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711362

registered interest
date	15/03/2017
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether shared workspaces for the self-employed and small businesses will be eligible for the proposed business rate relief discretionary support.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	68017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2017 answer text <p>My Department is currently consulting on the £300 million discretionary relief scheme. The scheme will enable local authorities to help those individual businesses that are facing increased rates bills. Local authorities will be responsible for the design of local schemes which will include setting the eligibility criteria that will apply. The consultation is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/discretionary-business-rates-relief-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/discretionary-business-rates-relief-scheme</a></p><p>Additionally, the £110 million Supporting Small Business Relief Scheme will also be available to assist those ratepayers losing small business rates relief or rural rate relief as a result of revaluation.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 24/03/2017 14:42:04 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

708916

registered interest
date	07/03/2017
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2017 to Question 64310, on non-domestic rates, whether local authorities will have to apply for funds from the transitional relief scheme.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	66956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>Transitional relief is automatically applied to business rates bill by the relevant billing authority. It is not necessary for local authorities to apply for transitional relief funding.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 13/03/2017 17:09:19 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

693175

registered interest
date	22/02/2017
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how the transitional relief scheme for business rate revaluation will be funded; and what assessment he has made of how that relief scheme will affect businesses in northern England.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	65203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>The information the Hon Member has requested is included in the Government’s response to the consultation on the transitional relief scheme, published online at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/business-rates-revaluation-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/business-rates-revaluation-2017</a></p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 02/03/2017 17:14:44 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

693176

registered interest
date	22/02/2017
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
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 he has made of the effect of the changes in business rates on businesses located in areas where there is population of (a) 10,000 or less and (b) 3,000 or less.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	65204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>The effect of the revaluation of business rates on businesses in areas where there is population of 10,000 or less and 3,000 or less will depend on the specific circumstances and location of the relevant property. A £3.6 billion transitional relief scheme will provide support to properties which face an increase in rates. 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.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 02/03/2017 16:48:58 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

693177

registered interest
date	22/02/2017
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the data included in the table produced for non-domestic rating: 2010 and 2017 revaluation rateable values by country, region and SCat code for business located in areas where the population is (a) 10,000 or less and (b) 3,000 or less.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	65205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2017 answer text <p>The data held by the Valuation Office Agency is not broken down by population size, so it is not possible to produce the statistics requested on rateable values in areas where the population is (a) 10,000 or less and (b) 3,000 or less.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 07/03/2017 17:26:15 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

690237

registered interest
date	17/02/2017
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2017 to Question 62421, how businesses apply for funds from the transitional relief scheme.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	64310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>Transitional relief is automatically applied to business rate bills by the relevant billing authority. It is not necessary to apply for transitional relief.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 27/02/2017 17:28:35 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

681292

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
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	Non-domestic Rates
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 potential effect on different sectors of business of different business rates being in effect in different parts of the UK.
tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
tabling member printed	Steve Double
uin	62287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>Business rates are based on valuations from the Valuation Office Agency and we do not intervene in their independent assessments. We have put in place a £3.6 billion transitional relief scheme for England to support ratepayers at the 2017 revaluation. As part of the consultation on the transitional relief scheme my Department published analysis of the impact of the revaluation by sector and region.</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/business-rates-revaluation-2017" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/consultations/business-rates-revaluation-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>As regards the approach to valuing pubs, an Approved Guide for the Valuation of Public Houses for business rates has been agreed between the Valuation Office Agency and all 5 bodies representing pubs including the British Beer and Pub Association and the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 62283 question first answered 06/02/2017 17:39:47 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4452 label Biography information for Steve Double

678525

registered interest
date	25/01/2017
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	Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish the summary of responses to his Department's consultation on 100 per cent business rates retention; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	61797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>By the end of the Parliament, local government will retain 100% of taxes raised locally, giving councils control of around an additional £12.5 billion of business rates to spend on local services. In order to ensure that the reforms are fiscally neutral, these new powers will come with additional responsibilities, as well as phasing out some grants from Whitehall. This move towards self-sufficiency and away from dependence on central government is something councils have long campaigned for. There were over 450 responses to the Government’s summer consultation. My officials are currently considering all responses and we will publish a summary of the responses and our proposals for the broad way forward shortly.</p><p>On 13 January 2017 we introduced the Local Government Finance Bill that will establish the framework for the reformed system. All relevant documents can be found here: <a href="http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2016-17/localgovernmentfinance.html" target="_blank">http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2016-17/localgovernmentfinance.html</a>. We will continue to work closely with local government during the passage of the legislation, to shape the detail of the reforms.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 02/02/2017 13:55:28 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones previous answer version 33000 answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

678528

registered interest
date	25/01/2017
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	Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish details of the pilot schemes for 100 per cent business rates retention; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	61588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government will confirm the details of the 100 per cent Business Rates Retention pilots alongside the final local government finance settlement.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 02/02/2017 13:54:05 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones previous answer version 32995 answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

674759

registered interest
date	18/01/2017
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	Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the maximum size of area will be as measured by population in which pooling of non-domestic sites will be permitted under provisions of the Local Government Finance Bill.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	60674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government believes that local authorities can achieve greater impact when working together, especially when working over wider areas to achieve economic growth. For this reason, the Government wants to continue to encourage and reward pooling under the 100% business rates retention system. The Local Government Finance Bill contains provisions to amend the way that business rate pools are set up, and to increase the rewards open to pools of authorities.</p><p><br>We would expect to discuss with local authorities in any area, the size, shape and geography of the pools that could help achieve improved outcomes for local economic growth.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 24/01/2017 17:09:05 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones previous answer version 31551 answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope