Question follow-through · 97606
Council Tax: Single People
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the single persons council tax discount to 50%.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 5 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 9 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 15 Dec 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the single persons council tax discount to 50%.
9 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Dec 2025
Answer published
The single person discount has been a feature of the council tax system since its introduction. Council tax contains both a property and a personal element. A full bill assumes that there are at least two adults living in a dwelling. Where there is only o...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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