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1144065

registered interest
date	03/09/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the effectiveness, and (2) the fairness of the current system of business rates; and what plans they have to change the current system.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL17553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Business rates currently raise £25 billion per year in England, and are an important source of funding for key local services such as adult social care and children’s services.</p><p> </p><p>The Government concluded a fundamental review of business rates in 2016, and respondents agreed that property based taxes were easy to collect, difficult to avoid, relatively stable and clearly linked with local authority spending.</p><p> </p><p>In line with stakeholder responses, the Government therefore decided to keep business rates as a property tax.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Courtown question first answered 09/09/2019 15:38:36 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1142377

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, 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 Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to Resource AME on page 24 of his Department's Main Estimates 2019-20 Memorandum, if he will publish details of budgeted expenditure under row six, Q Non-Domestic Rates Outturn Adjustments.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	282595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The information provided below gives details of spending areas under each Strategic Objective as a whole, rather than broken down across Estimate Row. In the Main Estimate Explanatory Memorandum, Strategic Objectives are split across the Department’s Estimate Rows meaning that some Strategic Objectives appear under more than one Estimate Row.</p><p>The Department uses Strategic Objectives to allocate out budgets, monitor spend and delivery and report publicly. Under each Strategic Objective are a number of programmes which are made up of a number of Work Areas.</p><p>The Department’s budgets for both Programmes and the Work Areas that sit underneath each Programme, are kept under regular review and are revised where necessary to reflect changes in the operating environment. As such, the Department has not provided a further details of budget expenditure for each Work Area as budgets and structure may change during the year.</p><p>The Department notes that the level of budgeted expenditure detail provided in the Main Estimate Explanatory Memorandum is in line with guidance issued by the Scrutiny Unit.</p><p>Updated budgets for each Programme will be provided at the Supplementary Estimate later in the year.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Expenditure under the Strategic Objectives (SO), Programme and Work Area for Resource DEL budgets are as follows;</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>UIN</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Strategic Objective</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Programme</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Work Area</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>282187 282189 282205 282206</p></td><td><p><strong>SO1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Building Affordable Homes</strong></p></td><td><p>London Settlement, New Homes Bonus, PFI Special Grant Housing, Valuation Office Agency, Right to Buy Charges, Right to Buy Agents, Affordable Homes Programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>282188</p></td><td><p><strong>SO5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grenfell Recovery</strong></p></td><td><p>Grenfell Rehousing, Grenfell Memorial Commission, Grenfell Autumn Budget 2017 Commitments, MHCLG Public Enquiry Team, Grenfell Tower Site Management</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>282190 282204</p></td><td><p><strong>SO1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Infrastructure for Housing</strong></p></td><td><p>Development Corporations, Housing Deals, Housing Deals: Oxford Cambridge Corridor (Ox Cam Arc)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>282191</p></td><td><p><strong>SO1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Market Diversification</strong></p></td><td><p>Planning Inspectorate, Right to Build, Community Housing Fund</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>282192</p></td><td><p><strong>SO1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>More land in the right places</strong></p></td><td><p>Land Assembly Fund</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>282193</p></td><td><p><strong>SO1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Planning Reform</strong></p></td><td><p>Community Infrastructure Levy Planning Advisory, Neighbourhood Planning: New Burden, Neighbourhood Planning: Supporting Communities, Local Plans Intervention, Planning Delivery Fund, Great Crested Newts</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>282194</p></td><td><p><strong>SO1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Public Sector Land</strong></p></td><td><p>LA land review new burdens</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>282195</p></td><td><p><strong>SO2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Homelessness</strong></p></td><td><p>Preventing Homelessness, Flexible Homelessness Support Grant</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>282196</p></td><td><p><strong>SO2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Leasehold Reform</strong></p></td><td><p>Private Rented Sector New Burdens, Leasehold Reform</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>282197</p></td><td><p><strong>SO2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Reform of the private rental sector</strong></p></td><td><p>Rent Officer Services and Pensions Liabilities, Tenant Empowerment, Smoke &amp; Co Alarms, Estate Agents Regulation, Private Rented Sector Tribunal Costs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>282198</p></td><td><p><strong>SO2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Rough Sleeping</strong></p></td><td><p>Rough Sleeping Initiative</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>282199</p></td><td><p><strong>SO2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Social Housing Green Paper</strong></p></td><td><p>Domestic Abuse</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>282200</p></td><td><p><strong>SO2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Supported Housing</strong></p></td><td><p>National Body for Home Improvement Agencies (Foundations)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>282201</p></td><td><p><strong>SO2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>VRTB: Pilot</strong></p></td><td><p>Right to Buy Pilot</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>282202</p></td><td><p><strong>SO5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Building Safety</strong></p></td><td><p>Technical Policy, Energy Safe Materials, Remediation, Strategy, Responsible Industry and Residents Voice, Regulator and Accountability</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>282203</p></td><td><p><strong>Other </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Admin including depreciation</strong></p></td><td><p>Planning Inspectorate Admin</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Expenditure under the Strategic Objectives (SO), Programme and Work Area for Capital DEL budgets are as follows;</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>UIN</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Strategic Objective</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Programme</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Work Area</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>282587</p></td><td><p><strong>SO1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Building Affordable Homes</strong></p></td><td><p>London Settlement, Affordable Homes Programme, Brent Cross, Capital Running Costs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>282579</p></td><td><p><strong>SO1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Infrastructure for Housing</strong></p></td><td><p>Infrastructure to Support Housing, Housing Deals: Greater Manchester, Housing Deals: West Midlands, Oxford-Cambridge Corridor (Ox Cam Arc), Ebbsfleet Development Corp, Housing Infrastructure Fund</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>282580 282589</p></td><td><p><strong>SO1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Market Diversification</strong></p></td><td><p>Planning Inspectorate, Community Housing Fund, Housing Supply: Legacy (Get Britain Building, Local Infrastructure Fund, Custom Build), Housing Supply: Build to Rent, Housing Supply: Estate Regeneration, Home Building Fund: Short Term Investment, Home Building Fund: Long Term Investment, The Commission for Local Administration in England, Valuation Tribunal Service, The Housing Ombudsman, Private Rented Sector Guarantee</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>282582 282590</p></td><td><p><strong>SO1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>More land in the right places</strong></p></td><td><p>City Deals: Preston City Deal, City Deals: Birmingham City Deal, City Deals: Manchester City Deal, Land Assembly Fund, Small Sites Fund, Accelerated Construction, City Deals Telford, Direct Commission Fund, LA Land Release Fund, Barking</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>282588</p></td><td><p><strong>SO1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Help to Buy</strong></p></td><td><p>Housing Supply</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>282584</p></td><td><p><strong>SO1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Public Sector Land</strong></p></td><td><p>Single Land Programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>282585</p></td><td><p><strong>SO2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Supported Housing</strong></p></td><td><p>The Regulator of Social Housing</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Expenditure under the Strategic Objectives (SO), Programme and Work Area for Resource AME budgets are as follows;</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>UIN</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Strategic Objective</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Programme</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Work Area</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>282591</p></td><td><p><strong>M</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Housing &amp; Planning AME</strong></p></td><td><p>Planning Inspectorate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>282594</p></td><td><p><strong>P</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>MHCLG Staff, Building and Infrastructure Costs AME</strong></p></td><td><p>Central Admin</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>282595</p></td><td><p><strong>Q</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Non-Domestic Rates Outturn Adjustments AME</strong></p></td><td><p>Non-Domestic Rates Outturn Adjustments</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>282596</p></td><td><p><strong>H</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Housing &amp; Planning (ALB)(Net) AME</strong></p></td><td><p>Homes England, Housing Supply: Legacy (Get Britain Building, Local Infrastructure Fund, Custom Build), The Housing Ombudsman, Housing Supply: Help To Buy, Ebbsfleet Development Corp, Single Land Programme, The Regulator of Social Housing</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>282593</p></td><td><p><strong>O</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Research, Data and Trading Funds AME</strong></p></td><td><p>European Development Fund Losses and Write - Offs</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry grouped question UIN 282187 282188 282189 282190 282191 282192 282193 282194 282195 282196 282197 282198 282199 282200 282201 282202 282203 282204 282205 282206 282579 282580 282582 282584 282585 282587 282588 282589 282590 282591 282593 282594 282596 question first answered 09/09/2019 13:15:02 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

