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Public Houses: Business Rates

Asked by Mrs Kemi BadenochConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 15 October 2024UIN 7831

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2024, to Question 4354, on Public Houses: Business Rates, whether the introduction of a pub smoking ban would be deemed to be a material consideration for the purposes of calcu

Answered by James Murray

Schedule 6 of The Local Government Finance Act 1988 states that no account is to be taken of any matter that is directly attributable to a change in legislation when determining a pub’s rateable value.

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