FOI001718 FOI Council Tax

FOI Request – Windsor and Maidenhead use of bailiffs/enforcement agents to collect council tax debt in 2024/25 and 2023/24

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, we would like to request the following information.

1.    Tax year 24/25: The number of times between 1st April 2024 – 31st March 2025 that private bailiffs/enforcement agents have been instructed to enforce council tax debts owed to the local authority.

2.    Tax year 23/24: The number of times between 1st April 2023 – 31st March 2024 that private bailiffs/enforcement agents have been instructed to enforce council tax debts owed to the local authority.

Please provide a separate figure for each tax year, rather than a combined figure.

By “private bailiffs/enforcement agents” we mean those who are self-employed or who work for private companies, including as high court enforcement officers.  Please include cases where local authority employees have visited a property to enforce a warrant of control.   

3.    Do you currently have a policy of exempting recipients of Council Tax Support / Reduction from the use of bailiff action? (Yes/No)