Council Tax
(asked on 6th November 2024) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the amount of uncollected council tax in England in each year since 2019.
This question was answered on 20th November 2024
The government annually publishes data on the collection of council tax. Data on uncollected council tax up to 2023-24 is below:
Year | 2019-20 (£ million) | 2020-21(£ million) | 2021-22 (£ million) | 2022-23 (£ million) | 2023-24 (£ million) |
Amounts not collected in current year | 1,154 | 1,518 | 1,606 | 1,629 | 1,760 |
Total arrears outstanding as at 31 March | 3,577 | 4,418 | 4,966 | 5,479 | 5,982 |