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...