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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to review the banding system applied to properties for the purpose of collecting council tax in England; and if he will make a statement.

The Government has no plans to review council tax banding of properties in England, which would require a revaluation to be implemented effectively. A revaluation would be expensive to undertake, and could result in increases in bills for many households, as happened following the council tax revaluation in Wales when 33% of all homes there were placed in a higher band compared to 8% of homes that were placed in a lower band.