Question follow-through · 12434
Sheltered Housing: Service Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of arrangements whereby service charges and council tax on retirement properties remain pay
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 23 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 25 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 30 Jun 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Communities and local government
- Freehold: Ground Rent · 28 Aug 2026
- Right to Manage Companies · 28 Aug 2026
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
Recorded timeline
23 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of arrangements whereby service charges and council tax on retirement properties remain pay
25 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Jun 2026
Answer published
In relation to service charges I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 4726 on 8 June 2026. With regard to council tax, when a property has been left empty following the death of its owner or occupant, it is exempt from council tax for...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Freehold: Ground Rent
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of reduced ground-rent income on the ability of freeholders to fund the maintenance of residential buildings.
Right to Manage Companies
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her department plans to take to implement the Law Commission’s 2020 recommendations on the Right to Manage and enfranchisement.