Agenda and decisions

Salford City Council - Record of Decision

I, Councillor Hinds, Lead Member for Finance and Support Services, in exercise of the powers contained within the Council Constitution, do hereby:

Approve the write off of Sundry Debt to the value of £32,379.72.  The Reasons are that these sundry debts, after exhaustive attempts to collect, are found to be irrecoverable for a variety of reasons e.g. liquidation, absconded, no longer trading, bankrupt, deceased, uneconomical to collect, and irrecoverable after court action etc .

Options considered and rejected were - Not relevant due to the nature (age and value) of these accounts. The majority of accounts relate to those proven uneconomical to collect, irrecoverable after court action, bankruptcy / liquidation.

Assessment of Risk - Low

The source of funding is the Council’s bad debt provision.

Legal Advice obtained – legal advice has been obtained on each of the individual cases where court action has been taken.

Financial Advice obtained - Chris Hesketh

There is adequate provision for the sundry debt write offs from the councils provision for bad debt. The provision is reviewed on an annual basis to ensure that the provision is set at an appropriate level.

Procurement Advice obtained – Not applicable.

The following documents have been used to assist the decision process - The relevant documents contain exempt or confidential information and are not available for public inspection. The background documents would provide the identity of individuals or companies involved in the write off.

Contact Officer: Chris Hesketh                             Tel No. 0161 778 0214

This decision is not subject to consideration by another Lead Member.

The appropriate scrutiny panel to call-in the decision is the Overview and Scrutiny Panel.

FOR DEMOCRATIC SERVICES USE ONLY

This decision was published on 27^th September 2018.

This decision will come in force at 4.00 p.m. on 4^th October 2018, unless it is called-in in accordance with the Decision Making Process Rules.

Salford City Council - Record of Decision

I, Councillor Hinds, Lead Member for Finance and Support Services, in exercise of the powers contained within the Council Constitution, do hereby:

Approve the write-off of benefit overpayments to the value of £50,329.36

The Reasons are that these benefit overpayments are found to be irrecoverable for a variety of reasons e.g. deceased, insolvency, absconded, irrecoverable, uneconomical, etc.

Options considered and rejected were - Not relevant due to the nature (age and value) of these accounts.

Assessment of Risk - The write-off of irrecoverable debts is an essential part of the administration of accounts.

The source of funding is the Council’s bad debt provision.

Legal Advice obtained – legal advice has been obtained on each of the individual cases where court action has been taken.

Financial Advice obtained - There is adequate provision for the benefit overpayment write-offs from the council’s provision for bad debt. The provision is reviewed on an annual basis to ensure that the provision is set at an appropriate level.

Procurement Advice obtained – Not applicable.

The following documents have been used to assist the decision process - The relevant documents contain exempt or confidential information and are not available for public inspection. The background documents would provide the identity of individuals or companies involved in the write off.

Contact Officer: Steven Fry                                    Tel No. 0161 793 3641

This decision is not subject to consideration by another Lead Member.

The appropriate scrutiny panel to call-in the decision is the Overview and Scrutiny Panel.

FOR DEMOCRATIC SERVICES USE ONLY

This decision was published on 27^th September 2018. 

This decision will come in force at 4.00 p.m. on 4^th October 2018, unless it is called-in in accordance with the Decision Making Process Rules.