Housing Benefit Write off December 2023
January 4, 2024 Chief Finance Officer (Officer) Approved View on council websiteThis summary is generated by AI from the council’s published record and supporting documents. Check the full council record and source link before relying on it.
Summary
...to exercise delegated authority, they approved the write-off of £1,892.75 in uncollectible Housing Benefit debts for December 2023, consisting of debts under £5,000 due to reasons such as being uneconomical to pursue, bankruptcy, or the debtor being in prison.
Full council record
Purpose
Financial regulation 12.14 states:
Any debt due to the Council may only be written-off with the
authorisation of
the Executive except, insofar as an individual debt does not exceed
£10,000,
the initial authority may be given by the Interim Finance Director
who shall be
required to publish periodically reports of the debts that have
been written off
in accordance with the delegated authority.
Debts over £10,000 are reported to the Executive at least
annually in the Statement of Accounts and any other delegated
reports as.
The Chief Finance officer is exercising this delegated authority
and the Revenues, Benefits & Customer Services Business Manager
is exercising an authority delegated to him by the Interim Finance
Director for debts up to £5,000.
Content
To write off Housing benefit debts during the
month of December 2023
Supporting Documents
Details
| Outcome | Recommendations Approved |
| Decision date | 4 Jan 2024 |