Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 39758
Armed Forces: Council Tax
Tabled: 19 March 2025
Answered: 26 March 2025
Question
Zöe Franklin
Liberal Democrat — Guildford
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure serving personnel who are posted away on operational duties and have a property in the UK are able to receive council tax discounts; and how his Department ensures pe
Answer
Al CarnsThe Ministry of Defence (MOD) pays a tax-free allowance called Council Tax Relief for certain Service personnel on specified operations or assignments. In 2011, the MOD doubled the rate from 25 per cent to 50 per cent, under the auspices of the Armed Forc...
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