Public Houses: Business Rates
The question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information other than address and rateable value the Valuation Office Agency holds on pubs for business rate purposes.
Answered by James Murray
The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) holds information about pubs to assess them for non-domestic rating purposes, one of the VOA’s statutory duties.
The vast majority of the information held is sent by occupiers of pubs following a statutory request for information. The form sets out the information requested and can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vo-6010-request-for-rental-information-public-houses.
In some cases, the VOA may hold other records relating to the property, including the age, area, and information about heating, car parking and any modernisation carried out.
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