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Clergy: Housing

Asked by Sir James CleverlyConservativeChurch CommissionersTabled Answered 15 June 2026UIN 5348

The question

To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, with reference to the Answer of 20 March 2026, to Question 118770, on Church of England: Council Tax, if she will publish a copy of the high-level assessment.

Answered by Marsha De Cordova

Since publishing the answer to the Hon Member, for Braintree’s Question 118770, the High Value Council Tax Surcharge consultation has opened for submissions. In light of this, the National Church Institutions are currently updating the “high-level assessment” made in 2025 and are preparing a formal response to the consultation.

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