Petition · past parliament

No exemption from council tax include prayer rooms.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

No-one should be exempt from paying council tax.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We cannot accept your petition because the claim that prayer rooms create an exemption from council tax has no basis in council tax law. It is not possible for owners of domestic property to avoid council tax by claiming that their property, or part of it, is used for religious purposes. There are circumstances in which religious practice can give rise to council tax discounts, but the use of domestic property for communal worship is not one of these.

We're therefore not sure what further action you'd like the Government or Parliament to take.

Timeline

12 Sep 2018 Petition opened for signatures
19 Sep 2018 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 19 Sep 2018

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.