| Heading: |
Council Tax |
| Question ID: |
1785183 |
| UIN: |
38622 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-17 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4474 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Kevin Hollinrake
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| Asking Member handle: |
kevinhollinrake
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@kevinhollinrake
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her polices of the affordability of the average band D Council Tax bill, in the context of recent increases. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-03-24 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4569 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Jim McMahon
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| Answering Member handle: |
JimfromOldham
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@JimfromOldham
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| Answer text: |
Local authorities are responsible for setting council tax levels, taking account of local circumstances. The government continues to set referendum principles to give taxpayers a final say over excessive increases. The council tax system contains a range ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
7 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government |
| Tweeted: |
true |