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Data Provider: Welsh Government National Statistics Arrears of council tax, by billing authority (£ thousand)
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[Collapse]Total Unitary Authorities85,746-3,94881,798.26,705..5,87249,221
Total Unitary AuthoritiesIsle of Anglesey2,685-6042,081.147..271,907
Gwynedd3,794-1,2102,584.176..1842,224
Conwy3,643-3483,295.1,024..1462,125
Denbighshire2,458-162,442.967..741,401
Flintshire2,751-1692,582.1,056..2021,324
Wrexham3,658-1653,493.757..8881,848
Powys3,518-3393,179.1,279..1631,737
Ceredigion2,451832,534.942..1721,420
Pembrokeshire2,113-1,0691,044.-176..1951,025
Carmarthenshire6,947-426,905.1,744..3754,786
Swansea7,2308998,129.3,208..8014,120
Neath Port Talbot3,622-2773,345.858..3112,176
Bridgend4,413-1664,247.1,782..2072,258
Vale of Glamorgan1,914-1281,786.1,147..124515
Rhondda Cynon Taf5,807-4005,407.1,986..3973,024
Merthyr Tydfil4,149-2493,900.621..2533,026
Caerphilly3,057-822,975.1,459..1321,384
Blaenau Gwent3,847143,861.1,205..3242,332
Torfaen2,918-802,838.1,032..711,735
Monmouthshire2,6127703,382.1,517..1421,723
Newport4,14494,153.1,431..492,673
Cardiff8,015-3797,636.2,543..6354,458

Metadata

Title
Council tax collection

Last update
June 2018 June 2018

Next update
June 2019

Publishing organisation
Welsh Government

Source 1
Council tax collection (CTC) data collection, Welsh Government

Contact email
stats.finance@gov.wales

Designation
National Statistics

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation
Local authorities

Geographical coverage
Local authorities

Languages covered
English and Welsh

Data licensing
You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

General description
Arrears, amounts collected and amounts outstanding are net of council tax benefit grant from the Department of Work and Pensions. All figures include amounts collected on behalf of police authorities and community councils and the amounts received from the Home Office in respect of Class O exempt dwellings.

Data collection and calculation
The information presented here is collected via annual returns from Welsh Local Authorities.

Frequency of publication
Annual

Data reference periods
Data are shown for each financial year from 1996-97 onwards.

Statistical quality
See weblinks

Weblinks
The associated statistical releases can be found via the links at the following webpage:
http://gov.wales/statistics-and-research/?topic=Local+government&lang=en
A statistical quality report relating to all Local Government Finance statistical releases can be found at the following webpage:
http://gov.wales/statistics-and-research/council-tax-dwellings/?lang=en#/statistics-and-research/council-tax-dwellings/local-government-finance-statistics-quality-report/?lang=en


Keywords
Local Government Finance, council tax collection rate