Question follow-through · 115268
Council Tax: Veterans
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will instruct Local Authorities to disregard the compensation and pensions of veterans as a form of council income.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 23 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 25 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 3 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will instruct Local Authorities to disregard the compensation and pensions of veterans as a form of council income.
25 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Mar 2026
Answer published
Councils tax support for working-age people is locally designed. Councils must review their schemes each year and make any changes in consultation with their residents. Support for pensioners is prescribed in regulations which are updated by the departmen...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Almshouses: Affordable Housing
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