To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 18 July 2007, to question 150937, on council tax levy, whether she has considered the merits of directing local authorities to use more than 50 per cent. of the council tax generated from second homes to fund more affordable housing; and whether there are any unitary or two-tiered local authorities with such a policy. (154931)

It is up to local authorities to determine how to use the income generated through council tax on second homes. Communities and Local Government has no plans to direct them on this, and neither does it hold information on how the income is used.