Second Homes: Council Tax
Commons · Question 86778 · Tabled 30 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 10 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by David Simmonds
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has issued guidance to local authorities on the (a) civil and (b) criminal penalties for avoidance of paying the second homes council tax premium.
Answer
Answered by Alison McGovern, 10 Nov 2025
Councils have a range of powers available to them to recover any type of unpaid council tax, including council tax premiums. The government has recently consulted on modernising and improving the administration of council tax which seeks views on how coun...