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answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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hansard heading	Second Homes: Holiday Accommodation
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question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of second homes in (a) each local authority and (b) England registered as holiday lets and for which small business rate relief has been claimed; what estimate he has made of the loss of revenue as a result of that relief; whether he plans to increase the minimum number of letting days to determine eligibility for that relief; whether his Department plans to review the effect of second homes and small business rate relief; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
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answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>Second homes are liable for council tax, not business rates. However, where a property is available for letting commercially for short periods totalling at least 140 days per year, then it will be assessed for business rates and added to the business rates list. As of June 2018, there were 47,307 holiday lets liable for business rates in England. The table below provides the figures by local authority. Small Business Rate Relief provides 100 per cent relief from business rates on properties with a rateable value of £12,000 or less, provided the business uses only one property (though relief may still be available under certain circumstances). The Department does not hold information on the number of recipients of Small Business Rates Relief by type of property.</p><p>The 140-day rule is widely understood and provides a clear and stable method of deciding whether a property should be liable for council tax or business rates. In particular, it ensures that properties do not switch year-to-year between council tax and business rates merely due to success in letting out the property. It is right that genuine holiday lets, many of which are small businesses, should be able to apply for Small Business Rate Relief. However, the Government takes any concerns about possible council tax avoidance seriously, and is considering whether the criteria under which holiday lets are valued for business rates are appropriate.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Local authority</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of holiday lets on the rating list</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adur</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Allerdale</p></td><td><p>1,006</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Amber Valley</p></td><td><p>78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arun</p></td><td><p>102</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ashfield</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ashford</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aylesbury Vale</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Babergh</p></td><td><p>118</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnsley</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barrow-in-Furness</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Basildon</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Basingstoke &amp; Deane</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bassetlaw</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bath &amp; North East Somerset</p></td><td><p>260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedford</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackburn with Darwen</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackpool</p></td><td><p>187</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolsover</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Boston</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bournemouth</p></td><td><p>69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bracknell Forest</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford</p></td><td><p>146</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Braintree</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Breckland</p></td><td><p>153</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brent</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brighton &amp; Hove</p></td><td><p>168</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Broadland</p></td><td><p>254</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bromley</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bromsgrove</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Broxbourne</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Broxtowe</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burnley</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bury</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Calderdale</p></td><td><p>108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridge</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Camden</p></td><td><p>85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cannock Chase</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Canterbury</p></td><td><p>132</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carlisle</p></td><td><p>105</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Charnwood</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheltenham</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cherwell</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire East</p></td><td><p>76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire West &amp; Chester</p></td><td><p>107</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chesterfield</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chichester</p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chiltern</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chorley</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Christchurch</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City of London</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Colchester</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Copeland</p></td><td><p>204</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Corby</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cornwall</p></td><td><p>8,033</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cotswold</p></td><td><p>678</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Craven</p></td><td><p>411</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Crawley</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croydon</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dacorum</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Darlington</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dartford</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daventry</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derby</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire Dales</p></td><td><p>836</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Doncaster</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dover</p></td><td><p>181</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>424</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Cambridgeshire</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Devon</p></td><td><p>580</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Dorset</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Hampshire</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Lindsey</p></td><td><p>764</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Riding of Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>538</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastbourne</p></td><td><p>66</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastleigh</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eden</p></td><td><p>679</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Epping Forest</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Erewash</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exeter</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fareham</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fenland</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Forest Heath</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Forest of Dean</p></td><td><p>223</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fylde</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gateshead</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gedling</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucester</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gosport</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Great Yarmouth</p></td><td><p>960</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guildford</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Halton</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hambleton</p></td><td><p>198</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hammersmith &amp; Fulham</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harborough</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harrogate</p></td><td><p>352</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hartlepool</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hastings</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Havant</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Herefordshire</p></td><td><p>464</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertsmere</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>High Peak</p></td><td><p>225</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hillingdon</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hinckley &amp; Bosworth</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Horsham</p></td><td><p>57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Huntingdonshire</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hyndburn</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ipswich</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isle of Wight</p></td><td><p>893</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isles of Scilly</p></td><td><p>190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Islington</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kensington &amp; Chelsea</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kettering</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>King's Lynn &amp; West