Question follow-through · 105884
Second Homes: Council Tax
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to publish a revised local government finance settlement that excludes consideration of income received through second home council tax premiums.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 14 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 20 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 20 Jan 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to publish a revised local government finance settlement that excludes consideration of income received through second home council tax premiums.
20 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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20 Jan 2026
Answer published
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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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