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1686778

registered interest
date	01/02/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Council Tax: Tax Rates and Bands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of updating the valuations upon which Council Tax bands are set.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Dehenna Davison
uin	12689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2024 answer text <p>As set out previously, the Government has no plans to conduct a revaluation of council tax bands.</p><p>The Government remains committed to improving the local government finance landscape in the next Parliament. The Government confirmed in the Policy Statement published ahead of the provisional Local Government Finance Settlement that in response to calls for stability the Government is prioritising stability in this Parliament and will work with local government and the wider sector on the new challenges and opportunities they face in the next Parliament.</p> answering member constituency North Dorset answering member printed Simon Hoare question first answered 08/02/2024 16:45:47 answering member 4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
tabling member	4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison

1608126

registered interest
date	28/03/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Council Tax: Tax Rates and Bands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the application of restraint by councils in setting precepts.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
uin	175545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2023 answer text <p>Council tax levels are for local authorities to decide, taking into account local taxpayers, public sector services and electoral decisions. The Government determines referendum thresholds each year for most types of authority to protect council tax payers from excessive increases. In determining the thresholds the Government takes into account increases set in previous years. Data on the council tax levels set by local authorities for 2023-24 is available <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Flive-tables-on-council-tax&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cde7a0351c87942362b4308db35209aec%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638162186367484286%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=2BA0WBchHvysD2J2vXnlqp5zd8tTBeedZ5u11Rcl6L8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>. Data on town and parish precepts will be published in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 04/04/2023 15:58:14 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

1552746

registered interest
date	16/12/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Council Tax: Tax Rates and Bands
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of the adequacy of the bands used for calculating council tax.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL4368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2022 answer text <p>As the Secretary of State set out recently, we keep all such policies under review.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 22/12/2022 12:42:25 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

1130371

registered interest
date	06/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Council Tax: Tax Rates and Bands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has pans to encourage local authorities to reduce rates of council tax.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	261214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>Council tax levels are determined by local authorities, although the Government maintains a referendum threshold to ensure local residents can have the final say on excessive increases. Referendum principles are set each year alongside the Local Government Finance Settlement, and proposals for 2020-21 will be published later in the year.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 261215 question first answered 11/06/2019 09:26:09 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

1130372

registered interest
date	06/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Council Tax: Tax Rates and Bands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has plans to reduce the two per cent referendum threshold on council tax increases to zero.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	261215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>Council tax levels are determined by local authorities, although the Government maintains a referendum threshold to ensure local residents can have the final say on excessive increases. Referendum principles are set each year alongside the Local Government Finance Settlement, and proposals for 2020-21 will be published later in the year.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 261214 question first answered 11/06/2019 09:26:10 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

746213

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
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: Tax Rates and Bands
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 his Department has made of the likely amount of council tax revenue that was foregone in the most recent year for which figures are available as a result of inaccurate banding of properties for council tax purposes.
tabling member constituency	Altrincham and Sale West
tabling member printed	Mr Graham Brady
uin	1635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department has not undertaken an assessment of the likely amount of council tax revenue foregone as a result of inaccurate banding of properties. Council tax payers have the right to formally challenge whether their property is in the correct band within six months of moving into their home.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 06/07/2017 15:47:39 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	435 label Biography information for Lord Brady of Altrincham