| Heading: |
Council Tax: Probate |
| Question ID: |
1796984 |
| UIN: |
47916 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-24 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5090 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Tom Morrison
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| Asking Member handle: |
thomasmorrison
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@thomasmorrison
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an exemption for Council Tax on properties that are temporarily unoccupied due to probate. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-05-02 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4569 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Jim McMahon
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| Answering Member handle: |
JimfromOldham
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@JimfromOldham
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| Answer text: |
When a property has been left empty following the death of its owner or occupant, it is exempt from council tax for as long as it remains unoccupied and until probate is granted. Following a grant of probate (or the signing of letters of administration), ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
7 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government |
| Tweeted: |
true |