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760652

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
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 or officials of his Department first consulted (a) local authorities and (b) software suppliers on the implementation timetable changes to business rates and business rates relief in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	105160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Following the Chancellor’s announcement of the Business Rates Relief Schemes at Spring Budget 2017, on 9 March the Department published a Business Rates Information Letter to local authorities. This provided information on each of the three schemes, including draft allocations for the discretionary relief scheme and guidance on the Supporting Small Business Scheme. On 10 March the Department began discussions with a group of local authorities and the main software suppliers to discuss the implementation of the schemes and system requirements.</p><p>The Department has continued to engage local authorities and software suppliers, encouraging authorities to speed up implementation and the technical guidance for the Supporting Small Business Scheme and Pubs Relief Scheme was published on the 20 June. On 14 September 2017, I made a Written Ministerial Statement, which set out the good progress made by some authorities and a commitment to publish a list of authorities that have rebilled across all three schemes.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 09/10/2017 10:26:54 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

760211

registered interest
date	13/09/2017
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 charging full rates on vacant business premises in economically deprived areas.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	105039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>No assessment has been undertaken on the effect of charging full rates on vacant business premises in economically deprived areas. However, regulations made under the Local Government Finance Act 1988, provide exemptions from empty property rates if a property is unoccupied for 3 or (6 months if it qualifies as an industrial property).</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 09/10/2017 10:24:17 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

759574

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
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 how much revenue they expect to receive in the next financial year from the tax on single business spaces covering multiple floors, as set out by the Valuation Office Agency; and what is their estimate of the average cost to each small and medium-sized enterprise affected by that change.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL1544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2017 answer text <p>The recent change in the Valuation Office Agency’s approach to assessing single business spaces covering multiple floors follows a Supreme Court judgement. The Government is considering the implications of this judgement, and any potential impact on small and medium-sized businesses. Following Budget 2016, the Government announced a wide-ranging package of measures to support rate payers, that will be worth £9 billion over the next five years.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 25/09/2017 13:00:07 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

759624

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
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	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to announce the results of the Government's review into business rates.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	10276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government concluded a fundamental review of business rates at Budget 2016 with a package of reductions worth almost £9bn over the next five years. As a next step the Government aims to revalue properties more frequently and to look more broadly at the way in which we address the perceived unfairness that companies that operate in bricks and mortar are effectively treated differently from companies that do not. The Government will provide an update in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 15/09/2017 13:57:00 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

759196

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
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 proportion of the £300 million discretionary rate relief fund to support businesses has been issued to ratepayers.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
uin	9809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Many local authorities have made good progress in implementing their local discretionary schemes and have published the details of their eligibility criteria. Further to the Written Ministerial Statement I made on the 14 September on the progress of the Business Rates relief schemes announced at the Budget, I wrote to authorities encouraging them to speed up implementation. My Department will publish a list of authorities which have rebilled, shortly.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 9808 question first answered 09/10/2017 15:47:58 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones previous answer version 11886 answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

759198

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
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, which local authorities have published details of the eligibility criteria for the £300 million discretionary relief fund to support businesses with increased rates bills; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
uin	9808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Many local authorities have made good progress in implementing their local discretionary schemes and have published the details of their eligibility criteria. Further to the Written Ministerial Statement I made on the 14 September on the progress of the Business Rates relief schemes announced at the Budget, I wrote to authorities encouraging them to speed up implementation. My Department will publish a list of authorities which have rebilled, shortly.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 9809 question first answered 09/10/2017 15:47:58 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones previous answer version 11885 answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

758652

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
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 proportion of small businesses paid business rates in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	9344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2017 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of local authorities to determine eligibility for Small Business Rates Relief.</p><p>According to the latest data available for 2017-18, 659,845 rateable properties will benefit from Small Business Rate Relief. Of these, 617,845 will receive 100 per cent relief and 41,499 will receive relief tapering from 100 per cent to 0 per cent. Therefore, only 6 per cent of rateable properties in receipt of Small Business Rate Relief are liable for any rates at all.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 06/10/2017 14:32:48 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

758092

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
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 plans he has to conduct a full review of the business rates system.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	9030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government will set out its plans for a review of business rates in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 11/09/2017 15:04:06 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

758094

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
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 many and what proportion of businesses eligible for business rates transitional relief have received that relief in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	9016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information about the number of properties in receipt of transitional relief.</p><p>A £3.6 billion transitional relief scheme is providing support for the minority of businesses who face increases at the 2017 revaluation. Transitional relief is applied automatically to bills by local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 11/09/2017 15:04:37 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

755631

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
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 20 July 2017 to Question 5262, on non-domestic rates, how many responses were received to the consultation.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	7188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2017 answer text <p>A total of 228 responses were received to the Further Consultation on 100 per cent Business Rates Retention; 187 from local government, 7 from local authority associations, and 34 from other interested parties. The Department for Communities and Local Government is currently conducting analysis of these responses. This will inform further development of business rates retention policy. We are currently considering how this work will progress in the wider context of further rates retention policy.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 7189 question first answered 08/09/2017 14:41:09 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne