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Data Provider: Welsh Government Council tax collection at 31 March, by type of income (£ 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[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 taxClick 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
[Collapse]Total debit for yearFor arrears, this is the sum of any debits raised.The data item is not applicable188,6322,122,1042,310,736.The data item is not applicable218,2902,331,5852,549,875
Total debit for yearFor arrears, this is the sum of any debits raisedArrears brought forward at 1 April.The data item is not applicable199,269.The data item is not applicable199,269.The data item is not applicable222,940.The data item is not applicable222,940
In-year council tax debit for year.The data item is not applicable-10,6372,122,1042,111,467.The data item is not applicable-4,6502,331,5852,326,935
[Expand]Amount budgeted to be collectedThe amount budgeted to be collected when the council tax was set.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable2,063,9932,063,993.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable2,269,1902,269,190
[Expand]Amounts received during year.The data item is not applicable42,0972,036,4802,078,577.The data item is not applicable49,6882,228,0162,277,704
[Expand]Amount received as a percentage of total debit.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable96.096.0.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable95.695.6
[Expand]Amounts collected as a percentage of budgeted amount.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable98.798.7.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable98.298.2
[Expand]Amounts written off during year.The data item is not applicable7,6926618,353.The data item is not applicable8,3737869,159
[Expand]Amounts outstanding at 31 March.The data item is not applicable138,84384,963223,806.The data item is not applicable160,229102,783263,012

Metadata

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.

Title

Council tax collection

Last update

June 2025 June 2025

Next update

June 2026

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

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


Statistical quality

See weblinks

Keywords

Local Government Finance, council tax collection rate