Question follow-through · 11411

Council Tax: Surrey

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of (a) the impact of the council tax equalisation process from the unitary restructuring on council tax bills in each local authority dist

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
19 Jun 2026
Target answer date
23 Jun 2026
Answer
29 Jun 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 19 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of (a) the impact of the council tax equalisation process from the unitary restructuring on council tax bills in each local authority dist

  2. 23 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 29 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    Where new councils inherit different levels of council tax from their predecessors, legislation provides for them to be harmonised no later than the start of the eighth year after the restructuring. Decisions on council tax levels will be taken by the new...

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