Council Tax Bands

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of poor households live in homes in each of the council tax bands A to H; and if he will make a statement. (101290)

The information requested is in the table.

*Proportion of households with incomes less than 60 per cent. of median by their council tax bands, Great Britain, 2004-05*
Council tax band	Before housing costs	After housing costs
A	36	37
B	20	20
C	19	19
D	13	12
E	7	6
F	3	3
G	2	2
H	0	0
Other¹	1	2
¹ Households not valued separately and not allocated a council tax band. Notes: 1. The commonly used definition for the threshold of relative low income (below 60 per cent. of contemporary median income) has been used in this table. 2. Figures may not sum to 100 due to rounding. Source: Family Resources Survey 2004-05

Volume 455: debated on Thursday 11 January 2007