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Holiday Accommodation: Valuation

Commons · Question 46809 · Tabled 22 Apr 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 30 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Ben Lake

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate she has made of the (a) backlog of cases and (b) average time taken by the Valuation Office Agency’s to process applications to transfer short-term rental properties between business rates and c

Answer

Answered by James Murray, 30 Apr 2025

The Government has announced that the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) will be integrated into HMRC by April 2026. Moving the VOA’s functions into HMRC will increase oversight and accountability to Ministers over delivery of their priorities to modernise the...