Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 31467

Council Tax: Debt Collection

Tabled: 13 February 2025
Answered: 25 February 2025
Named Day

Question

Mary Glindon

LabourNewcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made of the level of reasonable costs that local authorities can recover when issuing a liability order for council tax arrears.

Answer

Jim McMahon
Councils are responsible for the collection and enforcement of council tax, and it is for them to assess the reasonable costs incurred in issuing a liability order. This is an important matter which the government continues to keep under review. The gover...

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