Question follow-through · 23911

Council Tax: Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many council tax payers pay over 12 months.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
14 Jan 2025
Target answer date
16 Jan 2025
Answer
21 Jan 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 14 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many council tax payers pay over 12 months.

  2. 16 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    Council tax is usually paid in 10 instalments across the year. Households have a right to request to pay their council tax in 12 monthly instalments. The government has not collected data on how many households pay their council tax across 12 instalments ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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