Written Question·Treasury·UIN 103462

Council Tax: Surcharges

Tabled: 6 January 2026
Answered: 13 January 2026

Question

David Simmonds

ConservativeRuislip, Northwood and Pinner

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to the OBR Economic and fiscal outlook report of 26 November 2025, Table 3.9, what is her Department's estimate of the monetary annual value of the behavioural effects from the introduction of the council ta

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
Estimates of the direct behavioural effects are set out on page 78 of the Office for Budget Responsibilities Economic and Fiscal Outlook:https://obr.uk/docs/dlm_uploads/OBR_Economic_and_fiscal_outlook_November_2025.pdf A breakdown of the policy costing is...

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