Council Tax Collection Statistics

Council Tax collection figures by Scottish Local Authorities for 2006-07 and previous years.


Table 2: Summary of in-year Council Tax percentage received, by year to which the bill refers: Scotland and Local Authorities (1)

Year to which bill refers

1998-99

1999-00

2000-01

2001-02

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06 (2)

2006-07 (2)

Percentage collected
in billing year

Percentage collected
in billing year

Percentage collected
in billing year

Percentage collected
in billing year

Percentage collected
in billing year

Percentage collected
in billing year

Percentage collected
in billing year

Percentage collected
in billing year

Percentage collected in billing year
(provisional)

Scotland

87.2

88.3

89.2

90.6

91.4

91.7

92.7

93.3

93.8

Aberdeen City

89.6

89.7

89.9

89.8

90.1

90.2

91.5

92.2

94.3

Aberdeenshire

94.2

91.8

93.2

93.8

94.0

94.0

95.3

95.8

95.9

Angus

93.5

93.6

93.9

94.5

94.7

95.0

95.6

95.8

96.4

Argyll & Bute

88.3

90.1

91.8

92.5

93.0

94.0

95.5

94.9

95.3

Clackmannanshire

86.6

86.7

88.5

89.7

90.2

91.2

91.3

92.1

92.6

Dumfries & Galloway

88.1

92.0

93.5

94.2

94.0

94.1

94.6

94.1

94.8

Dundee City

87.3

86.6

85.0

85.0

85.7

86.2

87.1

90.7

90.7

East Ayrshire

81.8

83.2

85.3

86.4

88.3

90.1

91.3

92.0

92.4

East Dunbartonshire

90.0

91.0

91.0

92.9

93.6

94.1

94.7

95.3

95.6

East Lothian

87.2

90.8

92.4

94.2

94.5

95.3

96.0

96.1

96.1

East Renfrewshire

91.2

93.3

93.5

94.5

95.2

95.4

95.4

95.7

95.9

Edinburgh, City of

87.7

88.1

88.1

90.3

90.7

87.6

90.4

91.8

92.4

Eilean Siar

90.1

89.7

87.8

88.9

91.1

92.0

92.6

93.9

93.7

Falkirk

91.6

92.3

93.1

93.8

94.0

94.6

95.2

95.9

96.2

Fife

91.8

90.4

89.2

90.9

91.9

93.0

93.9

94.0

94.3

Glasgow City

77.3

78.9

80.1

81.5

83.7

85.1

85.6

86.1

86.0

Highland

90.1

91.1

91.4

92.2

92.6

93.5

94.1

95.1

95.4

Inverclyde

77.2

81.3

80.3

87.0

88.0

89.4

90.7

91.9

93.1

Midlothian

88.6

90.7

91.5

92.9

93.1

93.9

94.2

94.2

94.3

Moray

91.0

92.9

92.3

92.7

92.7

94.9

95.6

96.0

96.6

North Ayrshire

83.8

85.2

87.2

89.5

89.9

89.8

91.7

92.8

93.3

North Lanarkshire

83.8

86.2

87.9

90.8

92.2

93.2

93.6

94.2

94.7

Orkney Islands

96.1

96.3

96.4

97.3

97.7

97.8

97.3

97.6

97.8

Perth & Kinross

93.1

92.1

93.5

94.1

95.0

95.3

96.1

96.4

96.6

Renfrewshire

87.4

89.4

91.0

93.0

93.5

93.9

94.2

94.7

94.9

Scottish Borders

95.2

95.7

95.7

96.3

96.0

95.6

96.6

96.7

96.8

Shetland Islands

94.3

94.5

95.2

95.8

96.1

95.9

96.1

96.0

96.5

South Ayrshire

88.2

91.5

93.3

93.9

94.0

94.3

94.5

94.8

94.8

South Lanarkshire

87.1

87.9

93.2

93.2

93.5

93.9

94.6

94.8

95.1

Stirling

92.1

93.7

93.9

95.0

95.8

96.4

96.4

96.8

96.9

West Dunbartonshire

76.6

80.4

79.6

84.5

87.0

87.5

89.4

90.4

92.1

West Lothian

84.3

88.5

90.3

91.4

92.3

92.7

93.0

93.5

93.8

Source: 1998-99 to 2005-06 - Statutory Performance Indicators published by Audit Scotland, 2006-07 - Information supplied by Councils to Scottish Executive on the CTRR statistical return
(1) The figures exclude Council Tax Benefit and Water and Sewerage Charges. They are before any amounts written off for bad or doubtful debt and reflect any correction to liabilities following billing.
(2) 2005-06 and 2006-07 Figures include additional amounts in respect of reduced Second Home/Long Term Empty property discounts

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