This is the amount of this year's council tax bills that simply hadn't been paid by the end of the year — the new unpaid debt created this year alone, separate from old debts. It shows how much fresh non-payment the council generated. A low figure means this year's billing largely worked; a high one means a lot of new debt was added to the pile, though some of it will still trickle in later.
| name | ct_uncollected_inyear |
|---|---|
| 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 27 "21. Amounts uncollected in 2024-25" |
| period | 2024-25 financial year |
| missingness | unknown |
| score_note | New-arrears flow is near-mechanically 100 minus the rate times the debit, in pounds. |
| peer_group | council class (district / county / unitary / metropolitan / London) — not yet scored on the leaderboard |
New arrears generated this year: 2024-25 council tax left uncollected at 31 March 2025, before write-offs. It isolates current-year collection failure from the inherited arrears stock. Some of this will still be collected in later years, so it overstates ultimate loss.