Written Question·Treasury·UIN 107995
Business Rates: Uprating
Tabled: 23 January 2026
Answered: 29 January 2026
Named DayQuestion
Sir James Cleverly
Conservative — Braintree
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 4 December 2025, to Question 95882, on Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties, for what reason CPI is used to calculate business rates.
Answer
Dan TomlinsonThe national business rates multipliers uprate by the previous September’s CPI figure every April. Business rates make up a quarter of Local Authority core spending power and support critical local services, including child and adult social care. Indexing...
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