Question follow-through · 100313

Council Tax: Surcharges

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2025 to Question 97744 on Council Tax: Sutton Coldfield, if she will publish the evidential basis for the claim that the surcharge will raise £400m in revenue in 2028/29.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
16 Dec 2025
Target answer date
18 Dec 2025
Answer
23 Dec 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2025 to Question 97744 on Council Tax: Sutton Coldfield, if she will publish the evidential basis for the claim that the surcharge will raise £400m in revenue in 2028/29.

  2. 18 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 23 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    The policy costing note for the High Value Council Tax Surcharge is available on page 51 of the Budget 2025 policy costings document: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/692872fd2a37784b16ecf676/Budget_2025-Policy_Costings.pdf

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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