Fairer Council Tax: consultation analysis

Analysis - Question 2: The proposal is to increase the Council Tax on properties in Bands E, F, G and H by 7.5%, 12.5%, 17.5% and 22.5% respectively. Do you agree with the levels of increase set out in this proposal?

Quantitative analysis

• All respondents were asked to comment on the proposed levels of increase for Council Tax (even if they answered “No” to question 1). There were 14,700 responses to this question (1,322 from Bands A-D and 13,378 from Bands E-H).
• Out of all responses, 96% of respondents did not agree with the proposed levels of increase, 3% agreed and 1% did not know.
• A larger proportion of respondents in Bands A-D agreed with the proposed levels of increase (16%) compared to respondents in Bands E-H (2%). A larger proportion of organisations agreed with the proposed levels of increase (20%) compared to individuals (3%).
• 64% of respondents who agreed with a proposed tax increase also agreed with the proposed levels of increase. In comparison, almost no respondents who opposed a proposed tax increase (<1%) agreed with the proposed levels of increase.^[11]
• Out of 15 councils responding the consultation, 53% (8 councils) did not agree with the proposed levels of increase, 27% (4 councils) agreed with the proposed levels of increase and 20% (3 councils) responded “Don’t know”.