Written questions

Business Rates: Tax Allowances

Commons · Question 68002 · Tabled 15 Jul 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 23 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Matt Vickers

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the potential impact of the changes to business rates relief on (a) leisure, (b) hospitality and (c) retail businesses.

Answer

Answered by James Murray, 23 Jul 2025

Retail, hospitality and leisure (RHL) business rates relief has been extended year-by-year by previous governments since the pandemic, creating uncertainty for businesses and an unsustainable fiscal pressure for Government.Without any Government intervent...