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1172127

registered interest
date	21/01/2020
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Business Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on reducing business rates for firms.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Aaron Bell
uin	900288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>This Government will conduct a fundamental review of business rates.</p><p> </p><p>My Retail Sector Council industry co-chair and I have already met the Financial Secretary to the Treasury to discuss the Council’s review of the costs retailers face, including business rates.</p><p> </p><p>I will continue to engage with Treasury colleagues as we deliver this important manifesto commitment.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 21/01/2020 14:54:14 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4837 label Biography information for Aaron Bell

1700392

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the threshold for business rates relief in line with inflation.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	21279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>Small Business Rate Relief (SBRR) is available to businesses with a single property below a set rateable value.</p><p> </p><p>At Autumn Statement 2023, the government announced a package of changes and tax cuts worth £4.3 billion, including a freeze to the small business multiplier for the fourth consecutive year in 2024-25, protecting over a million ratepayers from a multiplier increase.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 22/04/2024 08:57:41 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1169423

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
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	Business 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 the Government's timescale is for completion of the review of business rates; and what effect undertaking that review will have on the delivery of the Government’s review of needs and resources and the implementation of 75 per cent business rates retention by local government, due in April 2021.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	1319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to conducting a fundamental review of business rates. Further details on the review will be announced in due course. The Government recognises the role of business rates as a source of local authority income and will consider input from the sector as part of the review of business rates.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 13/01/2020 16:33:21 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1173486

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the timeframe is for his Department's review of business rates; and whether the findings of that review will be implemented before April 2021.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	8196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to conducting a fundamental review of business rates and further information will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 30/01/2020 11:54:32 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1220649

registered interest
date	03/07/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress his Department has made on the fundamental review of business rates.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	68679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2020 answer text <p>On 28 April, HM Treasury set out timelines for tax policy consultations in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. As set out in that update, the call for evidence for the fundamental review of business rates will be published in the coming months. Stakeholders will be invited to contribute their views and engage throughout the review.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 68752 question first answered 08/07/2020 15:10:43 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1172281

registered interest
date	21/01/2020
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	Business 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 the Local Government Association Business Rates Avoidance Survey Report 2019, published on 1 January 2020, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of the finding of that report that £250 million is lost to business rates each year; and what steps he plans to take to protect revenue from business rates for local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Northampton South
tabling member printed	Andrew Lewer
uin	6164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2020 answer text <p>My Department welcomes the Local Government Association’s Business Rates Avoidance Survey, published in January 2020, and will work with the Local Government Association to evaluate its findings and better understand the causes of business rates avoidance.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 29/01/2020 16:26:32 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4659 label Biography information for Andrew Lewer

1188821

registered interest
date	20/04/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of making (a) market traders and (b) other small businesses which pay business rates collectively eligible for Business Rates Grants.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	37504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2020 answer text <p>The Small Business Grants Fund and the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grants Fund have been designed to support the smallest businesses, and smaller businesses in the some of the sectors which have been hit hardest by measures taken to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The two schemes have been tied to the business rates system and rating assessments, which together provide a framework for Local Authorities to make payments as quickly as possible. Businesses in the business rates system are also likely to face particularly high fixed costs, such as fixed rents.</p><p> </p><p>In some shared spaces, individual users have their own rating assessments and may therefore be eligible for the grants schemes. In these cases, Local Authorities are urging landlords and management agents to support them in ensuring that the grants reach the correct ratepayers.</p><p> </p><p>Businesses operating in shared spaces which do not have their own ratings assessment are not eligible for the grants schemes. Extending eligibility to these businesses would not be practicable as it would require Local Authorities to create an entirely new system and to put in place appropriate anti-fraud checks. This would significantly increase Local Authorities’ workloads at a time when they are already working under pressure to support struggling businesses as quickly as possible.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 28/04/2020 16:12:32 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1568279

registered interest
date	18/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses are paying (a) higher and (b) smaller multiplier rates.
tabling member constituency	South Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Anthony Browne
uin	126849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>The small business multiplier for 2022-23 is 49.9p and the standard multiplier is 51.2p. These rates will remain the same for 2023-24.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities publishes statistics on the numbers of businesses that pay each multiplier. These statistics are available at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1060753/NNDR1_2022-23_Supplementary_table_ecomms.xlsx" target="_blank"><em>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1060753/NNDR1_2022-23_Supplementary_table_ecomms.xlsx</em></a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 25/01/2023 16:50:12 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne

1568280

registered interest
date	18/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of business rates revenue came from (a) higher and (b) smaller multiplier rates bands in each of the last ten years.
tabling member constituency	South Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Anthony Browne
uin	126850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government does not collect data on total business rates yield disaggregated by ratepayers paying the small and large multiplier multipliers.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 25/01/2023 16:47:35 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne

1568281

registered interest
date	18/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the reduction in the business rates multiplier from 2016-17 to 2017-18 on total income received.
tabling member constituency	South Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Anthony Browne
uin	126851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>The business rates multiplier is adjusted at each revaluation to offset changes in aggregate rateable value in England. This process is revenue neutral and ensures that business rate revenue remains fixed in real terms.</p><p> </p><p>At the 2017 revaluation the multiplier was reduced to 46.6p in 2017-18 from 48.4p in 2016-17. The reduction in the rate of the multiplier reflected an aggregate increase in rateable value in England of 9.6 per cent.</p><p> </p><p>Business rates raise over £20 billion a year in England to fund vital local services - there is no alternative with widespread support that would raise sufficient revenue to replace them.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 25/01/2023 17:01:44 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne