Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 105803

Second Homes: Council Tax

Tabled: 14 January 2026

Answered: 19 January 2026

Named Day

Question

Steve Darling

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department takes account of exceptional circumstances in previous years when calculating Council Tax base growth, including reviews of single person discounts and the

Answer

Alison McGovern

At the provisional Local Government Finance Settlement 2026-27 to 2028-29 on 17 December 2025, we set out the funding available to councils through the longstanding Core Spending Power measure, which was calculated in line with the approach used at previo...

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