Norfolk</p></td><td><p>735</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston-upon-Hull</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirklees</p></td><td><p>93</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lambeth</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancaster</p></td><td><p>117</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicester</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lewes</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lewisham</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lichfield</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincoln</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>193</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luton</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maidstone</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maldon</p></td><td><p>58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malvern Hills</p></td><td><p>117</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mansfield</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medway</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Melton</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mendip</p></td><td><p>187</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mid Devon</p></td><td><p>210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mid Suffolk</p></td><td><p>123</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mid Sussex</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Middlesbrough</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Milton Keynes</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mole Valley</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Forest</p></td><td><p>289</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newark &amp; Sherwood</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle-under-Lyme</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle-upon-Tyne</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Devon</p></td><td><p>1,252</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Dorset</p></td><td><p>115</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Kesteven</p></td><td><p>67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Norfolk</p></td><td><p>1,886</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Somerset</p></td><td><p>84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Tyneside</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Warwickshire</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West Leicestershire</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northampton</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumberland</p></td><td><p>1,916</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norwich</p></td><td><p>77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oldham</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pendle</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peterborough</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plymouth</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poole</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Preston</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Purbeck</p></td><td><p>388</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reading</p></td><td><p>176</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Redbridge</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Redcar &amp; Cleveland</p></td><td><p>84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Redditch</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reigate &amp; Banstead</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ribble Valley</p></td><td><p>88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Richmondshire</p></td><td><p>608</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Richmond-upon-Thames</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rochdale</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rochford</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rossendale</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rother</p></td><td><p>286</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rotherham</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rugby</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Runnymede</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rushcliffe</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rutland</p></td><td><p>84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ryedale</p></td><td><p>413</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Salford</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scarborough</p></td><td><p>1,950</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sedgemoor</p></td><td><p>184</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sefton</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Selby</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sevenoaks</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shepway</p></td><td><p>103</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shropshire</p></td><td><p>614</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slough</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Solihull</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Bucks</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Cambridgeshire</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Hams</p></td><td><p>1,416</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Holland</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Kesteven</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Lakeland</p></td><td><p>2,177</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Norfolk</p></td><td><p>159</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Oxfordshire</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Ribble</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Somerset</p></td><td><p>217</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Tyneside</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southampton</p></td><td><p>83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southend-on-Sea</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southwark</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Albans</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Edmundsbury</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Helens</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stafford</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire Moorlands</p></td><td><p>261</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockport</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockton-on-Tees</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke-on-Trent</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stratford-on-Avon</p></td><td><p>236</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stroud</p></td><td><p>109</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suffolk Coastal</p></td><td><p>697</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunderland</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey Heath</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swale</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swindon</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tameside</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tandridge</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Taunton Deane</p></td><td><p>128</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Teignbridge</p></td><td><p>403</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Telford &amp; Wrekin</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tendring</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Test Valley</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tewkesbury</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thanet</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tonbridge &amp; Malling</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torbay</p></td><td><p>418</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torridge</p></td><td><p>954</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tower Hamlets</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tunbridge Wells</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uttlesford</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vale of White Horse</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wakefield</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warrington</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warwick</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Watford</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Waveney</p></td><td><p>505</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Waverley</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wealden</p></td><td><p>198</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wellingborough</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Welwyn Hatfield</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Berkshire</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Devon</p></td><td><p>208</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Dorset</p></td><td><p>782</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Lancashire</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Lindsey</p></td><td><p>75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Oxfordshire</p></td><td><p>131</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Somerset</p></td><td><p>393</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Westminster</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Weymouth &amp; Portland</p></td><td><p>273</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wigan</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>274</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Winchester</p></td><td><p>92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Windsor &amp; Maidenhead</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wirral</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Woking</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wokingham</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wolverhampton</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcester</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worthing</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wychavon</p></td><td><p>135</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wycombe</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wyre</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wyre Forest</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York</p></td><td><p>320</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 17/07/2018 16:51:57 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak previous answer version 70161 answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

