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Council Tax: Surcharges

Commons · Question 103462 · Tabled 6 Jan 2026 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 13 Jan 2026

Question

Asked by David Simmonds

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to the OBR Economic and fiscal outlook report of 26 November 2025, Table 3.9, what is her Department's estimate of the monetary annual value of the behavioural effects from the introduction of the council ta

Answer

Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 13 Jan 2026

Estimates of the direct behavioural effects are set out on page 78 of the Office for Budget Responsibilities Economic and Fiscal Outlook:https://obr.uk/docs/dlm_uploads/OBR_Economic_and_fiscal_outlook_November_2025.pdf A breakdown of the policy costing is...