Question follow-through · 4202
Council Tax: Single People
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her policy is on the single-person discounts on council tax for single (a) pension and (b) working households; and what the forecast discount is for the next five financial
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 4 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 9 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 9 Sept 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her policy is on the single-person discounts on council tax for single (a) pension and (b) working households; and what the forecast discount is for the next five financial
9 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Sept 2024
Answer published
For both pension-age and working-age households, where there is only one liable adult resident in a property, the council tax bill is reduced by 25%. The Government will carefully consider the impact on councils and taxpayers, before making any future dec...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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