Question follow-through · 99200
Empty Property and Second Homes: Council Tax
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department advises councils to undertake an economic or housing market impact assessment prior to implementing (a) empty or (b) second home premiums on council tax.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 11 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 22 Dec 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department advises councils to undertake an economic or housing market impact assessment prior to implementing (a) empty or (b) second home premiums on council tax.
15 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Dec 2025
Answer published
The government does not prescribe any specific impact assessments that should be undertaken when councils decide to charge council tax premiums. However, we have published guidance setting out some of the steps they should take. This includes making an as...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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