Linked Data API

Show Search Form

Search Results

1144065
star this property registered interest false more like this
star this property date less than 2019-09-03more like thismore than 2019-09-03
star this property answering body
Treasury more like this
star this property answering dept id 14 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Treasury more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Treasury more like this
star this property hansard heading Non-domestic Rates more like this
unstar this property house id 2 more like this
star this property legislature
25277
star this property pref label House of Lords remove filter
star this property question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the effectiveness, and (2) the fairness of the current system of business rates; and what plans they have to change the current system. more like this
star this property tabling member printed
Lord Allen of Kensington more like this
star this property uin HL17553 more like this
star this property answer
answer
star this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2019-09-09more like thismore than 2019-09-09
unstar this property answer text <p>Business rates currently raise £25 billion per year in England, and are an important source of funding for key local services such as adult social care and children’s services.</p><p> </p><p>The Government concluded a fundamental review of business rates in 2016, and respondents agreed that property based taxes were easy to collect, difficult to avoid, relatively stable and clearly linked with local authority spending.</p><p> </p><p>In line with stakeholder responses, the Government therefore decided to keep business rates as a property tax.</p> more like this
star this property answering member printed The Earl of Courtown more like this
star this property question first answered
remove filter
star this property answering member
3359
star this property label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown more like this
star this property tabling member
4304
star this property label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington more like this