Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will instruct Local Authorities to disregard the compensation and pensions of veterans as a form of council income.

Councils tax support for working-age people is locally designed. Councils must review their schemes each year and make any changes in consultation with their residents. Support for pensioners is prescribed in regulations which are updated by the department each year in line with changes to the wider benefit system. For 2026-27, the regulations include new capital disregards for the Armed Forces LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme and the Miscarriage of Justice Compensation Scheme.