Question follow-through · 13868
Ministers: Official Residences
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Cabinet Office’s policy of the Government paying the council tax bill of a Minister in an official residence applies to Ministers whose primary residence is neither their constituency address nor the
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 29 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 1 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 13 Jul 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Communities and local government
- Ministers: Council Tax · 8 Jul 2026
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- Ministers: Official Residences · 28 Aug 2026
- Ministers: Official Residences · 28 Aug 2026
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Recorded timeline
29 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Cabinet Office’s policy of the Government paying the council tax bill of a Minister in an official residence applies to Ministers whose primary residence is neither their constituency address nor the
1 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Jul 2026
Answer published
The Government's policy on official residences and council tax is unchanged. Ministers are responsible for paying council tax where an official residence is their primary residence. For government owned properties which are official residences, the Govern...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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