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 July 2023