Council Tax
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 2 March 2026 to Question 113737, on Council Tax: City of Westminster and Wandsworth, and pursuant to the answer of 10 June 2026, to Question 5955, on Council Tax, whether the notional council tax level assumed for each of the six councils at part of the Local Government Finance Settlement in 2027-28 and 2028-29 is the national notional council tax listed in the answer to Question 5955.
Answered by Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
The council tax level assumed for each of the six councils in the final Local Government Settlement for 2026-27 to 2028-29 is based on the actual Band D level for each council in 2025-26.
As set out in the answer to Question UIN 5955, to calculate their Core Spending Power, we assume City of Westminster, Wandsworth, Kensington and Chelsea, Hammersmith and Fulham, City of London, and Windsor and Maidenhead increase their council tax by 5% in 2026-27. We also assume they will increase their council tax by 5% plus £150 in 2027-28 and 2028-29. The actual level of council tax remains a local decision for individual councils, taking into consideration a range of local factors including the impact on taxpayers.
With regards to the national notional level of council tax, there is no bespoke treatment for these authorities. The Local Government Finance Settlement uses the national notional council tax level to calculate the resource adjustment, which accounts for the different council tax raising ability between local authorities.
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