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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government what estimate they have made of the cost to (1) the NHS, and (2) schools, of increases in business rates following revaluation.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4181", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Beecham"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/708916", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Communities and Local Government"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/708916/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Transitional relief is automatically applied to business rates bill by the relevant billing authority. It is not necessary for local authorities to apply for transitional relief funding.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government what is their estimate of (1) the total rateable value (a) before, and (b) after, the current business rate revaluation as at 1 April 2015, and (2) the percentage change as a result of the revaluation, of (i) office property, (ii) shop property, (iii) industrial and warehouse property, (iv) public house and restaurant property, (v) hotels, (vi) car showrooms, and (vii) supermarkets, for each standard region of England, and for the nations of England and Wales.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/693073/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>1 April 2015 is the point in time at which the rateable values are set, known as the antecedent valuation date. The new rating lists come into effect following revaluation after 1 April 2017.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Official statistics were published on 6 October 2016 on the change in rateable values between the 2010 and 2017 rating lists following revaluation<sup> <sup>[1]<\/sup><\/sup>. These include the change in percentage terms of the total rateable value for England, Wales and each region of England (Table RV1.1) and for local authorities (Table 1.0).<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Valuation Office Agency data is not held in a way that easily allows data to be shown by parliamentary constituency.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>[1] <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/non-domestic-rating-change-in-rateable-value-of-rating-lists-england-and-wales-2017-revaluation\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/non-domestic-rating-change-in-rateable-value-of-rating-lists-england-and-wales-2017-revaluation<\/a><\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4284", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/2536", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1533", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4474", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake"}
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