Question follow-through · 1759

Council Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the Valuation Office Agency is applying the statutory requirement to base Council Tax bandings on 1 April 1991 property values;

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled: 15 May 2026
Target answer date: 19 May 2026
Answer: 26 May 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

15 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the Valuation Office Agency is applying the statutory requirement to base Council Tax bandings on 1 April 1991 property values;
19 May 2026
Target answer date
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26 May 2026
Answer published
The Valuation Office will assess the council tax bands of all domestic properties in England based on their capital value in 1991. Information on how the Valuation Office assesses the banding of individual properties is available here. They continue to ca...

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