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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-05-01more like thismore than 2020-05-01
answering body
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
answering dept id 201 more like this
answering dept short name Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
answering dept sort name Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
hansard heading Business Rates more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of expanding the (a) Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund and (b) Small Business Grants Fund so that businesses that pay business rates through their rent can directly benefit. more like this
tabling member constituency Wimbledon more like this
tabling member printed
Stephen Hammond more like this
uin 41939 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-05-06more like thismore than 2020-05-06
answer text <p>Businesses are eligible for the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund if they are based in England with a property that has a rateable value of up to £51,000 and is wholly or mainly being used for the purposes of retail, hospitality and/or leisure. The Small Business Grant Fund is available to businesses with a property that on the 11 March 2020 were eligible for Small Business Rate Relief Scheme or Rural Rate Relief Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has announced an additional discretionary fund to support small businesses that fall outside the scope of the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grants Fund and the Small Business Grants Fund, including those in shared spaces who do not have their own business rates assessment, which have under 50 employees and have seen a significant drop of income due to Coronavirus restriction measures.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam more like this
answering member printed Paul Scully more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-05-06T16:00:32.027Zmore like thismore than 2020-05-06T16:00:32.027Z
answering member
4414
label Biography information for Paul Scully more like this
tabling member
1585
label Biography information for Stephen Hammond remove filter