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Public Houses: Business Rates

Asked by Daisy CooperLiberal DemocratTreasuryTabled Answered 3 February 2026UIN 108283

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many public houses in England and Wales did the Valuation Office Agency request trading figures from for the purposes of calculating their Fair Maintainable Turnover for the 2026 ratings list.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson

The Valuation Office Agency requested trading information from approximately 37,000 public houses for the 2026 Revaluation.

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