Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many households have received Council Tax Support in (a) England, (b) the North West and (c) Stockport in the last 12 months.

The Government publishes a snapshot of the number of Local Council Tax Support claimants in England on a quarterly basis. This data sets out the number of pensioner and working-age claimants at a local authority level, as well as for England as a whole. The Government most recently updated this data on 17 February to reflect the number of claimants as of 31 December 2020. The latest data release is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-local-government-finance#local-council-tax-support .