It is our understanding that British visitors to Turkey are free to worship as they please, regardless of which faith they belong to. We expect Turkey to uphold the right to freedom of religion or belief for Turkish citizens and foreign visitors alike. The Turkish constitution provides for freedom of conscience and religion, and President Erdogan publicly reiterated his commitment to those values at the beginning of this year.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4210", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-06-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-06-18T16:08:45.22Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "16"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Foreign and Commonwealth Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Foreign and Commonwealth Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-06-05", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Turkey: Christianity"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they intend to make to the government of Turkey about the freedom of Christian worship by British visitors.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1137", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Patten"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Patten"} ], "uin" : "HL8371"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/917778", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/917778/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
35 billing authorities in England did not apply a council tax premium in 2017-18 on homes that have been empty for two years or more \u2013 which is the latest year for which data is available centrally (see table below). Some of these authorities may have introduced the premium in 2018-19. Of the 291 billing authorities that applied a premium in 2017-18, three applied premiums at less than the 50% rate. These are Harrogate (25%), Richmondshire (10%) and Rutland (10%)<\/p>
Billing authorities that did not apply a council tax empty homes premium in 2017-18<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Amber Valley<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Blaby<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Bolsover<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Bromley<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Bromsgrove<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Broxbourne<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Castle Point<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cheltenham<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Chiltern<\/p><\/td><\/tr> City of London<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Corby<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Derbyshire Dales<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Dover<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Forest of Dean<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Gloucester<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Gosport<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Hambleton<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Harborough<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Hinckley & Bosworth<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Isles of Scilly<\/p><\/td><\/tr> New Forest<\/p><\/td><\/tr> North East Derbyshire<\/p><\/td><\/tr> North Lincolnshire UA<\/p><\/td><\/tr> North Somerset UA<\/p><\/td><\/tr> North Tyneside<\/p><\/td><\/tr> North West Leicestershire<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Redditch<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Ribble Valley<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Rushcliffe<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Tendring<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Tewkesbury<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Westminster<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Winchester<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Wyre<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Wyre Forest<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government which local authorities in England have yet to take up the opportunity to apply a council tax premium of 50 per cent on unoccupied homes.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/917779/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Statistics on vacant dwellings in England and in each local authority district are published in the Ministry\u2019s live table 615 (attached) which is available at the following link. This table shows the annual total numbers of empty homes and those vacant longer than six months and also vacants in the local authority, housing association and other public sector tenures.<\/p> |