Council Tax Arrears Data for each Financial Year from 2015/16 to 2025/26
Case reference FOI2026/01147
Received 14 May 2026
Published 12 June 2026
Request
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information in spreadsheet form:
1 . The number of households in council tax arrears for each financial year from 2015-16 to 2025-26.
2. Of those households who are in council tax arrears please provide the average amount of arrears a household is in for each financial year from 2015-16 to 2025-26.
3. The total amount of council tax arrears for each financial year from 2015-16 to 2025-26.
Response
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information in spreadsheet form:
1 . The number of households in council tax arrears for each financial year from 2015-16 to 2025-26.
2. Of those households who are in council tax arrears please provide the average amount of arrears a household is in for each financial year from 2015-16 to 2025-26.
Answer: For questions 1 and 2, this information is not held.
The Service Area have advised, unfortunately we cannot retrospectively obtain the number of households that are in arrears for question one, as at the end of each year, because the system records ‘live’ data so only the current position is known. This in turn means we are unable to provide an answer for question 2.
3. The total amount of council tax arrears for each financial year from 2015-16 to 2025-26.
Answer: Please see the table below.
Please be advised we are unable to provide the requested information for financial years 2015/16 and 2016/17 as our records only go back to 2017/18 due to our retention policy.
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2017/18 |
£2,160,951.88 |
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2018/19 |
£2,413,976.99 |
|
2019/20 |
£2,744,684.74 |
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2020/21 |
£3,042,942.02 |
|
2021/22 |
£2,640,498.79 |
|
2022/23 |
£3,474,170.64 |
|
2023/24 |
£3,750,168.43 |
|
2024/25 |
£3,784,354.31 |
|
2025/26 |
£4,213,176.03 |
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