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question first answered	2019-07-23T14:22:46.743Z
legislature › pref label	House of Commons
min answer › question first answered	2019-05-21T13:17:05.177Z
answer › answering member constituency	Richmond %28Yorks%29

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1140351

registered interest

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18/07/2019

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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Council Tax Reduction Schemes

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25259

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question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of how the changes to the rules on social security entitlements for mixed aged couples will affect local authority council tax reduction schemes given the protected status of pensioners in such schemes.

tabling member constituency

Battersea

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Marsha De Cordova

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279147

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is ministerial correction

date of answer

23/07/2019

answer text

<p>My Department has informed local authorities that it will ensure consistency in the treatment of mixed age couples between local council tax reduction schemes and the wider benefits system from 1 April 2020. Council tax reduction schemes operating in the current financial year should continue to treat persons as pensioners or not pensioners according to definitions set out in existing regulations.</p>

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Richmond (Yorks)

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Rishi Sunak

question first answered

23/07/2019 14:22:46

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label	Biography information for Marsha De Cordova