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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 Authorities87,491-3,42084,071.27,153..5,50051,418
Total Unitary AuthoritiesIsle of Anglesey2,685-1802,505.544..1441,817
Gwynedd4,099-1,0763,023.236..1872,600
Conwy3,604-3093,295.1,083..1922,020
Denbighshire2,699-1382,561.1,067..1531,341
Flintshire2,722-1882,534.846..3841,304
Wrexham3,392-2223,170.765..6421,763
Powys3,651-2473,404.1,368..1611,875
Ceredigion2,510132,523.990..1491,384
Pembrokeshire1,967-5471,420.-23..2061,237
Carmarthenshire6,968947,062.1,680..565,326
Swansea7,0288317,859.3,045..5424,272
Neath Port Talbot3,411-2453,166.852..3112,003
Bridgend4,416-1784,238.1,582..2432,413
Vale of Glamorgan2,156-1062,050.1,186..165699
Rhondda Cynon Taf5,777-2765,501.2,003..4223,076
Merthyr Tydfil4,383-2764,107.716..1853,206
Caerphilly3,300-1573,143.1,598..1091,436
Blaenau Gwent4,009-533,956.1,325..2522,379
Torfaen3,184-133,171.969..1212,081
Monmouthshire2,8053583,163.1,625..1941,344
Newport4,58264,588.1,668..982,822
Cardiff8,143-5117,632.2,028..5845,020

Metadata

Title
Council tax collection

Last update
June 2019 June 2019

Next update
June 2020

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:
https://gov.wales/statistics-and-research?lang=en
A statistical quality report relating to all Local Government Finance statistical releases can be found at the following webpage:
https://gov.wales/local-government-finance-statistics-quality-report


Keywords
Local Government Finance, council tax collection rate