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Hospitality Industry and Retail Trade: Business Rates

Asked by Sir James CleverlyConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 18 June 2026UIN 9035

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate the Valuation Office has made of the number of hereditaments on the 2026 Rating List in the (a) retail, (b) hospitality and (c) leisure sectors with a Rateable Value of above £500,000.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson

This information was included in the Change in rateable value of rating lists, 2026 Revaluation publication for England and Wales.

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