Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 13868
Ministers: Official Residences
Tabled: 29 June 2026
Answered: 13 July 2026
Question
Kevin Hollinrake
Conservative — Thirsk and Malton
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Cabinet Office’s policy of the Government paying the council tax bill of a Minister in an official residence applies to Ministers whose primary residence is neither their constituency address nor the
Answer
Nick Thomas-SymondsThe Government's policy on official residences and council tax is unchanged. Ministers are responsible for paying council tax where an official residence is their primary residence. For government owned properties which are official residences, the Govern...
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