British local authorities and how much council tax they hold in dormant/closed accounts Amount of credit in Name of local authority closed/dormant Number of closed/dormant accounts accounts in credit Aberdeen City Council £611,837 3,510 Aberdeenshire Council N/A* N/A* Adur District Council £23,988 103 Allerdale Borough Council £91,857 1,386 Amber Valley Borough Council £538,953 5,831 Angus Council £252,600 2,176 Argyll & Bute Council N/A N/A Arun District Council £232,609 1,817 Ashfield District Council N/A N/A Ashford Borough Council £224,143 1,783 Aylesbury Vale District Council £446,445 2,222 Babergh District Council £69,043 417 Barnsley Borough Council £126,722 967 Barrow Borough Council £517,500 4,520 Basildon District Council N/A N/A Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council £232,736 1,513 Bassetlaw District Council N/A N/A Bath & North East Somerset Council £1,250,000 9,714 Bedford Borough Council N/A N/A Birmingham City Council £6,684,216 39,274 Blaby District Council N/A N/A Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council £466,939 4,680 Blackpool Council £104,253 545 Blaenau Gwent County Borough £418,978 10,888 Bolsover District Council £173,679 1,309 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council £293,576 1,546 Borough Council of Wellingborough N/A N/A Boston Borough Council £394,529 4,462 Bournemouth Borough Council £191,943 3,045 Bracknell Forest Council £43,398 577 Braintree District Council N/A N/A Breckland District Council £39,124 311 Brentwood Borough Council N/A N/A Bridgend County Borough Council £625,133 8,417 Brighton & Hove City Council £1,004,563 6,830 Bristol City Council N/A N/A Broadland District Council £75,502 484 Bromsgrove District Council £320,449 2,057 Broxbourne Council £161,677 978 Broxtowe Borough Council N/A N/A Burnley Borough Council £239,159 1,928 Bury Council £919,422 11,363 Caerphilly County Borough Council £408,000 4,946 Calderdale Council £795,307 8,458 Cambridge City Council £3,140,000 1,983 Cannock Chase District Council £238,697 2,399 Canterbury City Council £873,128 6,516 Cardiff Council £599,628 6,670 Carlisle City Council N/A N/A Carmarthenshire County Council N/A N/A Castle Point Borough Council £180,652 1,463 Central Bedfordshire Council £550,732 4,909 Ceredigion County Council N/A N/A Charnwood Borough Council £435 82 Chelmsford City Council N/A N/A Cheltenham Borough Council £41,407 338 Cherwell District Council £837,102 3,510 Cheshire East Council £2,419,640 12,558 Cheshire West & Chester Council £551,718 4,293 Chesterfield Borough Council £296,509 3,035 Chichester District Council £802,342 3,323 Chiltern District Council £179,591 571 Chorley Council £403,739 3,710 Christchurch Borough Council £44,950 450 City & County of Swansea £91,364 1,105 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council £356,766 2,107 City of Edinburgh Council £13,201,363 119,061 City of Lincoln Council £759,088 9,670 City of London Corporation £73,623 392 City of Westminster N/A N/A City of Wolverhampton Council £360,138 2,367 City of York £761,824 7,824 Clackmannanshire Council £0 0 Colchester Borough Council £1,020,722 9,583 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles Council) £15,917 206 Conwy County Borough Council £3,335 18 Copeland Borough Council £62,773 719 Corby Borough Council £206,714 2,486 Cornwall Council £1,696,183 15,887 Cotswold District Council £294,550 1,340 Council of the Isles of Scilly N/A N/A Coventry City Council £882,515 6,213 Craven District Council N/A N/A Crawley Borough Council £240,817 1,917 Dacorum Borough Council £154,076 1,152 Darlington Borough Council £343,178 2,297 Dartford Borough Council N/A N/A Daventry District Council £148,461 1,053 Denbighshire Council £183,606 1,612 Derby City Council £202,075 2,933 Derbyshire Dales £58,809 372 Doncaster Council £463,163 4,701 Dover District Council £615,290 5,198 Dudley Metropolitan Borough £356,000 3,482 Dumfries & Galloway Council N/A N/A Dundee City Council £54,914 366 Durham County Council £99,314 625 Ealing Council £5,929,560 29,812 East Ayrshire Council £32,840 276 East Cambridgeshire District Council £355,731 2,165 East Devon District Council £144,579 965 East Dorset District Council £148,433 941 East Dunbartonshire Council £115,290 1,080 East Hampshire District Council £82,255 355 East Herts Council £112,766 540 East Lindsey District Council £73,083 524 East Lothian Council £584,570 7,580 East Northamptonshire Council £48,774 332 East Renfrewshire Council £156,457 1,490 East Riding of Yorkshire Council £427,704 3,299 East Staffordshire Borough Council £644,064 9,296 Eastbourne Borough Council £329,930 1,564 Eastleigh Borough Council £253,144 1,569 Eden District Council N/A N/A Elmbridge Borough Council £496,590 1,617 Epping Forest District Council £661,119 3,665 Epsom & Ewell Borough Council £151,213 406 Erewash Borough £110,273 1,429 Exeter City £209,137 1,873 Falkirk District Council £345,071 4,862 Fareham Borough Council N/A N/A Fenland District Council £539,373 4,462 Fife Council N/A N/A Flintshire County Council N/A N/A Folkestone & Hythe £69,012 430 Forest Heath District Council £239,953 1,472 Forest of Dean District Council £87,896 599 Fylde Borough Council £42,980 150 Gateshead Council £489,713 5,659 Gedling Borough Council £61,858 483 Glasgow City Council £12,790,250 65,636 Gloucester City Council £634,432 5,449 Gosport Borough Council N/A N/A Gravesham Borough Council £476,661 4,690 Great Yarmouth Borough Council N/A N/A Guildford Borough Council £971,856 11,304 Gwynedd Council N/A N/A Halton Borough Council £211,826 2,951 Hambleton N/A N/A Harborough District Council N/A N/A Haringey Council £5,261,025 24,704 Harlow Council £222,895 2,038 Harrogate Borough Council N/A N/A Harrow Council £756,659 2,249 Hart District Council N/A N/A Hartlepool Borough Council £163,836 2,036 Hastings Borough Council £726,394 6,042 Havant District Council £867,427 6,809 Herefordshire Council £350,890 3,068 Hertsmere Borough Council £694,998 4,840 High Peak Borough N/A N/A Highland Council N/A N/A Hinckley & Bosworth District Council N/A N/A Horsham District Council N/A N/A Hull City Council £453,020 7,285 Huntingdonshire District Council £39,964 174 Hyndburn Borough Council £0 0 Inverclyde Council £74,466 601 Ipswich Borough Council £220,377 1,561 Isle of Anglesey County Council £135,483 467 Isle of Wight Council £599,497 4,111 Kettering Borough Council £31,476 233 King's Lynn & West Norfolk Borough Council £40,544 163 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council N/A N/A Knowsley Metropolitan Borough N/A N/A Lancaster City Council £2,920,055 2,302 Leeds City Council £1,508,883 12,868 Leicester City Council N/A N/A Lewes District Council £329,930 1,564 Lichfield District Council £600,848 5,168 Liverpool City Council £396,000 3,411 London Borough of Barking & Dagenham £1,658,141 14,728 London Borough of Barnet £485,720 2,763 London Borough of Bexley £2,677,101 19,939 London Borough of Brent N/A N/A London Borough of Bromley £3,600,778 24,622 London Borough of Camden £4,602,791 22,382 London Borough of Croydon N/A N/A London Borough of Enfield N/A N/A London Borough of Hackney £5,536,132* 65,606 London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham £3,600,000 27,492 London Borough of Havering N/A N/A London Borough of Hillingdon £1,366,167 8,987 London Borough of Hounslow £6,004,317 55,626 London Borough of Islington N/A N/A London Borough of Lambeth £4,817,571 24,253 London Borough of Lewisham N/A N/A London Borough of Newham N/A N/A London Borough of Redbridge £3,411,538 24,302 London Borough of Richmond upon Thames £4,113,418 27,791 London Borough of Southwark £4,818,712 27,267 London Borough of Sutton £704,279 3,430 London Borough of Tower Hamlets £6,547,419 66,072 London Borough of Waltham Forest £2,715,955 19,227 London Borough of Wandsworth N/A N/A Luton Borough Council £642,352 5,526 Maidstone Borough Council £284,034 2,114 Maldon District Council N/A N/A Malvern Hills District Council £80,479 386 Manchester City Council £4,887,574 54,393 Mansfield District Council £418,372 1,457 Medway Council £1,130,792 380 Melton Borough Council £5,379 123 Mendip District Council £1,008,391 9,963 Merthyr Tydfil Council £105,651 1,075 Merton Council £2,263,239 14,349 Mid Devon District Council £77,714 486 Mid Suffolk District Council £74,288 419 Mid Sussex District Council £1,250,096 6,250 Middlesbrough Borough Council £1,176,215 12,276 Midlothian Council £1,130,402 12,048 Milton Keynes Council N/A N/A Mole Valley Council £235,863 1,185 Monmouthshire County Council £61,545 255 Moray Council £385,441 4,750 Neath Port Talbot Council £8,302 47 New Forest District Council £57,360 269 Newark & Sherwood District Council N/A N/A Newcastle upon Tyne City Council N/A N/A Newcastle-under-Lyme Council N/A N/A Newport City Council £210,186 2,373 North Ayrshire Council £237,861 3,474 North Devon District Council N/A N/A North Dorset District Council £143,171 1,001 North East Derbyshire £361,832 2,978 North East Lincolnshire Council £832,243 7,944 North Hertfordshire District Council £1,444,137 7,077 North Kesteven District Council £267,982 2,147 North Lanarkshire Council £953,795 11,373 North Lincolnshire Council £75,807 1,163 North Norfolk District Council £65,634 398 North Somerset Council N/A N/A North Tyneside Council £354,142 3,339 North Warwickshire Borough Council £16,826 99 North West Leicestershire N/A N/A Northampton Borough Council £1,337,725 11,463 Northumberland County Council £78,767 591 Norwich City Council £293,693 2,921 Nottingham City Council N/A N/A Nuneaton & Bedworth N/A N/A Oadby & Wigston District Council £159,994 1,825 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council N/A N/A Orkney