1139206

registered interest
date	16/07/2019
answering body	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 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to undertake a review of business rates and their effect on the sustainability of the retail sector.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Liz Twist
uin	277816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government concluded the last fundamental review of business rates in 2016. Respondents to the review agreed that property based taxes are easy to collect, difficult to avoid, relatively stable compared to other taxes, and that they have a clear link with local authority spending.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has taken repeated action to reduce the burden of business rates for all ratepayers including retailers. Our Plan for the High Street announced at Budget 2018 provides £1 billion of upfront support through a new retail discount, cutting retailers’ business rates bills by a third for two years from 1 April 2019 subject to eligibility.</p><p> </p><p>Reforms and reliefs announced since Budget 2016 are reducing business rates by more than £13 billion over the next five years. This includes switching from RPI to CPI indexation, increasing the threshold for the standard multiplier to £51,000, and doubling the threshold for Small Business Rate Relief, meaning 675,000 of the smallest businesses pay no business rates at all.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 277817 question first answered 23/07/2019 12:46:27 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4618 label Biography information for Liz Twist

1127954

registered interest
date	21/05/2019
answering body	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 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to review the system of business rates.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	257140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government concluded the last fundamental review of business rates in 2016. Respondents to the review agreed that property based taxes are easy to collect, difficult to avoid, relatively stable compared to other taxes, and that they have a clear link with local authority spending.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has taken repeated action to reduce the burden of business rates for all ratepayers. Reforms and reliefs announced since Budget 2016 will reduce rates by more than £13 billion over the next five years. This includes switching from RPI to CPI indexation, increasing the frequency of revaluations, increasing the threshold for the standard multiplier to £51,000, and doubling the threshold for Small Business Rate Relief from April 2017, which means 655,000 of the smallest businesses now pay no business rates at all.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 04/06/2019 10:06:54 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1126213

