Issue - meetings

The Cabinet Member for Finance and Central Services introduced the performance report for the third quarter period ending 31 December 2015 in respect of the debt management function carried out by the Revenues and Benefits Service within Elevate East London.

The Cabinet Member referred to the increasing pressures on local residents’ finances as a consequence of the Government’s austerity measures which, in turn, had impacted on collection rates and debt levels.  He also explained that Elevate’s targets had been stretched year-on-year which meant that although there was under-achievement against targets in several areas the actual amount of revenue collected by Elevate was generally increasing across the board.

Cabinet resolved to:

(i)  Note the performance of the debt management function carried out by the Revenues and Benefits service operated by Elevate East London, including the performance of enforcement agents; and

(ii)  Note the debt write-offs for the third quarter of 2015/16 and that a number of the debts were published in accordance with the policy agreed by Cabinet.