- Request
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The amount of uncollected debt the authority has written off in the past five complete financial years (2018-2022) and the year to the date this FOI is processed for 2022-23.
This should include rent arrears, housing benefit overpayments, business rates and council tax.
1) Please supply the information in a spreadsheet format with the authority name in the top column and the years separated into rows?
2) Please separate out the answer by year?
3) In a separate sheet, please break down by category (rent arrears, housing benefit, council tax etc)?
4) In another separate sheet please list the top three reasons for the authority being unable to claim the debt and how much each reason was worth?
- Decision
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I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you.
1-2 please see below table with a breakdown of year and directorate the debt was written off against
2017/18
2018/19
2019/20
2020/21
2021/22
Adults
840,850.56
379,818.04
473,117.61
321,295.17
1,053,261.93
Children
42,430.58
736.29
1,702.49
29,721.92
59,417.60
Corporate
150.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Fire
24.00
0.00
0.00
92,655.42
3,192.98
Place
41,472.74
35,843.23
38,134.31
61,320.75
11,985.24
Resources
886.07
3-4. . Lincolnshire County Council does not cover rent arrears, housing benefit or council tax and are unable the provide a breakdown other than the information provided for questions 1&2 above.
- Reference number
- FOI 6012137
- Date request received
- 26/01/23
- Date of decision
- 04/04/23