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Data Provider: Welsh Government National Statistics CHART: Council tax outstanding by year (£ thousand)
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[Collapse]TotalThe total of arrears, including community charge up to 2005-06, and in-year council taxClick here to sortTotalThe total of arrears, including community charge up to 2005-06, and in-year council tax
Click here to sortArrears of community chargeClick here to sortArrears of council taxIncludes arrears of previous years in-year amountsClick here to sortIn-year council tax
1996-9713,70413,71419,91047,328
1997-9810,54218,14222,93951,623
1998-996,42522,03127,21255,668
1999-003,47724,63026,78154,888
2000-011,76127,51330,70559,979
2001-021,21930,89728,68960,805
2002-031,05932,33527,51460,908
2003-041,04434,63929,78965,472
2004-051,04336,25830,45967,760
2005-061,04637,34029,52367,909
2006-07.The data item is not applicable40,66030,66071,320
2007-08.The data item is not applicable38,71432,59971,313
2008-09.The data item is not applicable42,11135,92878,039
2009-10.The data item is not applicable43,75237,39181,143
2010-11.The data item is not applicable44,41436,74381,157
2011-12.The data item is not applicable46,93537,31184,246
2012-13.The data item is not applicable47,47037,69885,168
2013-14.The data item is not applicable46,84935,80082,649
2014-15.The data item is not applicable47,89636,05383,949
2015-16.The data item is not applicable47,96636,98184,947
2016-17.The data item is not applicable47,13437,00784,141
2017-18.The data item is not applicable49,22137,75486,975
2018-19.The data item is not applicable51,41842,21593,633
2019-20.The data item is not applicable59,34450,040109,384
2020-21.The data item is not applicable79,92976,706156,635
2021-22.The data item is not applicable102,78970,094172,883
2022-23.The data item is not applicable121,12977,155198,284
2023-24.The data item is not applicable138,84384,963223,806

Metadata

Title

Council tax collection

Last update

June 2024 June 2024

Next update

June 2025

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

Keywords

Local Government Finance, council tax collection rate

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