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Business Rates: Tax Allowances

Asked by Sir James CleverlyConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 12 January 2026UIN 101748

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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 4.38 of the OBR, Economic and Fiscal Outlook, November 2025, CP1439, 26 November 2025, and to the HMT document, Effects of the business rates retail, hospitality and leisure multipliers a

Answered by Dan Tomlinson

The Government does not hold data on the breakdown of business rates revenue.

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