Committees

Council Tax Collection

Inquiry

This inquiry will lookinto council tax collection in England, examining the practices employed by local authorities to collect council tax arrears.

The inquiry will also look at other issues including whether there should be changes to the legislation on the recovery of council tax arrears, and how local authority council tax support schemes affect council tax collection rates.

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was Friday 14 January 2022.

Reports, special reports and government responses

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Second Report - Council Tax Collection
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Response to this report
Response to Committee's Second Report of Session 2023 - 24
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Correspondence

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Letter from the Minister for Local Government to the Chair dated 2 May 2024 concerning the Government’s response to the Committee’s Report on Council Tax Collection
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Letter from the UK Information Commissioner to the Chair dated 2 May 2024 concerning the Committee’s Report on Council Tax Collection
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Letter from the Chair to the Secretary of State dated 15 April 2024 concerning the Government response to the Committee's report on Council Tax Collection
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Oral evidence transcripts

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27 February 2023
Inquiry Council Tax Collection
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Oral Evidence
6 June 2022
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Oral Evidence

Written evidence

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TellJO (CTC0041)
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Miss Teressa Cornish (Debt Advice Caseworker at Money Advice Plymouth) (CTC0001)
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Norfolk County Council (CTC0002)
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Other publications

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Contact us

  • Email: hclgcom@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 6232 (general enquiries) | 020 7219 7556 (media inquiries)
  • Address: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA