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765616

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date	06/10/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Council Tax: Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, why Open University students do not qualify for council tax discounts; and whether he plans to review this policy.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	106139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The council tax system in England does not exclude Open University students from being eligible for council tax discounts. If such students meet the eligibility criteria that apply to any council tax discount, they will qualify for it.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 106129 question first answered 16/10/2017 16:00:30 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

765618

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Council Tax: Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the (a) effect on living standards and (b) equity of Open University students being ineligible for council tax discounts.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	106129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The council tax system in England does not exclude Open University students from being eligible for council tax discounts. If such students meet the eligibility criteria that apply to any council tax discount, they will qualify for it.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 106139 question first answered 16/10/2017 16:00:30 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows