Question follow-through · 99495
Council Tax: Surcharges
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the council tax bands, banding thresholds and multipliers for the new council tax surcharge will be set in (a) primary or (b) secondary legislation.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 12 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 22 Dec 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
12 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the council tax bands, banding thresholds and multipliers for the new council tax surcharge will be set in (a) primary or (b) secondary legislation.
16 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Dec 2025
Answer published
The government expects that the implementation of the High Value Council Tax Surcharge (HVCTS) will require both primary and secondary legislation.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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