Issue - meetings

There is an exempt and confidential appendix relating to this report contained within the Exempt/Confidential Business section of this agenda below.

(i)              to approve the listing of the Non-Domestic Rates debts in excess of £25,000 shown in Appendix 6 as unrecoverable and instruct the Chief Officer – Customer to write them off; and

(ii)             to note that the Financial Regulations number, value and reasons for debts written off for Council Tax, Non-Domestic Rates, Housing Benefit Overpayments, Penalty Charge Notices, Bus Lanes Enforcement Charge Notices, Service Income and Council house rent during 2021/22.

The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Officer – Customer Experience, which advised on numbers and values of Council Tax, Non-Domestic Rates, Housing Benefit Overpayments, Penalty Charge Notices, Bus Lanes Enforcement Charge Notices, Service Income and Council House Rent debts made unrecoverable during 2021/22 as required in terms of the Council’s Financial Regulations and approved Non-Domestic Rates write off in excess of £25,000.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee -

(a)           approve the listing of the Non-Domestic Rates debts in excess of £25,000 shown in Appendix 6 as unrecoverable and instruct the Chief Officer – Customer to write them off; and

(b)           note that the Financial Regulations number, value and reasons for debts written off for Council Tax, Non-Domestic Rates, Housing Benefit Overpayments, Penalty Charge Notices, Bus Lanes Enforcement Charge Notices, Service Income and Council house rent during 2021/22.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the recommendations.