Written Question·Treasury·UIN 103886

Council Tax: Non-payment

Tabled: 7 January 2026

Answered: 15 January 2026

Question

Paul Holmes

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 52 of her Department's publication entitled HMT Budget 2025: Policy Costings, published in November 2025, what is the estimated uplift in the non-payment rate of council tax.

Answer

Dan Tomlinson

The High Value Council Tax Surcharge (HVCTS) is a new tax and is separate to Council Tax. HVCTS costings do not assume any increase in the non-payment of Council Tax. The assumptions used to estimate the revenue raised by the HVCTS are set out in the cost...

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