Council Tax: Debt Collection
Commons · Question 127712 · Tabled 15 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 23 Apr 2026
Question
Asked by James McMurdock
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of council tax debt enforcement on the level of demand for local authority homelessness services in (a) England, (b) Thurrock,
Answer
Answered by Alison McGovern, 23 Apr 2026
The government expects councils to be proportionate in the actions they take to recover debts and sympathetic to those in hardship.The government has now published a response to its consultation on council tax administration setting out a package of refor...