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Holiday Accommodation: Business Rates

Asked by Joe RobertsonConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 6 February 2026UIN 109387

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the methodology used by the Valuation Office Agency to calculate recent rateable value increases for self-catering accommodation.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson

Self-catered accommodation is valued in the same way as any other class of non-domestic property; through applying the statutory and common law principles that apply across non-domestic rating.

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