Question follow-through · 4980

Council Tax: Single People

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of recipients of the single person discount on council tax are (a) women, (b) over 66 and (c) in households with dependents under 18.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled: 10 Sept 2024
Target answer date: 12 Sept 2024
Answer: 18 Sept 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

10 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of recipients of the single person discount on council tax are (a) women, (b) over 66 and (c) in households with dependents under 18.
12 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Sept 2024
Answer published
The Government has not historically collected data on the individual characteristics of residents of households receiving a single person council tax discount.

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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