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Official Residences: Council Tax

Asked by Kevin HollinrakeConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 1 July 2026UIN 12172

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 6 November 2002 to Question 78643 on Ministers (Tax), whether the policy of a tax exemption on the benefit in kind of Ministerial accommodation includes council tax.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson

The tax rules for employment-related living accommodation apply to Government ministers in the same way as they do to all employees.

Information on the living accommodation exemption is set out in HMRC’s guidance at: www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/employment-income-manual/eim11332

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