Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 113648

Business Rates: Tax Yields

Tabled: 20 February 2026
Answered: 2 March 2026

Question

Sir James Cleverly

Conservative — Braintree

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what commissioned data was provided to the Office for Budget Responsibility for the calculation of recent business rate receipts forecasts.

Answer

Alison McGovern
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is responsible for producing the business rates forecast for England only. This is primarily based on estimates of national non-domestic rates, collected and published by the department, alongside ...
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