Members were reminded that the Council’s current Debt Recovery Policy incorporating all debts was established in 2003. This policy contained only minimal detail on Sundry Debt recovery processes which were now outdated.

A new, separate and comprehensive sundry debt recovery policy had been written to cover all aspects of corporate sundry debts, which included good practice, accounting arrangements, recovery processes and the procedure to follow when considering debts for write off.

Cllr Mrs McKinlay MOVED and Cllr Kerslake SECONDED the recommendations in the report and following a full discussion a vote was taken on a show of hands and it was

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY

1.         That the Committee agrees to remove Section 6 (Sundry Debts) from the existing Debt Recovery Policy 2003.

2.         That the Committee agrees to the adoption of a new, separate corporate sundry debt management, recovery and write off policy

as per Appendix A of this report.

Reasons for Recommendation

The existing debt recovery policy does not reflect current working practices and provides insufficient detail of sundry debt policy and processes.

Combining the sundry debt recovery management and write off policy into one document makes both policies easier to follow and review.