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Public Houses: Business Rates

Asked by Sir James CleverlyConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 7 September 2026UIN 20117

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 2 July 2026 to Question 13140 on Public Houses: Business Rates, what number and proportion of pubs in England, in special category codes (i) 226 and (ii) 227, based on the hereditament-level data, are businesses which are part of a group or chain.

Answered by Treasury

The VO does not collect information on whether a Public House is part of a chain.

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