Councillor Phil Davies introduced the report of the Head of Financial Services, setting out details of Housing Benefit overpayments requested to be written off.

RESOLVED:

That the report be noted and the debts be written-off as detailed in the report. 

Councillor Phil Davies introduced a report by the Director of Resources, recommending the writing off of £192,100.00 in outstanding client contributions which was part of the process of cleansing the long outstanding DASS debt identified in the Independent Report by Eugene Sullivan considered by the Cabinet at its meeting on 23 May 2013 (Minute No. 248 refers.).

Councillor Phil Davies informed that no stone was being left unturned in the Council’s efforts to collect all the debt that it could possibly collect.

RESOLVED:

That the report be noted and the debts be written-off as detailed in the report.