Issue - meetings

Sundry Debt Write Offs

Meeting: 19/05/2021 - Cabinet (Item 2866)

Sundry Debt Write Offs

Councillor S. Buttar

 

To consider the exempt Sundry Debt Write Offs report.

 

Reason for exemption

The report contains exempt information within the meaning of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972, as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985 and by the Local Government (Access to information) (Variation) Order 2006 Paragraph 1 - Information relating to any individual, Paragraph 2 - Information which is likely to reveal the identity of an individual and Paragraph 3 - Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information) and in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Cabinet considered a report on Sundry Debt Write-Offs.

 

Cabinet noted that Sales Ledger invoices had been issued for services,  reminder letters had been issued and every attempt had been made to secure payment of the outstanding invoices.

 

Cabinet agreed that the invoices, all over six years old, were irrecoverable.

 

Alternative options considered and rejected by the Cabinet:

No alternative options were considered as no further action can be taken to recover the debts.

 

Resolved to approve the Sundry Debt write-offs as set out in the exempt report.

 

Reasons for decision:

It was agreed that the debt was irrecoverable.