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Business Rates: Valuation

Asked by Sir James CleverlyConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 25 March 2026UIN 121392

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 20 February 2026, to Question 111693, on Business Rates: Valuation, if he will number of times that forecasts or estimates were given by the Valuation Office Agency to Ministers from 1 April 2024 to the publication of the draft Rating List.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson

The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) provided valuation data and analysis on the non-domestic property market to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and HM Treasury throughout the preparation stages of the 2026 revaluation.

The VOA provided five data drops from 1 April 2024 to the publication of the draft Rating List.

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