Council Tax: Single People
Commons · Question 10490 · Tabled 22 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 30 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Lee Anderson
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many people claimed the single-person discount on council tax in the latest period for which data is available; and what the cost to the public purse was of this discount in
Answer
Answered by Jim McMahon, 30 Oct 2024
The latest available data for October 2023 shows there were approximately 8.6 million households in receipt of a single person discount. This data is available here - Council Taxbase 2023 in England - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). The Government does not collect d...