This is to let you know that
a statistics release giving details of the collection rates for council tax and
national non-domestic rates in England in 2012-13 has just been published.
It is published on the gov.uk
website at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-communities-and-local-government/series/council-tax-statistics
- Local authorities
in England collected £22.4 billion in council taxes by the end of March
2013 out of a total of £23.0 billion collectable. This gave a national
average in-year collection rate for council tax in England of 97.4% in
2012-13, an increase of 0.1 percentage points over 2011-12.
- Local
authorities in England collected £21.9 billion in non-domestic rates by
the end of March 2013 out of a total of £22.4 billion collectable. This
gave a national average in-year collection rate for non-domestic rates in
England of 97.7% in 2012-13, a decrease of 0.1 percentage points over
2011-12.
- Over the
last four years, the national collection rate for council tax has
increased by 0.4 percentage points. In the same period the national
collection rate for national non-domestic rates has fallen by 0.1
percentage points.
- In 2012-13
local authorities collected £474 million of outstanding council tax,
irrespective of the year to which it related. This represents more than 2%
of the Net Collectable Debit for 2012-13.
- In 2012-13
local authorities wrote off £162 million of uncollectable council tax,
irrespective of the year to which it related. This represented 0.7% of the
Net Collectable Debit for 2012-13.
- At 31
March 2013, the total amount of council tax still outstanding amounted to
£2.376 billion; this is a cumulative figure and includes arrears that may
stretch back to the introduction of council tax in 1993
Thank you to all of you that contributed to this
release.
John Farrar
Local Government
Finance - Data Collection, Analysis & Accountancy
Department for
Communities and Local Government
Zone 5/J6
Eland House
Bressenden Place
London
SW1E 5DU
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