Armed Forces: Council Tax
Commons · Question 39758 · Tabled 19 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence · Official record
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Zöe Franklin
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure serving personnel who are posted away on operational duties and have a property in the UK are able to receive council tax discounts; and how his Department ensures pe
Answer
Answered by Al Carns, 26 Mar 2025
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) pays a tax-free allowance called Council Tax Relief for certain Service personnel on specified operations or assignments. In 2011, the MOD doubled the rate from 25 per cent to 50 per cent, under the auspices of the Armed Forc...