Council Tax
Commons · Question 122210 · Tabled 19 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 26 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by David Simmonds
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what methodology his Department uses when calculating a council taxbase in the context of the Local Government Finance Settlement.
Answer
Answered by Alison McGovern, 26 Mar 2026
The government believes it is right to continue to calculate Core Spending Power in line with the approach used at previous Settlements. We are therefore assuming each authority’s council tax base increases in line with the average annual growth in their ...