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council tax time for change? foi results i have now completed my first ever batch of foi requests. 180 requests in all to english local authorities in the south east, south west, east and north east. interesting to note the method that la’s receive them, many have a dedicated foi email address which is helpful, a number have web forms which require repetitive entry. the five questions were designed to be kept as simple as possible, however, the responses still had some variations! questions included; the name of the supplier and of the 180 only two organisations did not use the three main suppliers, choosing to write in house solutions. my key question was the cost of annual maintenance for the council tax system, in about 30% of responses this was provided, in approximately 50% of replies the figure could not be broken out from the cost of council tax, housing benefit and nndr (business rates) as complete solutions. interestingly 20% either did not provide a reply or would