I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. In order to assist you with this request, I am outlining my query as specifically as possible.

1. In relation to your collection of council tax for each financial year, 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 and April 2022 to date, please provide the total number of:
a) reminders issued;
For 2017/18 to 2020/21 our kept records only show total numbers and not the split between reminder and finals. For the 2021/22 and 2022/23 numbers relate to reminder notices only
2017/18: 11668
2018/19: 12067
2019/20: 14382
2020/21: 14597
2021/22: 14171
2022/23: 5246
b) final notices issued;
Previous to 2021 year our kept records only show total numbers not the split between reminder and finals.
2017/18: included in reminder figure
2018/19: included in reminder figure
2019/20: included in reminder figure
2020/21: included in reminder figure
2021/22: 432
2022/23: 0
c) court summonses issued;
The available data as above shows the number of summonses issued to individual Council Tax Payers. In the case of Council Tax accounts where there are multiple liable parties, the figures count summonses sent to each liable party.
2017/18: 6076
2018/19: 6647
2019/20: 6745
2020/21: 4902
2021/22: 7482
2022/23: 3058
d) liability orders issued;
For 2017/18 to 2019/20 available data shows the number of Liability Orders counting the number of debts on each Council Tax account adding a record for each debt year. An account may have debts due for multiple years. The data makes no deduction for cases paid in full between summons and Liability Order.
The data for 2020/21, 2021/22 and 2022/23 shows the number of Liability Orders per Council Tax account. In the case of accounts with multiple debts the record is counted once. Accounts paid in full between summons and Liability Order are accounted for and not included in the figures shown.
2017/18: 5105
2018/19: 4734
2019/20: 4962
2020/21: 2423
2021/22: 2784
2022/23: 1759
e) attachment of benefit arrangements made;
2017/18: 355
2018/19: 457
2019/20: 382
2020/21: 387
2021/22: 348
2022/23: 108
f) attachment of earnings arrangements made; and
2017/18: 273
2018/19: 261
2019/20: 267
2020/21: 122
2021/22: 173
2022/23: 24
g) referrals/ debt passed to enforcement agents;
2017/18: 1774
2018/19: 2239
2019/20: 2141
2020/21: 797
2021/22: 2516
2022/23: 586

2. Against how many people did you commence committal proceedings with regard to unpaid council tax in 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 and April 2022 to date?
None

3. How many people were committed to prison for non-payment of council tax in 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 and April 2022 to date?
None

4. What was the a. Average, b. Longest, c. shortest number of days served in prison by people committed to prison for non-payment of council tax owed to the local authority for each year 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 and April 2022 to date.
Not applicable

5. How many people were subject to a suspended committal order for non-payment of council tax in 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 and April 2022 to date?
None

6. If possible, what was the average amount of council tax arrears owed by people subject to council tax committal proceedings when the proceedings commenced, for 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 and April 2022 to date
Not applicable