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Supermarkets: Business Rates

Asked by Kevin HollinrakeConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 28 February 2025UIN 32143

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information the Valuation Office Agency holds on the number of supermarkets that have a rateable value of above £500,000 in England.

Answered by James Murray

This information is published by special category code (Scat) here: www.gov.uk/government/publications/non-domestic-rating-property-counts-and-rateable-value-rv-for-properties-in-england-with-rv-over-500000

The VOA consider Scat codes 139 Hypermarkets/superstores (over 2500 m2) and 152 Large food stores (750-2500 m2) as supermarkets.

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