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Question follow-through · 86773

Ministers: Council Tax

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Minister who occupy Ministerial residences as second homes and have council tax paid (a) have restrictions on the number of days that they can occupy the property each week.

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
30 Oct 2025
Target answer date
3 Nov 2025
Answer
13 Nov 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 30 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Minister who occupy Ministerial residences as second homes and have council tax paid (a) have restrictions on the number of days that they can occupy the property each week.

  2. 3 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    There are no such restrictions imposed.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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