Written questions

Hospitality Industry and Leisure: Business Rates

Commons · Question 97260 · Tabled 4 Dec 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 10 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Sarah Olney

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the number of a) pubs, b) hotels, c) restaurants, d) indoor leisure and e) night clubs whose business rates bill will i) go up ii) stay the same or iii) decrease from April 2

Answer

Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 10 Dec 2025

The amount of business rates paid on each property is based on the rateable value of the property, assessed by the Valuation Office Agency (VOA), and the multiplier values, which are set by the Government. Rateable values are re-assessed every three years...