Collection of council tax debts via the use of 'Attachment of Earnings', 2019-2022
Case reference FOI2022/00663
Published 1 June 2022
Request
I am writing to request information related to the collection of council tax debts via the use of Attachment of Earnings (or Earning/Wage Arrestment if based in Scotland) orders. Under the above-mentioned Act I would like you to provide me with the following information please:
For each of the financial years:
2019/2020
2020/2021
2021/2022
How many Attachment of Earnings (or Earning/Wage Arrestment if based in Scotland) orders did your organisation issue for debts relating to Council Tax payments?"
Please supply the figure for each requested year as a separate line item so an annual comparison of the increase/decrease can be calculated for each.
Response
2019/2020 - 995
2020/2021 - 434
2021/2022 - 434
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