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Business Rates: Statistics

Asked by Sir James CleverlyConservativeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 16 June 2026UIN 7456

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what figures his Department collates on business rate receipts each year from the central list, and what projections and forecast does it produce.

Answered by Alison McGovern

My department collates property level bills for businesses on the central list in England.

For more information on the business rates forecast for England only, I refer the Rt Hon. Member to the answer to question UIN 113648 on 2 March 2026.

For more information on the central list, I refer the Rt Hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN HL323 on 4 June 2026.

For a forecast of central list receipts, I refer to the Rt Hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 5946 on 10 June 2026.

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