Question follow-through · 16529
Empty Property: Council Tax
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the time period for exemption from Council Tax for retirement properties left vacant after death of their owner.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 27 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 3 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 3 Dec 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the time period for exemption from Council Tax for retirement properties left vacant after death of their owner.
3 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Dec 2024
Answer published
Where a dwelling is left empty following the passing of the occupant, the dwelling will be exempt from council tax until probate is granted or letters of administration are signed. A further six months exemption is available so long as the dwelling remain...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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