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Council Tax: Surcharges

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of name of the high value council tax surcharge on public awareness of the local authorities' role in the process of collecting revenue from this tax.

answeredTreasury

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A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body: Treasury
Tabled: 19 Mar 2026
Target answer date: 23 Mar 2026
Answer: 27 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

19 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of name of the high value council tax surcharge on public awareness of the local authorities' role in the process of collecting revenue from this tax.
23 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Mar 2026
Answer published
As set out at Budget 2025, the High Value Council Tax Surcharge will be administered alongside existing Council Tax by local authorities, who will collect revenue. The Government will undertake a new burdens assessment to ensure costs to local authorities...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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