{"value":{"id":1935331,"askingMemberId":5313,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2026-08-28T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2026-09-02T00:00:00","uin":"24955","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of guidance to billing authorities on the exercise of discretionary powers to reduce council-tax liabilities where an estate has been unable to sell an empty property because of exceptional delays in obtaining probate and letters of administration.","answeringBodyId":7,"answeringBodyName":"Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":null,"answerIsCorrection":null,"answeringMemberId":null,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":null,"answerText":null,"originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Council Tax: Probate","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1935331","method":"GET"}]}