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<p>My rt. hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced at the 2014 Autumn
Statement an extra £650 million of support for 2015-16 bills, bringing the total support
of 2013 and 2014 Autumn Statement polices to £1.4 billion. This help includes:</p><p>
</p><ul><li>doubling small business rate relief for a further year. In England, this
means an estimated 385,000 properties will pay no rates at all, while a further 190,000
properties will benefit from tapered relief;</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>a 2% cap on
the increase of the small business rates multiplier. This is a continuation of the
2% cap introduced in 2014-15 as part of Autumn Statement 2013 measures;</li></ul><p>
</p><ul><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, benefitting an estimated
300,000 properties in England;</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>extending the existing transitional
relief scheme for two years for properties with a rateable value up to and including
£50,000.</li></ul><p> </p><p>These measures are in addition to previous Autumn Statement
measures that continue into 2015-16, including:</p><p> </p><ul><li>a 50 per cent discount
for 18 months to new occupants of vacant shops;</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>allowing
businesses to keep their small business rate relief for a year where they take on
an additional property;</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>business rates relief for empty new
builds; and</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>allowing businesses to pay their business rate
bills over 12 months, in order to assist with their cash flow.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Central
Government also now funds 50% of any local discount granted.</p><p>The Department
does not collect data on a constituency basis, but Haltemprice and Howden constituency
lies entirely within the East Riding of Yorkshire Council boundary. Table 1 attached
shows the number of properties in 2014-15 within the East Riding of Yorkshire Council
boundary that have benefitted from business rates measures extended in this year’s
autumn statement.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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