This is how much money a council actually recovered during the year from council tax bills that went unpaid in earlier years. It shows whether old debts get chased and paid, or just sit on the books. A high figure means the council genuinely claws back old debt; a low one means late bills tend to be lost for good.
| name | ct_old_arrears_collected |
|---|---|
| dataset | 03-council-tax-collection |
| kind | extracted |
| type | numeric |
| unit | £000 |
| grain | billing authority |
| role | feature |
| source | data/Table_9_QRC4_2024-25.ods / sheet Table_9a / cols 20-21 "16./17. Amount of arrears ... collected in 2024-25" (split: 2022-23-and-earlier vs 2023-24 only) |
| period | 2024-25 financial year |
| missingness | col 20 can be a reported 0 where the split was unavailable ([note a]); otherwise unknown |
| score_note | Note a zeros plus overlap with prior-year receipts; raw feedstock for the recovery rate. |
| peer_group | council class (district / county / unitary / metropolitan / London) — not yet scored on the leaderboard |
The amount of brought-forward arrears actually collected during the year, split between debt from 2022-23 and earlier (col 20) and 2023-24 debt (col 21). It measures old-debt recovery effort directly. Caveat [note a]: col 20 can be a reported 0 where the authority could not provide the split, understating any ratio built on it.