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1697997

registered interest
date	21/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Empty Property: Business Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to question 1 of his Department's consultation on business rates avoidance and evasion, published in July 2023, and to page 37 of his Department's publication entitled, Spring Budget 2024: Policy Costings, published in March 2024, whether his Department made an estimate of the Exchequer impact of extending the reset period for empty property relief to six months.
tabling member constituency	Ealing North
tabling member printed	James Murray
uin	19972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>Responses to the Business Rates Avoidance and Evasion consultation made clear that avoidance of business rates through abuse of Empty Property Relief (EPR) is an area we need to take action on. Most respondents, and all those from local government, agreed that extending the EPR ‘reset period’ is an effective means of reducing rates avoidance. Extending the reset period to 13 weeks will help ensure a level playing field between ratepayers while maintaining support for landlords while they seek new tenants for vacant properties.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 19973 question first answered 26/03/2024 15:31:18 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4797 label Biography information for James Murray

1697998

registered interest
date	21/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Empty Property: Business Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to question 1 of his Department's consultation on business rates avoidance and evasion, published in July 2023, and to page 37 of his Department's publication entitled, Spring Budget 2024: Policy Costings, published in March 2024, whether his Department made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the reset period for empty property relief to six months.
tabling member constituency	Ealing North
tabling member printed	James Murray
uin	19973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>Responses to the Business Rates Avoidance and Evasion consultation made clear that avoidance of business rates through abuse of Empty Property Relief (EPR) is an area we need to take action on. Most respondents, and all those from local government, agreed that extending the EPR ‘reset period’ is an effective means of reducing rates avoidance. Extending the reset period to 13 weeks will help ensure a level playing field between ratepayers while maintaining support for landlords while they seek new tenants for vacant properties.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 19972 question first answered 26/03/2024 15:31:18 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4797 label Biography information for James Murray

1697999

registered interest
date	21/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Empty Property: Business Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 37 of his Department's publication entitled, Spring Budget 2024: Policy Costings, published in March 2024, if he will publish the figures used by his Department for the size of the tax base in calculating those costings.
tabling member constituency	Ealing North
tabling member printed	James Murray
uin	19974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>The policy costing was based on data reflecting business rates receipts and reliefs as reported by local authorities in the National Non-Domestic Rates forms, which are publicly available on the gov.uk website.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 26/03/2024 14:54:37 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4797 label Biography information for James Murray

1660792

registered interest
date	14/09/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Empty Property: Business Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the monetary value of empty property relief for (a) retail premises (b) industrial premises and (c) all other premises was in each of the last 10 financial years for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Ealing North
tabling member printed	James Murray
uin	199675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 19/09/2023 16:14:06 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4797 label Biography information for James Murray

1437732

registered interest
date	03/03/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Empty Property: 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 charging empty high street properties additional business rates in the event that they do not allow local start-up businesses from utilising their space at a reduced cost.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	134056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>The business rates system ensures that the owners of most empty buildings pay 100 per cent of the business rates bill once the property has been unoccupied for three months, or six months for industrial buildings. This current structure strikes the right balance between not penalising landlords who lose a tenant at short notice, whilst incentivising property owners and landlords to secure new tenants.</p><p> </p><p>In the Levelling Up White Paper, the Government committed to going further in supporting places to tackle blight and reviving our high streets by exploring new powers for local authorities to require landlords to rent out long-term vacant properties to prospective tenants, such as local businesses or community groups.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 14/03/2022 17:39:25 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1345858

registered interest
date	12/07/2021
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	Empty Property: 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, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to prevent the owners of empty property units actively taking steps to avoid payment of business rates, including by making the property uninhabitable.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	31468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>The Government is currently carrying out a Fundamental Review of Business Rates which is looking at ways in which the current system can be improved. As set out in the Review’s Call for Evidence published in July 2020, this includes looking at whether changes to Empty Property Relief could help tackle avoidance. The fundamental review of business rates will conclude by the autumn.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 19/07/2021 16:00:46 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1306936

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Empty Property: Business 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 extending empty property business rates relief on properties that remain empty due to the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	178591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government maintains an Empty Property Relief (EPR) to support property owners ahead of the reoccupation of vacated premises.</p><p> </p><p>Under EPR, owners of retail properties do not normally have to pay business rates on newly vacated buildings for three months.</p><p> </p><p>The Budget announced a three-month extension to the business rates holiday for eligible businesses in the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors that was provided at Budget 2020. From 1 July 2021, 66% relief will be available subject to a cash cap that depends on whether businesses have been required to close or were able to open.</p><p> </p><p>Properties which have closed temporarily due to the Government’s advice on COVID-19 should be treated as occupied for the purposes of the business rates holiday for retail, hospitality and leisure properties.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/04/2021 13:57:44 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1289061

registered interest
date	23/02/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Empty Property: Business 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 extending the criteria for business rates relief for empty properties beyond three months when there has been a change of ownership.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Jane Hunt
uin	157330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government maintains an Empty Property Relief (EPR) to support property owners between the reoccupation of vacated premises. The current structure of EPR strikes a balance between not penalising landlords who lose a tenant at short notice, while incentivising property owners and landlords to secure new tenants.</p><p> </p><p>The fundamental review of business rates is considering all parts of the business rates system, including reliefs and any eligibility criteria.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 03/03/2021 13:53:46 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt

1230600

registered interest
date	02/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Empty Property: 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 it his policy to further support landlords of commercial properties by extending the Business Rates Expanded Retail Discount to owners of vacant retail premises.
tabling member constituency	Tunbridge Wells
tabling member printed	Greg Clark
uin	84178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2020 answer text <p>Properties which were closed temporarily due to the Government’s advice on COVID-19 should be treated as occupied for the purposes of the business rates holiday for retail, hospitality and leisure properties.</p><p> </p><p>The Government maintains an Empty Property Relief (EPR) to support property owners between the reoccupation of vacated premises.   Under EPR, owners of retail properties do not normally have to pay business rates on newly vacated buildings for three months.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 07/09/2020 15:19:46 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark

1190992

registered interest
date	28/04/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Empty Property: Business 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 extending the eligibility period for Business rate relief to landlords of empty buildings during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	41157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2020 answer text <p>The Government maintains an Empty Property Relief (EPR) to support property owners between the reoccupation of vacated premises. Under EPR, owners of properties do not normally have to pay business rates on newly vacated buildings for three months. Certain properties are also eligible for extended empty property relief, such as industrial premises which are exempt for up to six months.</p><p> </p><p>Properties which have closed temporarily due to the Government’s advice on COVID-19 should be treated as occupied for the purposes of the business rates holiday for retail, hospitality and leisure properties.</p><p> </p><p>A range of further measures to support all businesses, including those not eligible for the business rates holiday, has also been made available.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 04/05/2020 15:20:38 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy