Written questions

Hotels: Business Rates

Commons · Question 107479 · Tabled 21 Jan 2026 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 6 Feb 2026

Question

Asked by Helen Morgan

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Valuation Office Agency’s valuation method for small independent hotels.

Answer

Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 6 Feb 2026

We recognise that hotels have expressed concerns about how they are valued for business rates. Hotels valuations are undertaken in a different way to some other sectors. The methodology used is well established, but, as with pubs, the government has annou...