Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 122210
Council Tax
Tabled: 19 March 2026
Answered: 26 March 2026
Question
David Simmonds
Conservative — Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what methodology his Department uses when calculating a council taxbase in the context of the Local Government Finance Settlement.
Answer
Alison McGovernThe government believes it is right to continue to calculate Core Spending Power in line with the approach used at previous Settlements. We are therefore assuming each authority’s council tax base increases in line with the average annual growth in their ...
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