IRRV Newsletter 11th December 2023 to 17th December 2023

Consultations / Inquiries / Surveys etc.

COURT PROCEEDINGS

Claimant Data on the Register of Judgments, Orders and Fines Consultation [England]

The government is consulting on a proposal to include the claimant’s name in entries about money judgments on the Register of Judgments, Orders and Fines.

The consultation seeks views on:-

The potential benefits of including claimant names on the Register.

Any potential disadvantages and/or risks to either the claimant or defendant as a result of the publication of this data.

The consultation can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/including-claimant-data-on-the-register-of-judgments-orders-and-fines.

Closing dates for responses is 16 January 2024.

COUNCIL TAX

Parliamentary Committee Report: Council Tax Collection [England]

Evidence gathering for this Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee Inquiry took place in the first half of 2022 and looked at council tax collection in England, examining the practices employed by local authorities to collect council tax arrears. The inquiry also looked at other issues including whether there should be changes to the legislation on the recovery of council tax arrears, and how local authority council tax support schemes affect council tax collection rates.

The IRRV provided written evidence to the Inquiry in January 2022; this can be viewed at Final_IRRV_response_to_LUHC_Cmte_Inquiry-Ctax_Collection.pdf. 

In June 2022, Alistair Townsend, then IRRV National President, provided oral evidence to a Session of the Committee. This can be viewed at https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/cc13d2f4-b04b-40a8-956b-e056404cd714.

The Inquiry’s report can be found at https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/42372/documents/210543/default/.

Consultation on a Fairer Council Tax: Phase 2 [Wales]

The Welsh Government are looking at different ways of bringing the Council Tax system up to date and making it fairer. This includes the potential to introduce new Council Tax bands.

As part of their consultation, they’d like views on:

Different approaches for new Council Tax bands.

Regular updates to Council Tax in the fut

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