This is the cash a council brought in this year from council tax bills that were originally due in earlier years. It shows that late payers do eventually pay when the council keeps chasing. A high figure means the council actively recovers old debts; a low one suggests old unpaid bills are left to gather dust.
| name | ct_prior_year_receipts |
|---|---|
| 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 / col 10 "6. Estimated receipts of previous years council taxes received in 2024-25" |
| period | 2024-25 financial year |
| missingness | unknown |
| score_note | Old-debt cash overlaps ct_old_arrears_collected and needs the bfwd stock as context. |
| peer_group | council class (district / county / unitary / metropolitan / London) — not yet scored on the leaderboard |
Arrears cash from previous years' council tax recovered during 2024-25. It signals active chasing of old debt rather than just in-year billing performance. Best interpreted relative to the opening arrears stock, since absolute amounts scale with council size and inherited arrears.