Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 6316

Council Tax: Single People

Tabled: 4 October 2024
Answered: 10 October 2024
Named Day

Question

Clive Lewis

LabourNorwich South

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has undertaken an impact assessment on the effect of removing the Council Tax discount for single people.

Answer

Jim McMahon
The Government currently has no plans to change the single person discount. Decisions on future local authority funding will be a matter for the next Spending Review and Local Government Finance Settlement in which we are fully engaged.