Betting Shops: Business Rates
Commons · Question 106108 · Tabled 15 Jan 2026 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 22 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Mary Glindon
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has assessed the potential merits of amending the business rates framework to allow licensed betting offices to qualify for Retail, Hospitality and Leisure relief on the same basis as other ga
Answer
Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 22 Jan 2026
In October 2024, the Government laid a statutory instrument defining the retail, hospitality and leisure (RHL) properties that will be eligible for new, lower business rates multipliers from April 2026. Since they were announced at Budget 2024, the Govern...