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Retail Trade: Business Rates

Asked by Sir James CleverlyConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 17 February 2026UIN 111690

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 12 January 2026 to Question 103000 on Retail Trade: Business Rates, what is the evidential basis for the £100 million figure on large distribution warehouses, how many of those hereditaments are paying more, and what is the mean increase in 2026-27 per warehouse.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson

Details on how large distribution warehouses are impacted by the new high-value multiplier can be found at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/effects-of-the-business-rates-retail-hospitality-and-leisure-multipliers-and-high-value-multiplier/effects-of-the-business-rates-retail-hospitality-and-leisure-multipliers-and-high-value-multiplier

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