HC Deb 25 May 1993 vol 225 cc527-8W
Dr. Spink

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what estimate he has made of the average change in council tax bills which would result from a change of the single occupancy discount from 25 per cent. to 50 per cent.;

(2) what estimate he has made of the average change in council tax bills which would result from a change of the second home multiplier from 50 per cent. to 100 per cent.

Mr. Robin Squire

The changes described would not affect the average level of council tax bills, because local authorities would still require to collect the same amount of money overall from the same number of dwellings.