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422876

registered interest
date	21/10/2015
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, which local authorities he expects to lose 7.5 per cent of their business rate revenue after the introduction of his business rate reforms.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	12864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2015 answer text <p>The Government intends to move to 100% business rates retention in England by the end of this Parliament. We have confirmed that as part of the new system there will continue to be redistribution of local tax revenue between authorities and protections in place for authorities that see their business rates income fall significantly. Over the coming months we will be working with local government on the details of the scheme.</p><p>Ahead of final decisions, it is too early to assess what the impact will be on individual areas or authorities, but before the start of the financial year, local authorities in the North-East estimated that the total business rates income for 2015-16 would be £854.58 million.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 12862 12863 12865 13234 question first answered 29/10/2015 17:22:45 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

422880

registered interest
date	21/10/2015
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 estimate he has made of the cost of administering the proposed safety net mechanism for local authorities which lose more than 7.5 per cent of their business rate revenue in a year; and to what budget this will fall.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	12863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2015 answer text <p>The Government intends to move to 100% business rates retention in England by the end of this Parliament. We have confirmed that as part of the new system there will continue to be redistribution of local tax revenue between authorities and protections in place for authorities that see their business rates income fall significantly. Over the coming months we will be working with local government on the details of the scheme.</p><p>Ahead of final decisions, it is too early to assess what the impact will be on individual areas or authorities, but before the start of the financial year, local authorities in the North-East estimated that the total business rates income for 2015-16 would be £854.58 million.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 12862 12864 12865 13234 question first answered 29/10/2015 17:22:44 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

422881

registered interest
date	21/10/2015
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, which local authorities he estimates will have a net financial (a) gain and (b) loss in revenue from the proposed changes to business rate revenue allocation.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	12865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2015 answer text <p>The Government intends to move to 100% business rates retention in England by the end of this Parliament. We have confirmed that as part of the new system there will continue to be redistribution of local tax revenue between authorities and protections in place for authorities that see their business rates income fall significantly. Over the coming months we will be working with local government on the details of the scheme.</p><p>Ahead of final decisions, it is too early to assess what the impact will be on individual areas or authorities, but before the start of the financial year, local authorities in the North-East estimated that the total business rates income for 2015-16 would be £854.58 million.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 12862 12863 12864 13234 question first answered 29/10/2015 17:22:45 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

424048

registered interest
date	21/10/2015
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	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to allow local authorities to retain business rate revenues.
tabling member constituency	Milton Keynes South
tabling member printed	Iain Stewart
uin	901820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2015 answer text <p>The Chancellor set out a radical devolution reform package for local government in his conference speech. This included plans to allow local government to retain 100 per cent of revenue from business rates to spend on local services, as well as giving local authorities the power to lower business rates to boost growth and support jobs.</p><br /><p>While there will still be redistribution between Local Authorities to ensure those with a lower tax base do not lose out, local areas will be able to keep all local growth in their business rates.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 27/10/2015 16:30:56 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4015 label Biography information for Iain Stewart

391725

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress his Department has made on its review of business rates; and what the projected timetable is for that review.
tabling member constituency	Yeovil
tabling member printed	Marcus Fysh
uin	8204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>The deadline for responses to the business rates review was 12 June 2015. We have been undertaking analysis and considering the wide variety of views put forward in stakeholder responses.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Summer Budget confirmed that the review will be fiscally neutral and will conclude by the end of the year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 11/09/2015 10:38:49 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4446 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Fysh

391946

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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 plans they have to reduce business rates.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL1709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2015 answer text <p>We announced at the 2014 Autumn Statement an extra £650 million of support for 2015-16 business rates bills in England, bringing the total support from 2013 and 2014 Autumn Statement measures to £1.4 billion in 2015-16. That includes:</p><p> </p><ul><li>doubling Small Business Rate Relief for a further year;</li><li>a 2% cap on the inflation increase for 2015-16 (for the second year);</li><li>increasing the temporary discount for shops, pubs and restaurants with rateable values below £50,000 from £1,000 to £1,500 for 2015-16;</li><li>extending the existing transitional relief scheme for two years for properties with a rateable value up to and including £50,000; and</li><li>limiting backdating of bills arising from changes to the rateable values list.</li></ul><p> </p><p>We are also conducting a review of business rates which will conclude by the end of this year.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 29/07/2015 16:21:40 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

387283

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when all challenges to the 2010 Rating List for England and Wales will be finally resolved.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	5512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>The Valuation Office Agency will endeavour to clear these appeals as quickly as possible. It will look to prioritise the clearance of appeals, as it always does, to support businesses in hardship.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 08/07/2015 08:16:34 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

387284

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when all challenges to the 2005 Rating List for England and Wales will be finally resolved.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	5497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p>99.7% of the outstanding appeals against the 2005 Rating List in England and Wales have been cleared.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Of the cases that remain, many involve complex litigation, with lead cases that are still to be resolved by the Valuation Tribunal for England or Wales or the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber). Once the lead cases are resolved, many of the remaining cases will also be cleared.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 07/07/2015 14:24:51 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

387285

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many challenges to (a) the 2005 Rating List and (b) the 2010 Rating List are yet to be resolved in (i) Barnsley, (ii) Chesterfield, (iii) Doncaster, (iv) North East Derbyshire, (v) Bolsover, (vi) Bassetlaw, (vii) Derbyshire Dales, (viii) Rotherham and (ix) Sheffield.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	5514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>The information is published in <em>Valuation Office Agency published statistics </em>which is on gov.uk.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 09/07/2015 16:18:59 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

353910

registered interest
date	12/06/2015
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 potential merits of devolving business rate retention powers to local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	2301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>The introduction of business rates retention gives all local authorities a strong incentive to pursue local growth policies, by allowing them to keep a share of the additional business rate income generated by that growth. 94% of authorities expect to see additional business rates income in 2015-16 worth an extra £544 million.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 22/06/2015 15:18:50 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed