| Heading: |
Social Services: Council Tax |
| Question ID: |
1787516 |
| UIN: |
HL6071 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-24 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4176 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Shipley
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Shipley
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government why they removed the requirement for the adult social care precept to be shown on council tax demand notices sent out by local authorities. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-03 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4956 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Taylor of Stevenage
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| Answering Member handle: |
SharonStevenage
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@SharonStevenage
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| Answer text: |
Since 2016-17 councils with responsibility for adult social care services have been given additional flexibility to increase their council tax without a referendum, provided this revenue is spent exclusively on these services. This flexibility is known as... |
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| Answering body ID: |
7 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government |
| Tweeted: |
true |