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Second Homes and Holiday Lets

Volume 455: debated on Thursday 18 January 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many homes in Somerset were classed as (a) second homes and (b) holiday lets in each year since 1997. (116140)

The number of properties designated as second homes in Somerset for 2002 to 2006 are shown in the following table. Data prior to this are not considered sufficiently robust.

Number

2002

2,770

2003

2,792

2004

3,007

2005

2,973

2006

2,925

The data are from a snapshot taken each year and are as recorded on CTB forms submitted by each local authority for council tax purposes.

The information regarding holiday lets is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.