Motion

Reducing the Level of Unpaid Rates

Reducing the Level of Unpaid Rates
That this Assembly expresses concern that over £82 million in rates bills have been written off by the Department of Finance in the last six years, with over £145 million remaining unpaid as of 31 August 2025; believes it is unfair that law-abiding businesses and households pay their rates while others have their slate wiped clean; notes that uncollected rates debt is a barrier to maximising funding available for vital public services; calls on the Minister of Finance to tangibly increase the target figure for gross collectable rates operated by Land and Property Services; and further calls on the Minister to present a range of new and concrete proposals to reduce the level of rates that are unpaid or written off over the next five years.
Private Members' Motion
07/10/2025
07/10/2025
21/10/2025
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