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, 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 Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities in England awarded a local business rates discount in (a) 2017-18 and (b) 2018-19; which local authorities made those awards; and what the level was of each discount.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	253565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>Data on the number of authorities and which authorities awarded a local business rates discount under Section 47 of the Local Government Act 1988 are collected from local authorities as a snapshot each year.</p><p>Data as at 31 December 2017 can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/684809/1819_NNDR1_Supplementary_table_web.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/684809/1819_NNDR1_Supplementary_table_web.xlsx</a><br> <br> Data as at 31 December 2018 can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/786864/NNDR1_2019-20_Supplementary_table.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/786864/NNDR1_2019-20_Supplementary_table.xlsx</a><br> <br> The Department does not collect data on the level of each discount awarded.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 16/05/2019 15:13:28 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1123876

registered interest
date	30/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, 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 Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of discretionary business rate relief for childcare providers offering funded places; and which local authorities offer that relief.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	249258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2019 answer text <p>Decisions on whether to grant discretionary business rates reliefs are taken by individual local authorities, and the Government does not hold data on whether local authorities award that relief to childcare providers.</p><p>Since Budget 2016 the Government has introduced business rates measures in England worth £13 billion over the next five years. This includes switching the indexation of business rates from the retail price index to the consumer price index, representing a cut in rates to all ratepayers, including childcare providers, worth over £6 billion over the next five years. The Government has also doubled the threshold for 100 per cent small business rate relief meaning that 655,000 businesses including many childcare providers now pay no business rates at all.</p><p>The Government monitors the childcare provider market closely through a range of research projects and plans to spend around £3.5 billion on our early education entitlements this year alone.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 249259 question first answered 07/05/2019 16:16:14 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1123877

registered interest
date	30/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, 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 Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of effect of the cost of business rates on the financial sustainability of the childcare sector in England.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	249259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2019 answer text <p>Decisions on whether to grant discretionary business rates reliefs are taken by individual local authorities, and the Government does not hold data on whether local authorities award that relief to childcare providers.</p><p>Since Budget 2016 the Government has introduced business rates measures in England worth £13 billion over the next five years. This includes switching the indexation of business rates from the retail price index to the consumer price index, representing a cut in rates to all ratepayers, including childcare providers, worth over £6 billion over the next five years. The Government has also doubled the threshold for 100 per cent small business rate relief meaning that 655,000 businesses including many childcare providers now pay no business rates at all.</p><p>The Government monitors the childcare provider market closely through a range of research projects and plans to spend around £3.5 billion on our early education entitlements this year alone.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 249258 question first answered 07/05/2019 16:16:14 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1121422

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
answering body	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 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of replacing business rates with a transaction tax on retail sales in order to support the UK's high streets.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	244033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p>Business rates raise £25 billion in England annually, and are an important source of funding for key local services.</p><p> </p><p>The Government concluded a fundamental review of business rates in 2016. Some respondents suggested alternative taxes, but there was no consensus and respondents were clear that these alternatives were not without their own issues.</p><p> </p><p>Respondents agreed that property based taxes were easy to collect, difficult to avoid, stable and clearly linked with local authority spending. Following stakeholder responses, the Government decided to keep business rates as a property tax.</p><p> </p><p>To support the high street, at Budget 2018 the Government announced Our Plan for the High Street – a package of support worth £1.6 billion.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 24/04/2019 12:04:06 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1110947

registered interest
date	10/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, 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 Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Department its taking to ensure the affordability of business rates.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	243410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2019 answer text <p>Since Budget 2016 the Government has introduced a range of business rates measures in England, worth over £13 billion over the next five years. These include doubling Small Business Rate Relief from 50 per cent to 100 per cent for eligible businesses and raising the threshold for 100 per cent relief from £6,000 to £12,000. As a result, over 655,000 small businesses –a third of all rateable properties – pay no business rates at all. We have also switched the annual indexation of business rates from the retail price index to the consumer price index, representing a cut in business rates every year. Switching to CPI will help all ratepayers and save them over £6 billion over the next five years. The retail discount announced at the Budget provides eligible retailers with a third off their bills for two years from April 2019.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 17/04/2019 14:24:25 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1092606

registered interest
date	21/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, 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 Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans the Government has to lower business rates.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	235353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>Since 2016, Government has announced a range of business rates reforms and measures. These include raising the threshold for Small Business Rate Relief, linking the multiplier to CPI rather than RPI inflation, a new retail discount worth an estimated £1 billion, and a range of other smaller reliefs. In total, these measures are estimated to be worth over £13 billion between 2019-20 and 2023-24.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 27/03/2019 10:54:30 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns