Business Rates: CCTV
The question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of including CCTV systems as rateable items on businesses.
Answered by Dan Tomlinson
CCTV systems fall within the relevant business rates legislation relating to plant and machinery, and as such are rateable. The presence of small systems may be reflected in the overall value of the building, although more specialist systems may be separately valued as an individual plant and machinery item.
The Valuation Office Agency does not routinely record the proportion of a property's assessment that is attributable to a CCTV system. Therefore, it is not possible to determine how much is levied each year in business rates in respect of CCTV systems.
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