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Pharmacy: Business Rates

Commons · Question 112117 · Tabled 10 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 18 Feb 2026

Question

Asked by Damian Hinds

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies on community pharmacies of (a) business rates revaluation from April 2026 and (b) their exclusion from RHL reliefs.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 18 Feb 2026

The Government recognises that pharmacies are an integral ‘front door’ to the National Health Service, staffed by highly trained and skilled healthcare professionals.In 2025/26, funding for the core community pharmacy contractual framework has been increa...