Council Tax: Valuation

(asked on 21st April 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of conducting a revaluation of existing residential property for council tax purposes.


Answered by
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Kemi Badenoch
President of the Board of Trade
This question was answered on 28th April 2022

The Government has no plans to carry out a council tax revaluation in England. A revaluation would be expensive to undertake and could result in increases in bills for many households. The council tax revaluation in Wales resulted in 33% of homes being placed in a higher band compared to 8% of homes that were placed in a lower band. A revaluation would risk penalising those on lower incomes, including pensioners, who might have seen their homes appreciate in value, but not be able to afford higher council tax.

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