Council Tax: Discounts

Mr. Stewart Jackson
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which local authorities offer a local council tax discount to pensioners.

John Healey
As at 6 October 2008, five authorities—Bury metropolitan borough council, Kirklees council, Lincoln city council, the London borough of Hillingdon and the metropolitan borough council of Wirral—reported that they offer local council tax discounts for pensioners.