PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(9 June 2026)

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many applications for discretionary council tax reductions on empty properties following bereavement have been (a) made and (b) granted by local authorities in each of the past five years; and what guidance the Government provides to councils on defining exceptional financial circumstances or vulnerability in this context.

Asked by:
Steve Barclay (Conservative)

The administration of council tax is the responsibility of local authorities, this involves administering exemptions and discounts. The department does not hold data on applications for discretionary council tax reductions on empty properties following bereavement, and has not published guidance on exceptional financial circumstances or vulnerability in this context.

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