Valuation Office Agency: Disclosure of Information
The question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure transparency in the work of the VOA.
Answered by Dan Tomlinson
The Valuation Office Agency publishes valuation information for transparency while ensuring the protection of taxpayer confidentiality in line with its duty under the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005. The VOA published draft valuations from the 2026 Revaluation of Business Rates alongside Autumn Budget, so ratepayers can see the Rateable Values on which their bills will be based from 1 April 2026. To increase transparency, VOA also provided customers with information on comparable properties to help them understand how their rateable value has been determined.
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