Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of households that will receive support via the £144 million of discretionary funding for people not automatically eligible for the council tax rebate announced on the 3 February 2022, in total and broken down by those living in (a) council tax band E to H and (b) council tax bands A to D who are exempt from council tax.

The government recognises that local authorities are best placed to determine who requires further support – that is why we are giving them the flexibility to determine how to target support within the £144m of discretionary funding. This is in addition to the 80% of households supported by the Council Tax Energy Rebate for council tax billpayers in bands A-D.