Written questions

Charities: Business Rates

2026-05-17 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · 2566 · Official question

Mr Will Forster

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his department monitors if local authorities grant discretionary business rate relief for charities.

Answer

MHCLG collect and publish data from local authorities on how much discretionary business rates relief is granted to charities. Published data is available for local authority forecasts and local authority outturn. The latest data on discretionary relief g...