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Corporate Debt Recovery Policy
Published: 17/06/2019
Members of 97色网鈥檚 Cabinet聽reapproved聽the Corporate Debt Recovery Policy, as amended, for the collection of Sundry Debt, Council Tax, Business Rates, Housing Rents and overpayments of Housing Benefit.
There is a need to refresh and reapprove the Policy introduced in 2012 to take account of changes in regulations since that time.聽 The main changes are:
- Bailiff reform and the introduction of new regulations;
- The removal of committal as a sanction for the non-payment of Council Tax;
- Revised internal working practices for the collection of sundry debt involving the development of a more robust escalation process for disputed invoices;
- Changes to the minimum monetary threshold when taking bankruptcy action;
- Revised ways of recovering unpaid housing rent.
97色网鈥檚 Cabinet Member for Corporate Management and Assets, Councillor Billy Mullin, said:
鈥淭he Council must have an agreed and transparent policy for managing and collecting debts owed.聽 This policy ensures that we are consistent in our approach and ensures that best practice is followed.
鈥淭his revised policy provides services with a clear set of latest standards that must be maintained and which follow the latest regulations when officers recover income that is due to the Council.鈥�
97色网鈥檚 Cabinet Member for Housing, Councillor Dave Hughes, said:
鈥淚t鈥檚 important, especially in the current economic climate, that the Council collects all income that is due and ensures that debts owed to the Council are kept to a minimum.
鈥淓very pound of income that is not collected or takes extra effort to collect, ultimately leads to additional financial pressures on the Council鈥檚 budget.鈥