Council Tax Collection Statistics 2006

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Table 3: Summary of reported total council tax percentage received by 31 March 2006, by year to which the bill refers: Local Authorities (1)(2)(3)

Year to which bill refers

1993-94 to 1995-96

1996-97

1997-98

1998-99

1999-00

2000-01

2001-02

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06 (4)

Scotland

96.0

95.7

95.7

95.7

95.7

95.4

95.4

95.2

95.0

94.9

93.3

Aberdeen City

97.1

96.8

96.6

96.5

96.8

96.5

95.9

95.3

94.9

94.5

91.9

Aberdeenshire

98.7

98.9

98.6

98.4

97.5

97.8

97.8

98.0

97.2

97.6

95.8

Angus

98.3

98.1

98.4

98.3

98.2

98.0

97.8

97.4

97.2

97.0

96.3

Argyll & Bute

97.1

96.9

96.6

96.5

96.1

96.7

96.4

96.0

96.2

96.2

94.6

Clackmannanshire

97.4

96.1

94.6

93.1

94.7

94.7

94.4

94.2

94.5

93.3

92.1

Dumfries & Galloway

..

97.2

97.5

97.8

97.5

97.5

97.5

96.9

96.9

96.3

94.1

Dundee City

95.9

95.5

96.1

96.6

95.8

94.2

93.6

92.5

91.5

90.6

90.7

East Ayrshire

96.5

95.3

94.5

93.5

93.2

93.1

93.1

93.6

93.6

93.6

92.0

East Dunbartonshire

97.9

97.3

97.2

97.0

96.7

96.4

96.4

96.5

96.4

96.3

95.2

East Lothian

97.5

97.3

98.1

98.5

98.7

98.3

98.1

97.7

97.5

97.4

96.1

East Renfrewshire

99.0

98.7

98.5

98.4

98.3

98.1

98.2

98.0

97.7

97.1

95.7

Edinburgh, City of

95.8

95.8

95.7

96.0

96.2

94.9

95.4

94.7

93.3

93.7

91.8

Eilean Siar

98.0

98.0

97.7

97.1

96.6

96.1

95.9

96.0

96.2

95.7

92.8

Falkirk

98.2

98.0

97.8

97.9

97.6

97.6

97.5

97.3

97.1

96.8

95.9

Fife

97.4

97.9

97.8

97.5

97.0

96.4

96.3

96.3

96.4

96.2

93.8

Glasgow City

88.1

87.2

88.2

89.1

89.5

88.9

88.7

88.6

88.6

88.9

86.1

Highland

97.0

97.3

97.5

97.3

97.3

97.3

96.8

97.1

96.9

96.5

95.1

Inverclyde

96.2

95.3

94.3

94.2

93.5

93.2

93.8

94.2

94.3

94.0

91.9

Midlothian

96.9

96.2

96.3

96.5

96.6

96.5

96.2

96.1

96.1

95.9

94.2

Moray

98.3

97.9

97.6

97.6

97.4

97.4

97.1

96.8

97.1

96.9

96.0

North Ayrshire

95.8

94.6

93.9

94.2

93.8

93.4

94.0

94.2

94.0

93.6

92.0

North Lanarkshire

95.9

95.2

95.1

95.8

95.5

95.5

95.9

95.9

95.9

95.5

94.2

Orkney Islands

99.4

99.4

99.4

99.4

99.4

99.2

99.2

99.1

98.8

98.5

97.6

Perth & Kinross

98.8

98.2

98.3

98.2

97.8

97.7

97.4

97.2

97.2

97.3

96.4

Renfrewshire

95.8

96.4

96.1

96.6

96.1

96.2

96.0

95.9

95.3

94.6

94.6

Scottish Borders

98.4

98.8

98.6

98.5

98.4

98.3

98.2

97.9

97.5

97.5

96.7

Shetland Islands

99.2

99.4

99.3

99.3

99.5

99.4

99.3

99.0

98.8

98.2

95.5

South Ayrshire

98.3

97.3

96.8

97.1

97.3

97.3

97.2

96.8

97.0

96.4

94.9

South Lanarkshire

96.1

95.6

95.5

95.1

96.2

96.3

96.1

95.9

95.8

95.7

94.8

Stirling

98.1

98.4

98.3

98.3

98.2

97.9

98.0

98.3

98.1

97.9

96.8

West Dunbartonshire

93.9

92.0

91.0

90.4

89.8

89.3

90.0

90.1

89.8

90.2

90.4

West Lothian

93.8

95.3

96.0

96.1

96.2

96.2

96.1

95.8

95.5

95.0

93.4

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, They are included for all years for North Ayrshire). 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 and including 1995-96 the figures for amounts billed and collected include Council Water Charges
(3) Dumfries and Galloway has only provided figures from 1996-97 onwards
(4) 2005-06 Percentages received include additional amounts in respect of reduced Second Home/Long Term Empty property discounts

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