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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of people qualify for the single person council tax discount in (a) 2025-26 and (b) 2026-27; and what estimate she has made of the aggregate value of the discount in of those years in England.

The Department collects data on the number of dwellings entitled to a single person discount but does not collect data on the number or proportion of people who qualify for the discount. The latest available data shows that, as of 6 October 2025, 8.5 million dwellings were entitled to a single person discount. The data is available here: Local authority Council Taxbase in England 2025 (revised) - GOV.UK. Equivalent data for 2026 is not yet available and will be published in November 2026.

The department does not make an estimate of the aggregate value of the single person discount.