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Business Rates: Leisure

Commons · Question 96311 · Tabled 2 Dec 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 10 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Louie French

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of business or employment tax rises on (a) gyms, (b) swimming pools, and (c) leisure centres.

Answer

Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 10 Dec 2025

The Government recognises the important contribution that sport and physical activity make to health and wellbeing in the UK.At the Budget, the VOA announced updated property values from the 2026 revaluation. This revaluation is the first since Covid, whi...