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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October, Question 180627, whether the calculation of the average amount of council tax across an area includes (a) parish and (b) town council precepts.

As I explained on 22 October to Question UIN 180627 in response to my Hon Friend's earlier question, how any average council tax is to be calculated for the purposes of any council tax harmonisation will be a matter for the council concerned acting in accordance with the secondary legislation that provides for that harmonisation of council tax.