Question follow-through · 22080

Council Tax: Surcharges

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether single adult households will be able to claim the 25% single person discount on the council tax surcharge.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body: Treasury
Tabled: 28 Aug 2026
Target answer date: 2 Sept 2026
Answer: 8 Sept 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether single adult households will be able to claim the 25% single person discount on the council tax surcharge.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Sept 2026
Answer published
The Government has set out plans to introduce the High Value Council Tax Surcharge, which will increase fairness within the system.The Government has consulted on the design of the High Value Council Tax Surcharge, including on a deferral scheme to suppor...

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