Oral Question·Department for Work and Pensions
“What steps his Department is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce sickness absences in the workplace.”
Tabled: 29 August 2023Answered: 4 September 2023
Asked by
Rachael Maskell
Labour (Co-op) — York Central
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Answer from Hansard
The Chief Secretary to the Treasury (James Murray)
More than 700,000 small businesses across the UK pay no business rates at all as they receive 100% small business rate relief. We are transforming business rates over this Parliament. We are cutting bureaucracy, too—removing the need for the owners of small businesses such as family-run cafés to submit pages and pages of directors’ reports to Companies House.