Written Question·Treasury·UIN 68002

Business Rates: Tax Allowances

Tabled: 15 July 2025
Answered: 23 July 2025

Question

Matt Vickers

Conservative — Stockton West

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the potential impact of the changes to business rates relief on (a) leisure, (b) hospitality and (c) retail businesses.

Answer

James Murray
Retail, hospitality and leisure (RHL) business rates relief has been extended year-by-year by previous governments since the pandemic, creating uncertainty for businesses and an unsustainable fiscal pressure for Government.Without any Government intervent...
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