Council Tax
Commons · Question 5731 · Tabled 12 Sep 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 9 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Edward Morello
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the impact of basing the council tax that a household pays on the value of their property relative to others on 1 April 1991 on rural areas.
Answer
Answered by Jim McMahon, 9 Oct 2024
All properties in England are assigned one of eight council tax bands based on their capital value in April 1991. Valuing all properties based on the same date ensures that all dwellings are valued on a fair and consistent basis, but the Government does m...