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Data Provider: Welsh Government National Statistics 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 tax78,03981,14381,15784,24685,16882,64983,94984,94784,14186,97593,633109,384156,635172,883198,284223,806
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Arrears of council taxIncludes arrears of previous years in-year amounts42,11143,75244,41446,93547,47046,84947,89647,96647,13449,22151,41859,34479,929102,789121,129138,843
In-year council tax35,92837,39136,74337,31137,69835,80036,05336,98137,00737,75442,21550,04076,70670,09477,15584,963

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