Written Question·Treasury·UIN 113508

Business Rates

Tabled: 20 February 2026
Answered: 25 February 2026
Named Day

Question

Sir Mel Stride

ConservativeCentral Devon

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the difference is between the 250,000 retail, hospitality and leisure businesses benefitting from business rates relief, as cited in answer to question UIN 904249, and the 750,000 businesses benefitting from th

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
More properties will benefit from the new retail, hospitality and leisure (RHL) multipliers because there is no cash cap, meaning all qualifying properties in an RHL chain will benefit.