Written questions

Council Tax: Single People

Commons · Question 5423 · Tabled 11 Sep 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 9 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by David Simmonds

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the value of the council tax single person discount on a Band D home is in each local billing authority in England in 2024-25; how many households claim that discount in eac

Answer

Answered by Jim McMahon, 9 Oct 2024

The annual aggregate cost of the single person discount is dependent on decisions taken by individual local authorities who set their council tax level having taken account of their tax base. Data on the number of households receiving the single person di...