Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 117301
Business Rates
Tabled: 3 March 2026
Answered: 11 March 2026
Question
Sir James Cleverly
Conservative — Braintree
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of any increase in business rate receipts will be retained by local authorities.
Answer
Alison McGovernThe business rates retention system was set up in 2013-14 and enables local authorities to retain a proportion of the increase in business rates income – or growth – in their local areas, above a baseline set according to individual level of need, on impl...
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