Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the potential merits of embedding reflex genomic testing into the pancreatic cancer pathway.

The Government has published guidance on the administration and application of the council tax premiums and exceptions.

However, the council tax premiums are not a mandatory requirement, and it is for local authorities to determine where the premiums will apply, taking into account local circumstances.

While the government has introduced a range of mandatory exceptions where the premiums will not apply, local authorities have considerable discretion to introduce further exceptions where they think appropriate to do so.