Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 13868

Ministers: Official Residences

Tabled: 29 June 2026
Answered: 13 July 2026

Question

Kevin Hollinrake

ConservativeThirsk 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-Symonds
The 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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