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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/167705/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Chancellor 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><p> <\/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><p> <\/p><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><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><ul><li>increasing the temporary £1,000 discount for shops, pubs and restaurants with rateable values below £50,000 to £1,500 for 2015-16, benefitting an estimated 300,000 properties in England;<\/li><\/ul><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><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> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>These policies are in addition to previous Autumn Statement measures that continue into 2015-16, including:<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><ul><li>a 50 per cent discount for 18 months to new occupants of vacant shops;<\/li><\/ul><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><ul><li>allowing businesses to keep their small business rate relief for a year where they take on an additional property; and<\/li><\/ul><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><ul><li>business rates relief for empty new builds.<\/li><\/ul><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>Central Government also now funds 50% of any local discount granted.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>Local authority level data is not yet available for the number of properties that will benefit from Autumn Statement 2014 measures in 2015-16. However, the attached table shows the number of hereditaments in 2014-15 that have benefitted from business rates measures extended in this year\u2019s autumn statement.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/101055/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>We have introduced a £1 billion business rate support package for 2014-15 including:<\/p><p>\u2013 a 2% cap in the Retail Price Index increase in the small business rates multiplier;<\/p><p>\u2013 a retail discount of £1,000 for around 300,000 shops, pubs and restaurants with rateable values below £50,000;<\/p><p>\u2013 a 12 month extension of small business rate relief doubling, benefitting over half a million businesses;<\/p><p>\u2013 a 50 per cent discount for new occupants of long-term vacant shops, and;<\/p><p>\u2013 allowing ratepayers to pay bills over 12 instalments.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The Department does not collect data on a constituency basis, but the Crawley constituency lies entirely within the Crawley Borough Council boundary. Table 1 (attached) shows, where available, the estimated number of properties that will benefit from each of the reliefs introduced or extended in 2014-15 within Crawley Borough Council, as well as the amount of relief awarded. Table 2 (attached) provides the same data, but for England as a whole.<\/p>"}
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