Question follow-through · 95392
Ministers: Official Residences
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the high value council tax surcharge will be payable by Ministers in official Ministerial residences which are (a) occupied as a primary residence and (b) occupied as a secondary residence.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 28 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 17 Dec 2025 · 19 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Communities and local government
- Deputy Prime Minister: Admiralty House · 6 Jan 2026
- Council Tax: Second Homes · 7 Jan 2026
- Deputy Prime Minister: Admiralty House · 8 Jan 2026
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Buildings · 4 Mar 2026
- Housing: Sales · 6 Mar 2026
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
Recorded timeline
28 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the high value council tax surcharge will be payable by Ministers in official Ministerial residences which are (a) occupied as a primary residence and (b) occupied as a secondary residence.
2 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Dec 2025
Answer published
I refer the Hon Member to PQ 95176.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Deputy Prime Minister: Admiralty House
6 Jan 2026 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 19 November 2025 to Question 89453 on Deputy Prime Minister: Admiralty House, on what specific date did HM Government inform Westminster City Council that the Ministerial residence was
Visitor Levy
7 Jan 2026 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 9 December 2025 to Question 95883, on Visitor Levy, whether the Office for National Statistics intends to classify the overnight visitor levy as a tax for statistical purposes.
Population: Religion
7 Jan 2026 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what datasets the Office for National Statistics collates and holds of the size of the population, and population growth, by religion, faith or belief, other than from the Census.
Proof of Identity: Digital Technology
7 Jan 2026 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 10 November 2025, to Question 84476, on Proof of Identity: Digital Technology, what the wider policy and guidance from the Cabinet Office is on whether departments should consider writt
Council Tax: Second Homes
7 Jan 2026 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the guidance entitled National Fraud Initiative: public-sector data specifications, updated on 11 November 2025, whether the council tax data matching will include the second homes council tax premiu
Deputy Prime Minister: Admiralty House
8 Jan 2026 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 9 December 2025, to Question 92614, on Deputy Prime Minister: Admiralty House, and with reference to Section 16 of the Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1992, for
Office for Statistics Regulation: Correspondence
26 Jan 2026 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the head of the Office for Statistics Regulation plans to respond to the letter from the Rt hon. Member for Braintree of 8 January 2026 on business rates.
Public Consultation
3 Feb 2026 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2026, to Question 105789, on Ministers and Public Consultation: Evidence, whether the Government accepts evidence in written consultations from organisations subject to the p
Housing: Construction
3 Feb 2026 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2025, to Question 95394, on Housing: Construction, what estimate has ONS made of per capita housebuilding rate in each constituent nation of the UK over the last 12 months.
Arms Length Bodies: By-elections
3 Feb 2026 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether all Arm’s Length Bodies, including public corporations and private companies owned by the Government, are required to follow the Cabinet Office local and Parliamentary by-election election purdah guidanc
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Buildings
4 Mar 2026 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 2 February 2026 to Question 108091 on MHCLG: Repairs and Maintenance, on what date the PFI contract for 2 Marsham Street expires; and which organisation will own the building on expiry.
Housing: Sales
6 Mar 2026 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate has the Office for National Statistics made of the average house price of a (a) residential dwelling and (b) primary residence dwelling, in each (i) local authority area and (ii) Parliamentary cons