910194

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
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	Council Tax Reduction Schemes: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government provides guidance on the length of time for which local authorities can backdate claims for severely mentally impaired discount.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	147324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for taking decisions on the eligibility of claims for the council tax disregard for those with a severe mental impairment (SMI). It is for each authority to consider, on the basis of the claim submitted, whether there are grounds for the claim to be backdated and, if so, for how long.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 06/06/2018 15:20:01 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

909322

registered interest
date	22/05/2018
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: Holiday Accommodation
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 estimate he has made of the number of second homes in (a) each local authority and (b) England which (i) are and (ii) have been registered as holiday lets for which small business rate relief is claimed; and the amount of tax revenue that has been foregone through that provision.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	146726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>Second homes are ordinarily domestic properties and therefore liable for council tax, rather than non-domestic rates. We do not collect data on the number of holiday properties that are registered for, or receive, Small Business Rate Relief. Decisions on whether a property qualifies for Small Business Rate Relief rests with local councils.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 04/06/2018 14:52:04 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

909323

registered interest
date	22/05/2018
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: Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to increase the minimum number of letting days to for a property to be eligible for small business rate relief.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	146727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>As I told the House on 15 May 2018, the Department is looking at the issue of non-domestic rates potentially applying to second homes and such properties then qualifying for Small Business Rate Relief.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 04/06/2018 14:52:58 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

909538

registered interest
date	22/05/2018
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	Council Tax Reduction Schemes: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many severely mentally impaired discounts have been given by each local authority in England (a) in total and (b) per head of head of population in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	146731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>A Class U exemption from council tax is given where a dwelling is occupied only by a person, or persons, who is or are severely mentally impaired and would otherwise be liable to pay the council tax or is occupied only by one or more severely mentally impaired persons and one or more students, students' foreign spouses and school or college leavers.</p><p>The number of Class U exemptions for council tax given by each local authority in the past three years can be found in the following links</p><p><br>2017: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679743/LA_Drop_down_2017_web__rev_.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679743/LA_Drop_down_2017_web__rev_.xlsx</a></p><p>2016: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/587691/LA_Drop_down_-_revised_Jan.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/587691/LA_Drop_down_-_revised_Jan.xlsx</a></p><p>2015: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/505139/CTB_Form_October_2015-_drop_down_-_revised_Feb_2016.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/505139/CTB_Form_October_2015-_drop_down_-_revised_Feb_2016.xlsx</a></p><p>As the figures are given for the number of dwellings, it is not appropriate to calculate it on a per head basis.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 04/06/2018 11:35:55 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

838501

registered interest
date	07/02/2018
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	Local Government Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the section 114 notice brought in by Northamptonshire County Council, what assessment he has made of whether other local authorities face similar financial risks in (a) the 2017-18 financial year and (b) 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	127321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>Local authorities are independent of central government, and circumstances within an individual authority can change. Every statutory finance officer within each council must make their own determination whether to act to restrain unaffordable spending if they deem the situation requires it.</p><p>However, the Department constantly reviews the challenges facing the sector and individual authorities. In our discussions with councils during the consultation on the provisional finance settlement no authorities have raised concerns of this kind.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 20/02/2018 11:39:52 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

838502

registered interest
date	07/02/2018
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	Local Government Finance
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 discussions he has had with the Local Government Association on whether any other local authorities have had similar problems to those which led Northamptonshire to issue a section 114 notice.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	127322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>Ministers and officials at the Department have regular and ongoing contact with the Local Government Association about issues facing the sector as a whole, as well as challenges facing individual authorities.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 20/02/2018 12:41:12 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

819107

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
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	English Language: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Casey Report of December 2016, what plans the Government has to improve the provision of English as a second language courses.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	121784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The manifesto committed the Government to bring forward a new integration strategy, which will include proposals to teach more people to speak English. We are working closely with other government Departments, including the Department for Education, in preparing the integration strategy, which we will publish for consultation shortly.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 121558 question first answered 16/01/2018 17:57:30 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts