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692098

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates: Licensed Premises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what support his Department is planning to provide to licensed premises to mitigate any effects of the potential increase in business rates for such premises.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	64462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2017 answer text <p>A £3.6 billion transitional relief scheme will provide support for the minority of properties which face an increase in rates as a result of the 2017 revaluation.</p><p>My Department is working closely with the Treasury to determine how best to provide further support to businesses facing the steepest increases. We expect to be in a position to make an announcement on this at the Budget, in just two weeks.</p><p>At Budget 2016, the Government announced a £6.7 billion package of business rate cuts. This included the doubling of small business rate relief and an increase in the thresholds for relief. As a result, 600,000 small businesses, including eligible licensed premises, will pay no rates at all.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 64463 question first answered 23/02/2017 17:40:25 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

692099

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates: Licensed Premises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on investment in licensed premises of higher business rates on the licensed premises sector.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	64463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2017 answer text <p>A £3.6 billion transitional relief scheme will provide support for the minority of properties which face an increase in rates as a result of the 2017 revaluation.</p><p>My Department is working closely with the Treasury to determine how best to provide further support to businesses facing the steepest increases. We expect to be in a position to make an announcement on this at the Budget, in just two weeks.</p><p>At Budget 2016, the Government announced a £6.7 billion package of business rate cuts. This included the doubling of small business rate relief and an increase in the thresholds for relief. As a result, 600,000 small businesses, including eligible licensed premises, will pay no rates at all.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 64462 question first answered 23/02/2017 17:40:25 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

670099

registered interest
date	09/01/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the recommendations set out in the Casey Review, if he will ensure that changes in the level of immigration are taken into account in the forthcoming fair funding review on local government finance.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	59162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2017 answer text <p>The Fair Funding Review is conducting a thorough review of what the relative needs assessment formula for local councils should be in a world in which local government spending is funded by local resources not central grant and will set the baselines for 100% Business Rates Retention system. One of the key areas of work for the review is to look at the available evidence about what factors drive the costs local councils face. The Review is considering a number of factors including how to take into account changes in local populations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 16/01/2017 17:06:21 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones previous answer version 29609 answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss