Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 37837

Council Tax: Floods

Tabled: 12 March 2025
Answered: 20 March 2025

Question

Leigh Ingham

LabourStafford

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of trends in the level of people being required to pay full council tax after vacating properties due to flooding.

Answer

Jim McMahon
The government does not collect data on the council tax paid by all homes which are empty due to flooding. However, where a property is assessed as uninhabitable it may be removed from the council tax list, making it no longer liable for council tax. Coun...

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