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Business Rates: Valuation

Asked by Kevin HollinrakeConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 24 July 2025UIN 68418

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2025 to Question 63677 on Business Rates: Valuation, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increases in business rates on (a) the flexible workplace sector and (b)

Answered by James Murray

The VOA must apply the law to the facts on a case-by-case basis. It does not hold data on business rates liabilities as billing and collection is the responsibility of local authorities.

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