Council tax collection by billing authority

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Table

Data values	Data description	Year	Row	Column	Authority
412	£ thousand	1996-97	Arrears brought forward at 1 April	Arrears of community charge	Isle of Anglesey
394	£ thousand	1996-97	Arrears brought forward at 1 April	Arrears of community charge	Gwynedd
386	£ thousand	1996-97	Arrears brought forward at 1 April	Arrears of community charge	Conwy
893	£ thousand	1996-97	Arrears brought forward at 1 April	Arrears of community charge	Denbighshire
287	£ thousand	1996-97	Arrears brought forward at 1 April	Arrears of community charge	Flintshire
1,301	£ thousand	1996-97	Arrears brought forward at 1 April	Arrears of community charge	Wrexham
203	£ thousand	1996-97	Arrears brought forward at 1 April	Arrears of community charge	Powys
370	£ thousand	1996-97	Arrears brought forward at 1 April	Arrears of community charge	Ceredigion
111	£ thousand	1996-97	Arrears brought forward at 1 April	Arrears of community charge	Pembrokeshire
1,424	£ thousand	1996-97	Arrears brought forward at 1 April	Arrears of community charge	Carmarthenshire
1,075	£ thousand	1996-97	Arrears brought forward at 1 April	Arrears of community charge	Swansea
711	£ thousand	1996-97	Arrears brought forward at 1 April	Arrears of community charge	Neath Port Talbot
1,135	£ thousand	1996-97	Arrears brought forward at 1 April	Arrears of community charge	Bridgend
588	£ thousand	1996-97	Arrears brought forward at 1 April	Arrears of community charge	Vale of Glamorgan
850	£ thousand	1996-97	Arrears brought forward at 1 April	Arrears of community charge	Rhondda Cynon Taf
264	£ thousand	1996-97	Arrears brought forward at 1 April	Arrears of community charge	Merthyr Tydfil
975	£ thousand	1996-97	Arrears brought forward at 1 April	Arrears of community charge	Caerphilly
611	£ thousand	1996-97	Arrears brought forward at 1 April	Arrears of community charge	Blaenau Gwent
876	£ thousand	1996-97	Arrears brought forward at 1 April	Arrears of community charge	Torfaen
283	£ thousand	1996-97	Arrears brought forward at 1 April	Arrears of community charge	Monmouthshire
1,334	£ thousand	1996-97	Arrears brought forward at 1 April	Arrears of community charge	Newport
3,492	£ thousand	1996-97	Arrears brought forward at 1 April	Arrears of community charge	Cardiff
17,975	£ thousand	1996-97	Arrears brought forward at 1 April	Arrears of community charge	Total Unitary Authorities
574	£ thousand	1996-97	Arrears brought forward at 1 April	Arrears of council tax	Isle of Anglesey
690	£ thousand	1996-97	Arrears brought forward at 1 April	Arrears of council tax	Gwynedd

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Metadata

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Next update expected:June 2026

Updates

• 11th June 2026:

  Updated with 2025-26 data.

• 15th October 2025: Dataset first published.

Main information

• Designation: Accredited official statistics
• Data provider: Local Authorities
• Data source: Council tax collection (CTC) data collection
• Time period covered: April 1996 to March 2026
• Dataset ID: 04eb4d05-55ab-4c1c-80fa-627fa809fc14

Overview

• Summary of dataset and variables:

  Council tax is the main source of locally-raised income for local authorities. Council tax collection data analyses the amount of council tax that Welsh local authorities collected in each financial year.

• Data collection or calculation:

  The data requested and provided by local authorities are required under legislation.

• Statistical quality:

  The collection is a 100% survey and as such no estimation of the figures is calculated, and hence there is no sampling error.

• Related reports:
  • Council tax collection rates

Published by

• Organisation: Welsh Government
• Contact email: stats.finance@gov.wales