Select committee: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Recommendation 9
Second Report - Council Tax Collection
Published 1 Dec 2023
Paragraph 47
Addressed to Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Recommendation (the committee's words)
The council tax collection best practice guidance, issued by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities in 2021, does not set out specific standards expected of local authorities. We agree with the Government that local authorities’ need some discretion, but we see no reason why a statutory code of practice would unnecessarily constrain local authorities’ decision making.
From: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, Second Report - Council Tax Collection (HC 57), paragraph 47, 1 December 2023
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 1 February 2024 (deadline 1 February 2024).