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Council Tax: Surcharges

Asked by Sir James CleverlyConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 4 December 2025UIN 94688

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the banding thresholds for the high value council tax surcharge will be uprated each year in line with changes to (a) inflation or (b) the house price index.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson

Properties will be revalued every 5 years and banding thresholds will be kept under review alongside the revaluations.

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