Oral QuestionTreasury

If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.

Tabled: 3 December 2025Answered: 9 December 2025

Asked by

Matt Vickers

ConservativeStockton West

Answering Minister

the Chancellor of the Exchequer

Answer from Hansard

The Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (Dan Tomlinson)

Let us be clear: nobody’s business rate bills are trebling. If businesses come to talk to us about increases in their rateable values because of the unwinding of the effect of the pandemic, it is important that all of us, on both sides of the House, are clear that the Government have put in support to ensure that pubs and those that have seen their values go up will not see increases next year. If the pubs rateable value is more than £100,000, they will be capped at a 30% increase. If it is less, they will be capped at 15% or £800. That is £4 billion of support that this Government are providing.