Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November 2016 to Question 52130, what criteria the Government applies when considering its approach to council tax equalisation; and whether the Government has issued advice on that subject to local authorities considering proposals for reorganisation.

Any criteria for council tax equalisation would be developed on a case-by-case basis. The Government remains committed to working with local authorities to keep council tax low for hard-working taxpayers. It has issued no guidance to local authorities considering proposals for reorganisation.