Council Tax Collection Statistics 2006

Table 4: Council Tax billed and received ^(1)(2)(3) at 31 March 2006 where year to which the bill refers was prior to the introduction of the unitary authorities in April 1996: Local Authorities (excluding Dumfries and Galloway)

	Year to which bill refers: 1993-94 to 1995-96
	Net Amount Billed £000s	Amount received as at 31st March 1996 £000s	Amount received from 1st April 1996 to 31 March 2006 £000s	Total amount received as at 31 March 2006 £000s	Percentage received as at 31 March 2006 %
Scotland	2,805,188	2,546,865	144,993	2,691,858	96.0
Aberdeen City	139,468	129,750	5,729	135,479	97.1
Aberdeenshire	122,136	117,655	2,944	120,599	98.7
Angus	60,264	57,033	2,189	59,222	98.3
Argyll & Bute	59,947	54,930	3,253	58,183	97.1
Clackmannanshire	25,354	23,813	892	24,705	97.4
Dumfries & Galloway	..	..	..	..	..
Dundee City	80,532	72,201	5,009	77,210	95.9
East Ayrshire	56,026	50,796	3,297	54,093	96.5
East Dunbartonshire	81,117	76,735	2,664	79,399	97.9
East Lothian	58,816	54,006	3,338	57,344	97.5
East Renfrewshire	59,418	56,534	2,275	58,809	99.0
Edinburgh, City of	360,970	327,702	17,954	345,656	95.8
Eilean Siar	13,954	12,529	1,145	13,674	98.0
Falkirk	64,876	61,406	2,330	63,736	98.2
Fife	193,502	180,073	8,406	188,479	97.4
Glasgow City	291,892	238,646	18,494	257,140	88.1
Highland	114,068	102,721	7,881	110,602	97.0
Inverclyde	41,057	37,084	2,400	39,484	96.2
Midlothian	47,537	43,582	2,504	46,086	96.9
Moray	42,254	40,398	1,146	41,544	98.3
North Ayrshire	69,463	61,555	4,979	66,534	95.8
North Lanarkshire	147,936	131,694	10,185	141,879	95.9
Orkney Islands	9,355	9,087	211	9,298	99.4
Perth & Kinross	82,443	78,828	2,648	81,476	98.8
Renfrewshire	100,749	89,241	7,264	96,505	95.8
Scottish Borders	56,582	54,345	1,350	55,695	98.4
Shetland Islands	9,880	9,421	379	9,800	99.2
South Ayrshire	75,901	71,546	3,085	74,631	98.3
South Lanarkshire	164,654	148,969	9,215	158,184	96.1
Stirling	49,939	47,308	1,664	48,972	98.1
West Dunbartonshire	49,634	40,400	6,223	46,623	93.9
West Lothian	75,464	66,877	3,940	70,817	93.8

Source: Information supplied by Councils to Scottish Executive on the CTRR statistical return

(1) All figures are NET of discounts (eg single persons discount), exemptions and surcharges (although not all councils can exclude surcharges - see below). 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) Up to an including 1995-96 the figures for amounts billed and received include Council Water Charges
(3) Dumfries and Galloway has only provided figures from 1996-97 onwards
Surcharges: Councils are asked to exclude surcharges, although this is not always possible. Surcharges have been included for Aberdeenshire, East Lothian, Eilean Siar, Fife, North Ayrshire, Renfrewshire, Scottish Borders and Shetland.

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