Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 88525
Business Rates: Surrey Heath
Tabled: 5 November 2025
Answered: 17 November 2025
Question
Dr Al Pinkerton
Liberal Democrat — Surrey Heath
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if his Department will publish a breakdown of how business rates tax collected by Surrey Heath Borough Council is (a) allocated and (b) used by the Treasury.
Answer
Alison McGovernThe business rates retention system (BRRS) was introduced in April 2013 to give authorities a direct financial interest in business rates, recognising their role in the collection of the tax. Percentage shares of business rates income collected are alloca...
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