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1721710

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Second Homes: Council Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to allow local authorities to increase Council Tax by up to 500% on second homes.
tabling member constituency	North Cornwall
tabling member printed	Ben Maguire
uin	425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2024 answer text <p>From April 2025 councils will have the power to charge a premium of up to 100% on second homes.</p><p>Future local authority funding decisions will be a matter for the next Spending Review and Local Government Finance Settlement in which we are engaged.</p> answering member constituency Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton answering member printed Jim McMahon question first answered 26/07/2024 08:14:24 answering member 4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon
tabling member	5350

1522730

registered interest
date	17/10/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Second Homes: Council Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Policy Paper entitled Levelling Up and Regeneration: further information, published by his Department on 11 May 2022, what his timescale is for providing further information will be available on the proposed alignment test to replace the duty to co-operate.
tabling member constituency	East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Damian Hinds
uin	64026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>The duty to cooperate is widely agreed not to have achieved this objective.  Therefore, the duty will be abolished by the current draft of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill, and replaced by a more flexible requirement for authorities to align emerging plan proposals with neighbouring planning authorities and other public bodies and infrastructure providers where relevant.</p><p>The new policy requirement will be an important element of local plan examinations by a planning inspector, who can form a planning judgement on the proposals put forward.</p><p>This policy requirement is still being developed and is intended to be set out in a revised National Planning Policy Framework, which will be subject to further consultation in due course.  However, the important difference is that as a policy requirement, shortcomings in alignment can be capable of being rectified by the planning authority or inspector, whereas under the current duty to cooperate, failures result in the failure of the local plan.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 24/10/2022 15:30:25 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds

1507218

registered interest
date	21/09/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Second Homes: Council Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will provide a timeline for plans to allow local authorities to charge a council tax premium on second homes.
tabling member constituency	Truro and Falmouth
tabling member printed	Cherilyn Mackrory
uin	53517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2022 answer text <p>The Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill is currently in its Committee stage in the House of Commons and contains a discretionary power for councils to apply a council tax premium of up to 100% on second homes. Subject to the conclusion of the passage of this bill, it will be for councils to decide whether to introduce a premium and, if so, when it should come into effect. In order to provide taxpayers with fair warning of increased liability, any determination to introduce a premium should be made at least one year prior to it coming into effect.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 30/09/2022 09:51:30 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4758 label Biography information for Cherilyn Mackrory

1483481

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Second Homes: Council Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the policy paper, Levelling Up and Regeneration: further information, published on 11 May 2022, how many local authorities have indicated to his Department that they would welcome the power to increase council tax liability by up to 100 per cent on second homes.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	26020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government has recognised the impact that large numbers of second homes can have on the sustainability and viability of local communities. The council tax premium on second homes will be discretionary, and it will be for local authorities to decide whether to apply such a premium.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 05/07/2022 16:24:15 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1483482

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Second Homes: Council Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the policy paper, Levelling Up and Regeneration: further information, published on 11 May 2022, whether it is his intention to allow councils to increase tax liability for second homes by up to 100 per cent, where the owners divide their time between their main home and their second home approximately 50 per cent at each.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	26021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>Councils are responsible for determining whether a property is a sole or main residence, or a second home. The powers contained in the Levelling-Up and Regeneration Bill do not specify an occupancy threshold for application of the premium.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 05/07/2022 16:25:31 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1463124

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Second Homes: Council Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department plans to (a) make all second homes eligible for increases in Council Tax or (b) introduce a cap on the number of days a second home must be occupied before becoming eligible.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	2551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text <p>The Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill includes powers to enable billing authorities to apply a discretionary council tax premium of up to 100% on second homes. The decision on whether to apply a premium, and the level, will be a matter for each billing authority. The Bill does not contain any cap in relation to the number of days a second home must be occupied before becoming liable for a council tax second homes premium.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 19/05/2022 14:03:43 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1438123

registered interest
date	04/03/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Second Homes: Council Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of providing powers to local authorities to levy increased council tax premiums on second homes.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	134420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government keeps all tax policy under review. It has already removed the requirement for local authorities to offer a discount on second homes enabling them to charge the full rate of council tax and, in April 2016, introduced a 3 per cent higher rate of Stamp Duty Land Tax for those purchasing additional properties.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 15/03/2022 16:48:17 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1438124

registered interest
date	04/03/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Second Homes: Council Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to monitor the (a) economic and (b) social impact of changes to council tax which may be levied on second homes in Wales from April 2023.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	134421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2022 answer text <p>Council tax is a devolved matter and it will be for the Welsh Government to decide whether to carry out any monitoring of any legislation introduced in Wales.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 15/03/2022 16:48:53 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1404487

registered interest
date	19/01/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Second Homes: Council Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward proposals to increase council tax by up to 100 per cent on second homes.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	107535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2022 answer text <p>It would not be appropriate to comment on the likelihood of future tax changes outside of fiscal events. However, the Government keeps all tax policy under review.</p><p>It is worth noting that purchases of second homes in England and Northern Ireland will be liable to pay the Higher Rates for Additional Dwellings Stamp Duty Land Tax surcharge. This was introduced in 2016 as part of the Government’s commitment to support first time buyers.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 27/01/2022 16:06:09 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1230704

registered interest
date	02/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Second Homes: Council Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of changing the tax regulations which allow second home owners to avoid paying full council tax by registering their properties as holiday lets.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	84333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2020 answer text <p>Council tax is a devolved matter and the Welsh Government is responsible for the relevant legislation in Wales.</p><p>In England, a property may be registered as a holiday let – and therefore assessed for business rates rather than council tax – only if it is available for short-term let for 140 days or more a year.</p><p>The Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government has consulted on the criteria under which a holiday let is liable for business rates rather than council tax in England and is currently considering responses to that consultation.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 07/09/2020 15:49:44 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake