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1548544

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2022
	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, whether his Department has made an assessment of the additional cost incurred by those in council tax arrears when a local authority uses a debt collection agent.
	tabling member constituency	Stockport
	tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
	uin	103029
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>Local councils are responsible for the collection of council tax and any arrears. The Government does not collect data on the number of people who are in council tax arrears. Data on the level of council tax arrears in England can be found in Table 7 <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1108764%2FCollection_rates_for_Council_Tax_and_non-domestic_rates_in_England__2021_to_2022__revised_.pdf&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cec2324910fa8452a369c08dad9384a67%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638061133024060602%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=0vJxBkm%2BnUUS9Iq4PksiGchdL5fMZu5Fd7jaqe37C2k%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>. Further to the Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014, the Department has published best practice guidance on council tax collection.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 103030 question first answered 08/12/2022 16:27:57 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1548545

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2022
	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 make an estimate of the number of people who are in council tax arrears as of 5 December 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Stockport
	tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
	uin	103030
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>Local councils are responsible for the collection of council tax and any arrears. The Government does not collect data on the number of people who are in council tax arrears. Data on the level of council tax arrears in England can be found in Table 7 <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1108764%2FCollection_rates_for_Council_Tax_and_non-domestic_rates_in_England__2021_to_2022__revised_.pdf&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cec2324910fa8452a369c08dad9384a67%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638061133024060602%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=0vJxBkm%2BnUUS9Iq4PksiGchdL5fMZu5Fd7jaqe37C2k%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>. Further to the Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014, the Department has published best practice guidance on council tax collection.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 103029 question first answered 08/12/2022 16:27:57 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

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