Decision details

To propose that Wiltshire council adopts a new corporate debt management policy for use throughout the whole Council.

1.              That the Council approves proposed corporate debt management policy.

The adoption of the corporate debt management policy will help manage debt throughout the council in a fair and appropriately manner.

The Councils collects raises invoices in many areas, and therefore has to chase debt in these areas.

Although the procedures are working well in these individual areas, there is a requirement of an overall debt recovery policy for Wiltshire Council.

The policy recognises the wide ranging social responsibilities of the Council and recognises that it is not possible to have one standard approach for the recovery of all types of debt.

It facilitates teams raising debt working together to improve debt recovery whilst protect both the debtor and the Council.

This operational policy was considered by the officers charged with raising and chasing debt.