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Business Rates

Commons · Question 92918 · Tabled 19 Nov 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 24 Nov 2025

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Asked by Daisy Cooper

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November to Question 90360 on Business Rates, how many business premises (a) have been brought into paying business rates for the first time and (b) will pay more per year in business ra

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Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 24 Nov 2025

The Valuation Office Agency is responsible for compiling the non-domestic rating lists and setting the rateable value for each non-domestic property. Local billing authorities then use this information to calculate rates payable by using the multiplier se...