ABSTRACT
This chapter presents the sources of information on council tax and council tax benefit. It identifies the roles and activities in organisations generating, gathering and promulgating information on council tax. The chapter provides a summary of information holders, gatherers and informants. Statistical information is gathered for making policy on council tax, council tax benefit and for numerous reasons concerning government. Generally, information is not freely available but the Freedom of Information Act 2000 is an attempt to free information which does not need to be protected by secrecy. Thus, the 2000 Act provides members of the public right of access to information held by public bodies. The Data Protection Act 1998 seeks to protect personal information held by employers, public bodies and other organisations. There are several general series of law reports which sometimes contain accounts of cases concerning council tax or council tax benefits. They include: Current Law (CL) and The Times reports—in the newspaper.
