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Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 11 March 2026UIN 117437

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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2026 to Question 115062, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of increases in business rates on planned private sector investment in Channel Tunnel

Answered by Simon Lightwood

The 2026 business rates revaluation, which is a continuing process, is a matter for the operationally independent Valuation Office Agency (VOA). The VOA is due to publish its final ratings list this Spring.

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