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Business Rates: Tax Allowances

Asked by Sir James CleverlyConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 2 February 2026UIN 107999

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 18 December 2025, to Question 99923, on Retail Trade: Business Rates, what is the estimated change in the value of Retail Hospitality and Leisure relief for business rates in 2026-27 on firms not previously subject to the £110,000 cap in 2025-26.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson

The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government publishes data on the cost of, and number of properties receiving, business rates relief. This data can be found at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-non-domestic-rates-collected-by-councils-in-england-forecast-2025-to-2026

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