Question follow-through · 85088

Council Tax: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent steps has he taken to help tackle council tax fraud.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
27 Oct 2025
Target answer date
29 Oct 2025
Answer
13 Nov 2025 · 17 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 27 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent steps has he taken to help tackle council tax fraud.

  2. 29 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    Council tax is administered by local authorities. It is therefore for them to manage and address any potential cases of fraud in the council tax system. Councils have powers to impose penalties on households which knowingly provide false information as we...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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