PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Local Government: Debt Collection (9 January 2024)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 14 December 2023 to Question 6351 on Local Government: Debt Collection, if he will take steps to update his Department's best practice guidance on council tax collection and adopt the Citizens’ Advice Bureau’s charter on ethical debt collection.

Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)

Answer

The Department keeps the guidance on council tax collection under review in light of developments in debt collection practice. The collection of council tax is the responsibility of local authorities, and it is open to them to adopt alternative approaches.


Answered by:
Simon Hoare (Conservative)
15 January 2024

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