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1227742

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Council Tax: Arrears
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the proportion of Council Tax warrants paid at compliance stage, without enforcement visits taking place; and what assessment they have made of the adjusting of inflation in providing an economic incentive for resolving cases at compliance stage.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Eaton
	uin	HL7130
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/08/2020 answer text <p>The Government does not routinely collect data on the proportion of council tax arrears paid at compliance stage, without enforcement visits taking place. The Government is considering the operation of the compliance stage, including for council tax, as part of its ongoing review of the Taking Control of Goods regulations and is due to publish its findings in due course. The fees that may be charged by enforcement agents are set down in regulations. The question of whether to increase the fees in line with inflation is kept under review.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 04/08/2020 14:59:08 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
	tabling member	4184 label Biography information for Baroness Eaton

1251770

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Council Tax: Arrears
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What estimate he has made of the amount owed to local authorities in council tax arrears.
	tabling member constituency	Makerfield
	tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
	uin	908802
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2020 answer text <p>The cumulative total of council tax owed as at 31 March 2020 was £3.6 billion. This was an increase of £345 million on the previous year. In 2019-20, councils collected 96.8 per cent of the council tax due that year.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 16/11/2020 17:24:23 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

1377916

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2021
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Council Tax: Arrears
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the impact of the covid-19 outbreak on the number of households in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England that have fallen into Council Tax arrears.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	73865
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2021 answer text <p>The Government does not collect data on the number of households that have fallen into council tax arrears. As part of its response to the pandemic, the Government has provided £670 million of new funding in 2021-22 to help councils in delivering their local council tax support schemes.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 22/11/2021 17:30:18 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1224042

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Council Tax: Arrears
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his department has taken to ensure that people who have fallen behind with council tax payments are supported to repay rather than becoming liable to pay the full years bill upfront.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	72870
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2020 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for the collection of council tax. Anyone who is concerned about falling behind with their council tax payments should contact their council as soon as possible to discuss the support available. Guidance issued by my Department makes clear that councils should be willing to take account of individuals’ circumstances, and agree affordable and sustainable payment plans to ensure debts are paid off in a reasonable time. The Council will also be able to advise on eligibility for a reduced bill, for example through its local council tax support scheme and any additional help under the £500 million council tax hardship fund. This is part of the Government's response to COVID-19 and enables councils to provide further reductions in bills for economically vulnerable households.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 16/07/2020 17:42:08 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke previous answer version 37885 answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

1488105

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2022
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Council Tax: Arrears
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will publish a list of the ten (a) regions, (b) cities and (c) towns with the highest levels of council tax arrears in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	33773
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>The department does not collect council tax arrears data for the whole of the UK or for cities and towns. Data is collected for England by local authorities and the latest data for 2021-22 can be found at the following link: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1084448%2FQuarterly_return_of_Council_Tax_and_non-domestic_rates_QRC4__2021_to_2022.xlsx&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cab3007ca11e14b9b17d208da65921dd1%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637933975474301836%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=UeXdYOefqQ4DMhhCtaByKYLkGPeo47qaSpBGK7O7tMI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1084448/Quarterly_return_of_Council_Tax_and_non-domestic_rates_QRC4__2021_to_2022.xlsx</a>.</p><p>Total council tax arrears outstanding as at 31 March 2022 can be found in column AC within the 'Data' sheet.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 14/07/2022 13:00:53 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

1488104

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2022
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Council Tax: Arrears
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the effect of trends in the level of council tax arrears on the Government's Levelling Up agenda.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	33772
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>The heart of the Government's Levelling Up White paper is focused on building successful and strong places, which are more economically resilient by nature and able to respond to changing economic trends. Alongside this long-term plan, the Government is also delivering national measures to continue to help people in problem debt. Key initiatives include:</p><ul><li>Maintaining record levels of debt advice funding for the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS), bringing the budget for free debt advice in England to over £90 million in 2022-23.</li><li>Launching the Breathing Space scheme in England and Wales last year. The scheme gives eligible people in problem debt who receive professional debt advice access to a 60-day period in which enforcement action is paused and most fees, charges and interest are frozen.</li><li>Developing the Statutory Debt Repayment Plan (SDRP), a statutory agreement that will enable a person in problem debt to combine their debts into a single repayment plan, with payments made over a manageable time period, while receiving legal protections from creditor action for the duration of their plan.</li></ul> answering member constituency Great Grimsby answering member printed Lia Nici grouped question UIN 33769 question first answered 14/07/2022 16:20:02 answering member 4851 label Biography information for Lia Nici
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

1345850

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Council Tax: Arrears
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the number of households in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England that have fallen into council tax arrears; and what steps his Department is taking to support economically vulnerable households in those areas.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	31426
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2021 answer text <p>The Department does not collect data on the number of households that have fallen into council tax arrears. The Government has provided £670 million of new funding in 2020-21 to support councils in delivering their local council tax support schemes to reduce council tax bills.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 15/07/2021 13:52:20 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1184748

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Council Tax: Arrears
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his his Department collects data on local authority compliance with best practice guidelines on collection of council tax arrears.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	28705
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department does not collect data on local authority compliance with best practice guidance on the collection of council tax arrears. The Government has been working with local government and the debt advice sector to develop updated best practice guidance on the collection of council tax and will publish this guidance in due course.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 17/03/2020 16:07:28 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1280312

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Council Tax: Arrears
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the (a) level of council tax arrears nationally and (b) effect of those arrears on local authorities.
	tabling member constituency	Stockport
	tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
	uin	143146
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2021 answer text <p>The cumulative amount of council tax outstanding since 1993 was £3.6 billion at March 2020. The Government has confirmed that councils will be able to spread any deficits on their collection fund arising in 2020-21 over the next three years, and has provided a £500 million hardship fund this year to councils to further reduce council tax bills of low income households. <br> <br>The Government will also provide councils with £670 million in 2021-22 to recognise the increased costs of providing local council tax support and other help to economically vulnerable households.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 142088 question first answered 28/01/2021 17:59:16 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1279591

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Council Tax: Arrears
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an (a) estimate of the national level of council tax arrears and (b) assessment of the effect of that matter on local authorities.
	tabling member constituency	Stockport
	tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
	uin	142088
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2021 answer text <p>The cumulative amount of council tax outstanding since 1993 was £3.6 billion at March 2020. The Government has confirmed that councils will be able to spread any deficits on their collection fund arising in 2020-21 over the next three years, and has provided a £500 million hardship fund this year to councils to further reduce council tax bills of low income households. <br> <br>The Government will also provide councils with £670 million in 2021-22 to recognise the increased costs of providing local council tax support and other help to economically vulnerable households.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 143146 question first answered 28/01/2021 17:59:16 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra