Council Tax: Arrears
(asked on 16th November 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
What estimate he has made of the amount owed to local authorities in council tax arrears.
This question was answered on 16th November 2020
The cumulative total of council tax owed as at 31 March 2020 was £3.6 billion. This was an increase of £345 million on the previous year. In 2019-20, councils collected 96.8 per cent of the council tax due that year.