 4 of the report; and

(b)       approve the Non-Domestic Rates debts in excess of £25,000 shown in Appendix 4 of the report are unrecoverable and be written off.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the recommendations.