PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Council Tax: Single People (4 September 2024)

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her policy is on the single-person discounts on council tax for single (a) pension and (b) working households; and what the forecast discount is for the next five financial years.

Asked by:
Mark Garnier (Conservative)

For both pension-age and working-age households, where there is only one liable adult resident in a property, the council tax bill is reduced by 25%. The Government will carefully consider the impact on councils and taxpayers, before making any future decisions on council tax. The Government is committed to keeping taxes on working people as low as possible.

Answered by:
Jim McMahon (Labour)
9 September 2024