Written questions

Hospitality Industry and Retail Trade: Business Rates

Commons · Question 109276 · Tabled 28 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 cost of (a) the potential business rates relief for pubs and (b) the cost of extending this relief to (i) the hospitality sector and (ii) the retail sector.

Answer

Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 6 Feb 2026

From April, every pub and live music venue will get 15% off its new business rates bill on top of the support announced at Budget and then bills will be frozen in real terms for a further two years.Final costings will be confirmed at a fiscal event in the...