Select committee: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Conclusion 8
Second Report - Council Tax Collection
Published 1 Dec 2023
Paragraph 40
Addressed to Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee Council Tax Collection All items in this report Report on parliament.uk ↗ Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Conclusion (the committee's words)
Council tax is unlike other debt, in that it recurs annually, so it is in the interests of residents that arrears be collected swiftly so they do not quickly escalate. However, if an individual genuinely cannot afford to pay, rushing to take recovery or enforcement action will only waste a local authority’s resources, cause avoidable distress to the individual in financial need, and miss an opportunity to give appropriate debt advice.
From: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, Second Report - Council Tax Collection (HC 57), paragraph 40, 1 December 2023
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 1 February 2024 (deadline 1 February 2024).