To ask His Majesty's Government, given the increases in council tax, (1) whether they are monitoring the level of council tax debt, and (2) what support they are providing to people in arrears.
Answered on
7 December 2022
Data on council tax arrears is collected for England by local authorities and the latest data for 2021-22 can be found here.
Councils are required to have locally designed council tax support schemes to help low income households to pay their council tax bills. The Government is providing a significant package of support to help households with the rising cost of living. Further information on this package of support can be found here.