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802641

registered interest
date	07/12/2017
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 overall percentage of business rate retention is and whether local authorities will be able to retain all of the new growth element announced in Autumn budget 2017.
tabling member constituency	The Cotswolds
tabling member printed	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
uin	118191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>All authorities in England retain at least 50 per cent of their business rates income.</p><p>The Government remains committed to further business rates retention and is working collaboratively with the local government sector to deliver further retention and reform the system.</p><p>In the Autumn Budget 2017 a London pilot 100 per cent Business Rate Retention Scheme was announced and will commence in April 2018, as well as a continuation in the 2018/19 cycle for the five current 100 per cent business rates pilots.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 14/12/2017 17:09:01 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	249 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

801214

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to protect local authorities from the loss of business rate income that has been identified as a consequence of bringing forward CPI uprating in the 2017 Autumn Budget policy costings.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL3871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Noble Lord to my answer of 7 December to PQ HL 3516.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 13/12/2017 16:53:35 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

800714

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
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 oral contribution of 4 December 2017 from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities applied for business rate retention.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	117335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>There were 26 valid applications that were received for the 100 per cent Business Rates Retention Pilots 2018-19. From the applications, 25 were from existing or proposed pools and 1 from a single authority. Please see the attached list.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 12/12/2017 17:23:53 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones attachment 1 file name Business Rates Retention Pilots 2018-19.docx title Business Rates Retention Pilots 2018-19
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

797582

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	Whether his Department plans to review the business rates system.
tabling member constituency	Hitchin and Harpenden
tabling member printed	Bim Afolami
uin	116545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>The government undertook the last fundamental review of business rates in 2016 and announced major reforms worth approx. £9bn to businesses by the end of the parliament. At Autumn Budget 2017, the government delivered more support on business rates including businesses’ top priorities to bring forward the switch to CPI indexation, revalue properties more frequently and to address the staircase tax. As a next step, the government is also reviewing the wider taxation of the digital economy. This includes ensuring international corporate tax rules deliver fair results across different businesses and that sellers operating through online marketplaces pay the right amount of VAT.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 05/12/2017 16:00:03 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami

794198

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, and to what extent, they intend to compensate local authorities for the loss of £2.3 billion over the next five years resulting from their decision that business rates will increase by CPI rather than RPI.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL3516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>Autumn Budget 2017 announced that the planned switch in the indexation of business rates from RPI to CPI will be brought forward by two years to April 2018. Central government will fully compensate local authorities for income lost as a result of this measure.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 07/12/2017 16:00:39 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

792996

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
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 consideration he has given to redistributing the share of business rates that central Government receives to help relieve financial pressures on local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	114781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government has always been clear that increased rates retention by local government would need to be matched and funded by equivalent devolution of new responsibilities or the ending of grants. The assessment of the overall level of funding for local government is a function of the Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 27/11/2017 14:59:46 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

788341

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the effect on local government funding of a zero increase in non-domestic rates in April 2018.
tabling member printed	Baroness Pinnock
uin	HL3133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>The business rates multiplier is normally adjusted each year in line with inflation. When the multiplier was capped at a level below inflation in 2015/16, the Government provided funding to local government to compensate for the resulting reduction in income from locally retained business rates.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 27/11/2017 15:10:58 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4341 label Biography information for Baroness Pinnock

788342

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the effect on local government funding of using the Consumer Prices Index rather than the Retail Prices Index for assessing the increase in non-domestic rates in April 2018.
tabling member printed	Baroness Pinnock
uin	HL3134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>Autumn Budget 2017 announced that the planned switch in the indexation of business rates from RPI to CPI will be brought forward by two years to April 2018. Central government will fully compensate local authorities for income lost as a result of this measure.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 27/11/2017 14:58:00 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4341 label Biography information for Baroness Pinnock

776011

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
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 17 October 2017 to Question 106733, on non-domestic rates, from what date the data presented in that Answer is accurate.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	109026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>The information referenced in my previous answer was first published on 13 October 2017 and was based on information provided by local authorities. It has been amended and is updated on a regular basis as authorities advise us that they have begun to rebill for each of the relief schemes. It was last updated on 23 October and is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/business-rates-relief-schemes-2017-rebilling-progress" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/business-rates-relief-schemes-2017-rebilling-progress</a></p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 26/10/2017 13:26:00 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

772067

registered interest
date	17/10/2017
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 steps he is taking to ensure small businesses working in separate parts of a building linked by communal staircases, lifts and corridors do not have those spaces classed as separate premises by the Valuation Office when business rates are being assessed.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Frith
uin	108201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government is aware of the change in the Valuation Office Agency’s approach to assessing units within buildings of multiple occupation, following the Supreme Court judgement in the Mazars v Woolway case. The Government is considering the implications of this judgement.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 23/10/2017 16:15:13 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith