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Re: Relating to Council Tax liabilities for the financial year 2024/25. For clarity: this request refers to all Council Tax accounts where liability fell within the period 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025, regardless of when the bill was issued. Please include all accounts where liability covered the whole financial year or any part of the financial year, including part-year tenancies and mid-year changes of liability. 1. Council Tax enforcement actions a. Number of summonses issued for non-payment of council tax b. Number of Liability Orders granted by magistrates for non-payment of council tax c. Number of cases referred to enforcement agents (bailiffs) d. Number of enforcement letters issued by enforcement agents on behalf of the council e. Number of enforcement visits made by enforcement agents on behalf of the council 2. Fees and charges a. The summons fee charged b. The Liability Order fee charged c. A breakdown of how these fees are calculated or determined 3. Enforcement agent firms used a. The names of all enforcement agent companies used by the council for council tax collection, recovery, and enforcement during 2024/25 (Please note: I am requesting only the names of the enforcement firms, not contract values or commercially sensitive information.) 4. Households in receipt of Council Tax Reduction (CTR) a. Number of cases referred to enforcement agents where the household was in receipt of CTR b. Number of Liability Orders granted where the household was in receipt of CTR c. For Liability Orders involving households on CTR, a split by: Working-age households Pension-age households 5. Attachment of Benefits and Attachment of Earnings a. Number of Attachment of Benefits (AoB) requests sent to DWP (e.g., UC or legacy benefits) b. Total value of the debt included in AoB requests (regardless of deductions taken) c. Number of Attachment of Earnings Orders (AoEOs) issued d. Total value of the debt included in AoEOs e. Number of households subject to AoEOs who were in receipt of CTR

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For clarity: this request refers to all Council Tax accounts where liability fell within the period 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025, regardless of when the bill was issued. Please include all accounts where liability covered the whole financial year or any part of the financial year, including part-year tenancies and mid-year changes of liability. 1. Council Tax enforcement actions a. Number of summonses issued for non-payment of council tax – 2,935 b. Number of Liability Orders granted by magistrates for non-payment of council tax – 2,102 c. Number of cases referred to enforcement agents (bailiffs) – Internal -1,744 – 380 External (recycled work) d. Number of enforcement letters issued by enforcement agents on behalf of the council – 1,744 internal and 380 External e. Number of enforcement visits made by enforcement agents on behalf of the council – 1,215 internal 2. Fees and charges a. The summons fee charged – 50.00 b. The Liability Order fee charged – 20.00 c. A breakdown of how these fees are calculated or determined To calculate Liability Order costs, we take into account for those Council Taxpayers we look at the number of applications made in the previous financial year. Therefore, at present we would look at 2024-2025 which was 2,935 summonses. Each of these Taxpayers have received a final notice and reminder notices prior to the summons notice. (We examine accounts prior to moving to the summons recovery stage. We also consider Staff Costs for staff that have a direct recovery interaction, Printing and postal costs. Magistrates Fees. Software Costs and Central Overheads – which would include telephony, office accommodation, and internal stakeholder support. This is then divided by the number of summonses to calculate the cost per case, if this figure is greater than £70.00 (which is the maximum that can be charged in Wales) the application for costs is made at this figure (The current cost per case is currently calculating at £98.35 per case). 3. Enforcement agent firms used a. The names of all enforcement agent companies used by the council for council tax collection, recovery, and enforcement during 2024/25 Marstons (Please note: I am requesting only the names of the enforcement firms, not contract values or commercially sensitive information.) 4. Households in receipt of Council Tax Reduction (CTR) a. Number of cases referred to enforcement agents where the household was in receipt of CTR b. Number of Liability Orders granted where the household was in receipt of CTR c. For Liability Orders involving households on CTR, a split by: Working-age households Pension-age households Information not available 5. Attachment of Benefits and Attachment of Earnings a. Number of Attachment of Benefits (AoB) requests sent to DWP (e.g., UC or legacy benefits) – 1,264 b. Total value of the debt included in AoB requests (regardless of deductions taken) – 459,989 c. Number of Attachment of Earnings Orders (AoEOs) issued - 592 d. Total value of the debt included in AoEOs – 395,850 e. Number of households subject to AoEOs who were in receipt of CTR – Information no collated.