Second Homes: Council Tax
Commons · Question 105803 · Tabled 14 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 19 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Steve Darling
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department takes account of exceptional circumstances in previous years when calculating Council Tax base growth, including reviews of single person discounts and the
Answer
Answered by Alison McGovern, 19 Jan 2026
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...