Public Houses: Business Rates
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, how is the group data derived.
Answered by Treasury
The information referred to in the answer of 2 July 2026, to Question 13140, was derived from Valuation Office rating list data provided to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government for business rates policy analysis. The dataset includes an indicator, produced by HMRC using occupier name, which can be used to estimate whether a hereditament forms part of a wider business group or chain.
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