Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 69149
Second Homes: Council Tax
Tabled: 18 July 2025
Answered: 24 July 2025
Question
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter
Labour — Suffolk Coastal
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that local authorities are correctly implementing the council tax premium on second homes.
Answer
Jim McMahonThe second homes council tax premiums is not a mandatory requirement, and it is for individual councils to decide whether to make use of a premium. However, where councils apply a premium, they are required to implement this in line with the relevant regu...
ⓘ
This is an extract from the Parliament API. Search the full answer on Parliament.uk (UIN 69149) →