Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 7338

Council Tax: Single People

Tabled: 4 October 2024
Answered: 14 October 2024

Question

Mr Peter Bedford

ConservativeMid Leicestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of people qualify for the single-person household council tax discount.

Answer

Jim McMahon
The latest available data for October 2023 shows there were approximately 8.6 million households in receipt of a single person discount, this represents approximately a third of all households liable for council tax in England. This data is available here...

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