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<p>We have introduced a £1 billion business rate support package for 2014-15 including:</p><p>–
a 2% cap in the Retail Price Index increase in the small business rates multiplier;</p><p>–
a retail discount of £1,000 for around 300,000 shops, pubs and restaurants with rateable
values below £50,000;</p><p>– a 12 month extension of small business rate relief doubling,
benefitting over half a million businesses;</p><p>– a 50 per cent discount for new
occupants of long-term vacant shops, and;</p><p>– allowing ratepayers to pay bills
over 12 instalments.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not collect data on a constituency
basis, but the Crawley constituency lies entirely within the Crawley Borough Council
boundary. Table 1 (attached) shows, where available, the estimated number of properties
that will benefit from each of the reliefs introduced or extended in 2014-15 within
Crawley Borough Council, as well as the amount of relief awarded. Table 2 (attached)
provides the same data, but for England as a whole.</p>
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