Question follow-through · 4045

Council Tax: Single People

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of households that receive the single person council tax discount are (a) widows and (b) widows of retirement age.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

About this written question

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Answering body: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled: 3 Sept 2024
Target answer date: 5 Sept 2024
Answer: 11 Sept 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

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Recorded timeline

3 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of households that receive the single person council tax discount are (a) widows and (b) widows of retirement age.
5 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Sept 2024
Answer published
The Government does not collect data on the individual characteristics, or benefits received, of residents of households receiving a single person council tax discount.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

Later records

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