questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he will publish the number of second homes, and any other relevant statistical assumptions, that the Department has used for each of the next three financial years (2026/27 to 2028/29) in calculating the council tax base for (a) Westmorland and Furness Council and (b) Cumberland Council as part of the Local Government Finance Settlement.
answerText: The Department does not identify the number of second homes in forecasts of council tax base, or calculations of the Local Government Finance Settlement. Council tax base figures are used in the calculation of local authorities’ Fair Funding Allocations w...
heading: Council Tax: Second Homes