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Consumer Prices Index: Council Tax

Asked by Kevin HollinrakeConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 8 July 2025UIN 64048

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason council tax is not included in the measure of consumer price inflation.

Answered by Georgia Gould

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 1st July is attached.

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