| Heading: |
Empty Property: Council Tax |
| Question ID: |
1809012 |
| UIN: |
HL8023 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-03 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4184 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Baroness Eaton
|
| Asking Member handle: |
|
| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Eaton
|
| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government how many local authorities charge an empty homes premium on council tax in England in 2025–26, and what are the percentage rates of those premiums. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
|
| Date answered: |
2025-06-13 |
| Date answer corrected: |
|
| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4956 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Taylor of Stevenage
|
| Answering Member handle: |
SharonStevenage
|
| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@SharonStevenage
|
| Correcting Member ID: |
|
| Correcting Member display name: |
|
| Correcting Member handle: |
|
| Correcting Member Twitter reference: |
|
| Answer text: |
The government annually publishes data on council taxbases including their use of any council tax premiums. Data for the 2024 snapshot is available here. Data for the 2025 snapshot will be published in November. This data sets out that 292 billing authori... |
| Original answer text: |
|
| Comparable answer text: |
|
| Answering body ID: |
7 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government |
| Tweeted: |
true |