Written Question·Treasury·UIN 99866

Council Tax

Tabled: 15 December 2025
Answered: 22 December 2025

Question

Sir James Cleverly

Conservative — Braintree

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Valuation Office Agency's Council Tax: practice notes, Basis of Valuation- Valuation Assumptions, Section 4.3: Tenure, what estimate the Agency has made of the average difference between sale p

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
The Valuation Office Agency values properties in line with legislation. It is not required to provide estimates relating to the difference between sales prices and Council Tax valuations to carry out this work.