Issue - meetings

To review and update the Council’s policies for writing off debt.

RESOLVED:

That the Code of Practice for Write-Offs, as attached as Appendix 1 to Report Item 7 considered by the Cabinet; and the Schedule of Write Off Criteria, as set out in Appendix 2 to Report Item 7 considered by the Cabinet, be approved, with effect from 1 April 2017.

The Cabinet considered revisions to the process and policies for writing off debts.  The writing off of debts was the responsibility of the S151 officer who saw a schedule of potential write offs, coded against the agreed criteria for write off.  Any non–standard write offs must be supported by full information and submitted via Internal Audit.

The Code of Practice was being updated to reflect the new management structure; and minor changes were proposed to the upper limits per debtor and to allow the S151 officer to agree write off limits for any new sources of income that might come forward.

RESOLVED:

That the Code of Practice for Write-Offs, as attached as Appendix 1 to Report Item 7 considered by the Cabinet; and the Schedule of Write Off Criteria, as set out in Appendix 2 to Report Item 7 considered by the Cabinet, be approved, with effect from 5 April 2017.