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Music Venues and Public Houses: Business Rates

Asked by David SimmondsConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 6 February 2026UIN 109263

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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her Department's correspondence entitled 1/2026: Pubs and live music venues relief 2026 to 2027, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) pub and (b) live music hereditaments that will benef

Answered by Dan Tomlinson

The number of pubs and live music venues that will benefit from this relief will be determined, ultimately, by the relief decisions made by councils in line with the guidance published.

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