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Amusement Arcades: Business Rates

Commons · Question 26165 · Tabled 1 Sep 2026 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 9 Sep 2026

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Asked by David Simmonds

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the guidance, Business Rates Multipliers: Qualifying Retail, Hospitality or Leisure, of 30 March 2026, and with reference to the No10 press release, “PM vows to save hollowed out high streets with

Answer

Answered by James Murray, 9 Sep 2026

Local Authorities determine whether a hereditament meets the legislative definition of Retail, Hospitality or Leisure (RHL) and therefore qualifies for the RHL multiplier. Ahead of Budget 2025, the Government laid a Statutory Instrument (SI) defining ‘qua...