FI14935
Request
- For the years 2019-2020, 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24, please provide the number of individual cases of uncollected tax (full or partial amounts) Council Tax and the total amount in sterling of uncollected Council Tax in each of those years.
- A breakdown into postcode area (or former borough boundary area if easier) of all uncollected (full or partial amounts) Council Tax cases in each of the years 2019-2020, 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24.
- For each of the years set out above, the number of individual Council Tax debtor cases which were successfully concluded and taxes concluded and taxes collected (either in the financial of the same year or subsequently).
- For each of the years set about above, the number of individual Council Tax debtor cases which have remained pending/ongoing without successful conclusion
- For each of the years above, the number of individual Council Tax debtor cases which have been written off by the authority and taxes not collected
Response
1 The amount in uncollected Council Tax as at 12 July 2024 is set out below. Accounts with a debit balance were regarded as uncollected.
|
Year
|
Cases
|
Amount
|
|
2019/20
|
1715
|
£871,933.69
|
|
2021/22
|
2164
|
£1,274,423.67
|
|
2022/23
|
1926
|
£1,189,145.75
|
|
2023/24
|
5083
|
£3,072,240.83
|
2 The property postcode has had the last three digits removed in order that individual properties are not identifiable. Individual properties are considered personal data and therefore exempt from disclosure under Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act.
|
2019/20
|
2021/22
|
2022/23
|
2023/24
|
|
Post Code
|
Number of Accounts
|
Balance
|
Post Code
|
Number of Accounts
|
Balance
|
Post Code
|
Number of Accounts
|
Balance
|
Post Code
|
Number of Accounts
|
Balance
|
|
CT13
|
51
|
£24,629.35
|
CT13
|
78
|
£41,284.50
|
CT13
|
93
|
£49,051.95
|
CT13
|
267
|
£158,299.57
|
|
CT14
|
323
|
£162,080.40
|
CT14
|
418
|
£237,731.36
|
CT14
|
407
|
£253,615.09
|
CT14
|
1194
|
£718,011.31
|
|
CT15
|
78
|
£44,483.40
|
CT15
|
104
|
£69,916.15
|
CT15
|
96
|
£65,639.40
|
CT15
|
302
|
£185,003.34
|
|
CT16
|
487
|
£252,131.65
|
CT16
|
583
|
£340,104.56
|
CT16
|
503
|
£304,857.83
|
CT16
|
1252
|
£724,693.38
|
|
CT17
|
670
|
£326,587.79
|
CT17
|
813
|
£470,563.28
|
CT17
|
651
|
£396,970.92
|
CT17
|
1591
|
£936,273.43
|
|
CT18
|
6
|
£3,707.22
|
CT18
|
9
|
£5,716.97
|
CT18
|
15
|
£9,416.87
|
CT18
|
54
|
£47,390.47
|
|
CT3
|
96
|
£51,419.46
|
CT3
|
152
|
£98,434.11
|
CT3
|
156
|
£103,231.78
|
CT3
|
410
|
£283,954.20
|
|
CT4
|
5
|
£6,894.42
|
CT4
|
7
|
£10,672.74
|
CT4
|
5
|
£6,361.91
|
CT4
|
13
|
£18,615.13
|
3 Please note that accounts with a zero balance are marked as collected. Credits have been removed as there are vavious reasons why the account could be in credit ie a liability change
|
Year
|
Cases
|
|
2019/20
|
56,195
|
|
2021/22
|
56,695
|
|
2022/23
|
55,436
|
|
2023/24
|
54,579
|
4 This information can be found in the response to question 1.
5 Please note that write offs that are full write offs and partial write offs have been included regardless of reason. Credit write offs and small balance write offs under £5 have been excluded..
|
Year
|
Full
|
Partial
|
|
2019/20
|
65
|
352
|
|
2021/22
|
59
|
209
|
|
2022/23
|
17
|
140
|
|
2023/24
|
14
|
74
|
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