Decision details

In line with the Council’s financial rules, the Executive will be presented with a quarterly report on Council debt write-offs

Received a report from the Corporate Director of Customer Services on debts written off during 2006/07 and the first two quarters of 2007/08 in relation to monies collectable by the Council’s Income and Collection and Rents and Benefits sections.  The report also set out proposals relating to the publication of certain details of individuals whose debts have been written off.

Agreed, as a matter of good financial practice and debt management reporting, that:

(i)  Lists containing the individual details of certain categories of debts written off (i.e. names, addresses and value) are provided in future reports to the Executive along with the overall write off summary; and

(ii)  The Council publicise these individual details where its right to demand the debt has been legally ratified via Court action or contractual agreement, with the exception of those types of debt write offs as listed at (a) to (e) in paragraph 6.3 of the report.