FOI Request - Council Tax Arrears

Request 101003126092

Under FOI, I would please like to request the following information:

1. The number of Council Tax arrears in the local authority each fiscal year since 2017-18, with a breakdown by year.

Clarification sought 10-08-2022

Clarification received 10-08-2022: To clarify,  I am looking for the number of Council Tax accounts that have received a warrant in each financial year

Response 07-09-2022

1. Below are noted the amount of Council Tax Warrants Granted during that specific year. These figures contain amounts for previous years' debts passed to warrant granted stage during that financial year.

2017/18 - 7292, of which 4833 for 2017/18, 2459 for previous years
2018/19 - 6914, of which 5412 for 2018/19, 1502 for previous years
2019/20 - 6634, of which 5432 for 2019/20, 1202 for previous years
2020/21 - 3270, of which 2550 for 2020/21, 720 for previous years
2021/22 - 7428, of which 4873 for 2021/22, 2555 for previous years
2022/23 (thus far) - 3083, all for 2022/23